🏔️ Overview The Tian Shan, also spelled Tien Shan or Tianshan, is one of the great mountain systems of Central Asia. Its name comes from Chinese and is commonly translated as “Celestial Mountains” or “Mountains of Heaven.” Stretching roughly 2,500–2,900 kilometers (1,550–1,800 miles) across the heart of Eurasia, the Tian Shan forms an immense maze …
