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[[Image:Mt Kongur Lake Karakul Xinjiang China.jpg|thumb|350px|The range of Bolor-Tagh with Karakul Lake in the foreground.]]
'''Bolor-Tagh''' is an old name for the longitudinal range in eastern [[Pamir Mountains]] (ancient [[Mount Imeon]]) extending from [[Kunlun Mountains]] in the south to the east extremity of the [[Trans-Alai|Trans-Alay Range]] in the north.  Highest peaks [[Kongur Tagh]] (7649&nbsp;m) and [[Muztagh Ata]]. Bolor-Tagh lies entirely in the [[Xinjiang]] province of western [[China]].{{cn|date=January 2020}}{{Inconsistent|reason=Inconsistent with Nuttall entry}} [[Marco Polo]] visited the area in 1272 or 1273 during his travel to [[China]], describing it under the name of ‘Belor’.<ref>{{cite wikisource |title=The Travels of Marco Polo |wslink=The Travels of Marco Polo/Book 1 |volume=1|chapter=Chapter 32|last=Marco |first=Polo |authorlink=Marco Polo |date= |publisher= |location= |page= |pages= |scan=}}</ref>

==References==
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* Meyers Konversationslexikon. Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig und Wien, Vierte Auflage, 1885–1892.
* Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon. F. A. Brockhaus in Leipzig, Berlin und Wien, 14. Auflage, 1894–1896.
* Polo, Marco and Rustichello of Pisa.  [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10636 ''The Travels of Marco Polo, Vol.&nbsp;1'']. Ed. Henry Yule (1903), and Henry Cordier (1920). Gutenberg Project, 2004.

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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Xinjiang]]


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