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'''Khüiten Peak''' ({{lang-mn|Хүйтэн оргил|Hüiten orgil}}, {{IPA-mn|ˈxʉe̯tʰɘ̆ŋ ˈœrɟɘɮ|}}; {{small|[[Literal translation|lit.]]}} "cold peak"), also known in [[China]] as '''Friendship Peak''' ({{zh|c=友谊峰|p=Yǒuyì Fēng}}), is the highest peak with 4,356 m above sea level and a permanent snow cap in the [[Altai Mountains|Altai Range]], the international border between [[China]] and [[Mongolia]] runs across its summit point. It is also the highest point of Mongolia and [[Altay Prefecture]] in [[Western China]].
In the past, Khüiten Peak was officially known in [[Mongolia]] as the "Friendship Peak" ({{lang-mn|link=no|Найрамдал Уул|Nairamdal Uul}}) in Mongolian, or{{IPA-mn|ˈnæe̯ɾəmd̥əɮ Youyi Feng 友谊峰 in Chineseˈʊːɮ|}}).<ref name=krumweide2014.499>See e.g. the index in {{harvnb|Krumwiede|Kamp|Leonard|Kargel|2014}}; or see the Soviet [http://www.mountain.ru/world_mounts/altai/2006/M45-104.jpg Topo map M45-104], scale 1:100,000, where the name Mt. Nairamdal (г. Найрамдал) is associated with the peak whose elevation is 4374.0 m. The highest peak is also referred to as Nairamdal in {{harvnb|Chistyakov|Ganiushkin|2015|p=209}}</ref>
Khüiten Peak is one of five peaks of [[Tavan Bogd]] mountain. Another peak, which is about 2.5 km north of Khüitenit, marks the border [[tripoint]] between [[Russia]], Mongolia, and China; the name of that peak is given in international agreements and on maps as Tavan Bogd Peak ({{lang-ru|Таван-Богдо-Ула}}, {{lang|ru-latn|Tavan-Bogdo-Ula}}; {{lang-mn|link=no|Таван Богд Уул}}, Tavan{{lang|mn-latn|Tawan Bogd Uul}}), or Mount Kuitun ({{zh|s=奎屯山|p=Kuítún shān}}).<ref>[http://www.npc.gov.cn/wxzl/wxzl/2001-01/02/content_3265.htm 中华人民共和国和俄罗斯联邦关于中俄国界西段的协定] (Agreement between the PRC and RF in regard to the western section of the China-Russia border), 1994-09-03 {{in lang|zh}}</ref><ref name=TripointProtocol>[http://old.lawru.info/base32/part9/d32ru9848.htm ПРОТОКОЛ-ОПИСАНИЕ ТОЧКИ ЗАПАДНОГО СТЫКА ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ ГРАНИЦ ТРЕХ ГОСУДАРСТВ МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ Российской Федерации, ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ МОНГОЛИИ и ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ КИТАЙСКОЙ НАРОДНОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ (ПОДПИСАН в г. ПЕКИНЕ 24.06.1996)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216084322/http://old.lawru.info/base32/part9/d32ru9848.htm |date=2018-02-16 }} (Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of Mongolia, and the Government of the People's Republic of China, describing the western junction point of the borders of the three states. Signed in Beijing, June 24, 1996) {{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref name=tripointAgreement>[http://old.lawru.info/base33/part6/d33ru6020.htm Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации, Правительством Китайской Народной Республики и Правительством Монголии об определении точек стыков государственных границ трех государств (Заключено в г. Улан-Баторе 27 января 1994 года)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305131240/http://old.lawru.info/base33/part6/d33ru6020.htm |date=2016-03-05 }} (The Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the People's Republic of China, and the Government of Mongolia on the determination of the points of junction of the national borders of the three states) {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
Some sources, however, associate the name [[Nairamdal Peak]] (Friendship Peak) with the peak at the border tripoint.{{citation neededcn|date=July 2015}}
The first known ascent of Khüiten Peak was in 1963 by Mongolian mountaineers sponsored by the government.
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