kuen-iun

Updated: July 27, 2026

To the east of these, four great mountain ranges run, roughly, along the parallels of latitude the Himalayas to the south, the Kuen-Iun, Thian Shan, and Altai to the north. Between the Himalayas and the Kuen-lun is the great Plateau of Tibet, which runs into a sort of cul-de-sac at its western end in Kashmir.

Joseph Jacobs - The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known