Kunlun (disambiguation)

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The Kunlun Mountains is a large mountain range between the Tibetan Plateau and the Tarim Basin in western China.

Kunlun may also refer to:

People

  • Kunlun (崑崙 or 昆侖), also Juelun (掘倫), a general term for Southeast Asians and Southeast Asia (particularly Champa and Island Southeast Asia) in Chinese historical records; the term later included enslaved Negritos, Papuans, and Africans.
  • Kunlun Nu, a wuxia romance about a Negrito slave from Southeast Asia
  • K'un-lun po (崑崙舶), or Kunlun bo, ancient sailing ships of the Austronesian traders from Island Southeast Asia described in Chinese records in the Han Dynasty

Places

  • Kunlun (mythology), a mountain in Chinese mythology
  • Kunlun Fault, a geological fault along the Kunlun Mountains
  • Kunlun Pass, Guangxi, China
  • Kunlun Station (Antarctica), a Chinese research station
  • Kunlun hydrothermal field, a field of around twenty hydrothermal vents (white smokers) in the Pacific ocean, at 11.1 square kilometers (4.3 square miles)

Other uses

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Kunlun
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