File:Yarkand River in the Western Kunlun Shan, seen from the Tibet-Xinjiang highway.jpg
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| DescriptionYarkand River in the Western Kunlun Shan, seen from the Tibet-Xinjiang highway.jpg |
English: Yarkand River in the Western Kunlun Shan, seen from the Tibet-Xinjiang highway
(Previously misidentified as Karakash River) |
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| Source | Photo taken by Nick Kent-Basham in September 2004 while on a geological expedition from UC Davis |
| Author | Originally uploaded to English Wikipedia by en:User:Nickckb20. |
| Camera location |  | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  36.450500; 77.200500 |
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 | The geographical information in this file was retrospectively estimated.
The location may therefore be somewhat imprecise. Verifying and refining these coordinates is strongly encouraged. |
- Notes on location estimate
- The exact location can be found in this YouTube vlog made by a group of Chinese cyclists in 2020:
- Timestamp 2:19
- Observe that in the photograph, the slope on the left has a bump 10-20 meters from the bottom. This is visible in the video at aforementioned timestamp.
- In their previous vlog, the cyclists stayed at Mazar village (麻扎; Mazha) south of Mazar Pass and is traveling to Xaidulla (賽圖拉／赛图拉; Saitula).
- The next landmark along the cyclists' journey that can be geographically identified "272道班" signage at timestamp 3:44. Signage means "The 272 Highway Maintenance Crew", where 272 is the kilometre marker along the G129 highway.
- According to this blog, Mazar village is located at kilometre mark 241.
- Thus this location must be located between 0 and 31 kilometres east of Mazar village.
- Geographic features can be aligned in Google Earth
- See this image for sketch
- Photo has the appearance of a narrow defile
- The highway (G219) run along on the left side of the view
- Brush in the foreground with stream of water joining the river
- River was misidentified as Karakash River. Based on location estimate, the river is Yarkand River.
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