Flight paths of the two virtual flights in the Aksai Chin Region

Both flights start in the very left on the top of the map in the snowcaped Kunlun Shan mountian range, following more or less the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway up to Sumxi, before say return to the starting point.

Movie 1 (15,5mb, 2min, 3000 Images)
created with the satellite image I got from the ESDI-Homepage.


Movie 2 (27,3mb, 1min, 3000 Images)
created with the satellite image I got from globalcoordinate.com (not available anymore). The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway is red marked, as well as some place names.

 

About the elevations on the map:

 
- Dahongliutian: 4200m
- Tianshuihai: 4835m
- Aksai Chin Hu (Lake): 4845m
- Tielong: 5115m
- Lungmo Co (Lake): 5005m
- Sumxi: 5200m
- Highest peaks: about 6800m

Aksai Chin - satellite image and elevation map

Satellite images of the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway
Notes: the Western Tibet Highway
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