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Shipton's Arch (Uighur: تۆشۈك تاغ, romanized: Töshük tagh, literally "Hole Mountain"; simplified Chinese: 阿图什天门; traditional Chinese: 阿圖什天門; pinyin: Ātúshí tiānmén; Wade–Giles: A1t'u2shih2 t'ien1men2; lit. 'Artux Heavenly Gate' or simply simplified Chinese: 天门; traditional Chinese: 天門; pinyin: Tiānmén; Wade–Giles: T'ien1men2; lit. 'Heavenly Gate') is a conglomerate natural arch in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is located in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture west-northwest of Kashgar, near the village of Artux, at an altitude of 2,973 metres (9,754 ft).

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  • Shipton’s Arch (chinesisch 阿图什天门, Pinyin Ātúshí Tiānmén, wörtlich „Himmelstor von Artux“; uigurisch تۆشۈك تاغ, wörtlich „Lochfelsen“) ist ein Felsentor in Xinjiang, China. Das Felsentor liegt im Kirgisischen autonomen Bezirk Kizilsu nordwestlich von Kaschgar, in der Nähe von Artux, auf einer Höhe von 2925 m über dem Meeresspiegel. Mit einer Gesamthöhe des Bogens von ca. 360 m über der Talsohle ist es das höchste Felsentor der Welt. (de)
  • Shipton's Arch (Uighur: تۆشۈك تاغ, romanized: Töshük tagh, literally "Hole Mountain"; simplified Chinese: 阿图什天门; traditional Chinese: 阿圖什天門; pinyin: Ātúshí tiānmén; Wade–Giles: A1t'u2shih2 t'ien1men2; lit. 'Artux Heavenly Gate' or simply simplified Chinese: 天门; traditional Chinese: 天門; pinyin: Tiānmén; Wade–Giles: T'ien1men2; lit. 'Heavenly Gate') is a conglomerate natural arch in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is located in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture west-northwest of Kashgar, near the village of Artux, at an altitude of 2,973 metres (9,754 ft). (en)
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  • Shipton’s Arch (chinesisch 阿图什天门, Pinyin Ātúshí Tiānmén, wörtlich „Himmelstor von Artux“; uigurisch تۆشۈك تاغ, wörtlich „Lochfelsen“) ist ein Felsentor in Xinjiang, China. Das Felsentor liegt im Kirgisischen autonomen Bezirk Kizilsu nordwestlich von Kaschgar, in der Nähe von Artux, auf einer Höhe von 2925 m über dem Meeresspiegel. Mit einer Gesamthöhe des Bogens von ca. 360 m über der Talsohle ist es das höchste Felsentor der Welt. Das Felsentor liegt am Rand eines tief eingeschnittenen Tals. Die Spannweite des Bogens beträgt ca. 60 m, die Höhe des Felsentors ca. 360 m, gemessen von der Talsohle auf der Nordseite des Bogens. Auf der Südseite befindet sich eine Geröllhalde, auf der mittlerweile eine Aussichtsplattform installiert ist. Die Höhe des Bogens oberhalb der Aussichtsplattform beträgt immer noch ca. 60 m. Lokal ist das Felsentor seit langem bekannt; der einheimische uigurische Name bedeutet einfach „Lochfelsen“. Der international gebräuchliche englische Name geht auf den britischen Bergsteiger Eric Shipton zurück, der in den 1940er Jahren als Konsul in Kaschgar stationiert war und zahlreiche Expeditionen in die Umgebung unternahm. 1947 machte er das Felsentor in seinem Buch Mountains of Tartary erstmals einer größeren Öffentlichkeit außerhalb der Region bekannt. Das Felsentor war lange Zeit im Guinness-Buch der Rekorde verzeichnet, später jedoch gestrichen, da die genaue Lage aufgrund fehlender Angaben nicht verifiziert werden konnte. Erst 2000 wurde das Felsentor von einer Expedition der National Geographic Society aufgesucht und vermessen. Seitdem ist es zu einer Touristenattraktion geworden. Es werden regelmäßig von Kaschgar aus Tagesausflüge angeboten, und es wurden ein Besucherzentrum, Treppen und Wege installiert, um die mehrstündige Wanderung zum Felsentor zu erleichtern. (de)
  • Shipton's Arch (Uighur: تۆشۈك تاغ, romanized: Töshük tagh, literally "Hole Mountain"; simplified Chinese: 阿图什天门; traditional Chinese: 阿圖什天門; pinyin: Ātúshí tiānmén; Wade–Giles: A1t'u2shih2 t'ien1men2; lit. 'Artux Heavenly Gate' or simply simplified Chinese: 天门; traditional Chinese: 天門; pinyin: Tiānmén; Wade–Giles: T'ien1men2; lit. 'Heavenly Gate') is a conglomerate natural arch in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is located in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture west-northwest of Kashgar, near the village of Artux, at an altitude of 2,973 metres (9,754 ft). It is probably the world's tallest natural arch. Though long familiar to locals (the south side of the arch is visible from the plain below) it was famously "discovered" in 1947 by English mountaineer Eric Shipton during his tenure as the British consul in Kashgar – and made known to the West in his book Mountains of Tartary. Shipton made unsuccessful attempts to reach the arch from the south but was defeated each time by a maze of steep canyons and cliffs. The arch once figured in the Guinness Book of Records for its exceptional height, but the editors of the book could not verify the location of the arch exactly, so the listing was dropped. It was only as recently as May 2000 that an expedition sponsored by National Geographic rediscovered the arch for the outside world. Today, several companies operating out of Kashgar offer day trips to the arch for tourists. The arch is about a one- to two-hour drive from Kashgar in addition to another one- to two-hour hike. It used to be that visitors were guided by locals and required to climb shaky ladders on their way to the arch but China has since invested money into a visitor's center, staircases and a viewing deck. The Gobi March 2008, an international stage race, took competitors to the top of the arch during its seven-day, 250-kilometer footrace. The height of the arch is estimated to be 1,500 feet (460 m), about the height of the Empire State Building. The span of the arch is roughly 180 feet (55 m). The "true" height of the arch is debatable: viewing the arch from the north (normal approach route) it appears to be 200 feet (61 m) tall from the top of the 100 feet (30 m) rubble pile; from the south side (approachable via a technical canyon ascent), the height is closer to the estimated 1,500 feet (460 m). The height depends upon what constitutes the base of the arch, which is either the base of the rubble pile (which is partially under the arch and where the span achieves its maximum width) or the floor of the west side canyon head, 900 feet (270 m) lower. (en)
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