Muztagh Ata (مۇز تاغ ئاتا, Музтаң Ата, 慕士塔格峰, Mùshìtǎgé Fēng) Rising above the high deserts and grasslands of western Xinjiang, Muztagh Ata is one of the great mountains of Central Asia. Its broad, gleaming dome towers over the Eastern Pamirs near Karakul Lake, creating one of the most recognizable mountain landscapes along China’s Karakoram Highway. …
