Mountain in the Tien Shan on the Kazakh-Chinese border
Sauyr Zhotasy (Kazakh : Сауыр жотасы , Sauyr jotasy ), also known as Muz Tau (Chinese : 木斯岛山 ; pinyin : Mùsīdǎo Shān ), at 3,840 m is the highest point in the Saur Range and of the entire Saur-Tarbagatai mountain system, part of the Tien Shan , on the border between Kazakhstan and China . It lies 100 kilometres (60 mi) southeast of Zaysan Lake . Despite its low elevation, it is well separated from higher ranges in its area (the Saur-Tarbagatai System being separated from the Altai Mountains by the Irtysh River valley, and from the Dzungarian Alatau , by the Dzungarian Gate ); it is therefore ranked highly by topographic prominence .
There have been two documented ascents to sub-summits of Sauyr Zhotasy, occurring in 2017 and 2018 by Ed Hannam and his team,[ 2] [ 3] but no official ascents to the main summit has been recorded.
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