Saishiteng Mountain,Qilian MountainsWest branch.be locatedQaidam Basinnorth.It starts from Lenghu in the northwest and connects to Turgen Daban Mountain in the east of Dun (Huang) Ge (Ermu) Highway in the southeast.NW-SE trend.It is 100km long.The highest peak is 4576 meters above sea level.
Qilian MountainsWest branch.be locatedQaidam Basinnorth.It starts from Lenghu in the northwest and connects to Turgen Daban Mountain in the east of Dun (Huang) Ge (Ermu) Highway in the southeast.It runs from northwest to southeast.It is 100km long.The highest peak is 4576 meters above sea level.The north slope of the mountain is steep while the south slope is gentle. There are many faults. The surface undulates greatly. There are large isolated peaks, and there are relatively broad peaks between themIntermountain basin。The mountain is composed of limestone, limestone and sandstone.Vegetation is scarce, mostly dry bare ground.
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The University of Science and Technology of China and the People's Government of Haixi Prefecture are building nearbyLarge field telescopeProject.[1]
The first world-class observatory site in the Eastern Hemisphere
In December 2021, after three years of monitoring, Chinese astronomers found a world-class astronomical observatory site in the Eastern Hemisphere - Saishiteng Mountain, Qinghai Cold Lake.The optical observation conditions here can be comparable to those of international large observatories.[2]
In January 2024, it was learned from the Qinghai Lenghu Astronomical Observation Base that the world's first "Mid infrared Observation System for Accurate Measurement of Solar Magnetic Field" (AIMS telescope for short) has achieved the core scientific goal of improving the accuracy of vector magnetic field measurement by an order of magnitude, realizing the leap from "indirect measurement" to "direct measurement" of solar magnetic field.AIMS telescope is a major instrument special project (recommended by ministries) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It is located on the D platform of Saishiteng Mountain, Lenghu Town, Mangya City, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, with an average altitude of about 4000 meters.[3]
