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🏔️ Qinghai Hoh Xil

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🏔️ Qinghai Hoh Xil
Remote high-altitude wilderness on the Tibetan Plateau


🕐 2 min read · Updated 11 Apr 2026 at 07:06

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

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  • Location: Northeastern Qinghai Province, Tibetan Plateau
  • Area: Approximately 37,600 square kilometres
  • Elevation: Average 4,500 metres; peaks exceed 6,000 metres
  • UNESCO inscription: 2017

Qinghai Hoh Xil is a high-altitude alpine ecosystem in northeastern Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau that remains ...

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