Tags: Mountain Range.
Mazartag (Chinese: 麻扎塔格山; pinyin: Mázhātǎgé Shān; Uyghur: مازارتاغ Mazartagh) is an arc-shaped mountain range located in the western part of Tarim Basin between the Hotan and Yarkand river valleys Xinjiang China. It is some 145 km long and 3 to 5 km wide; the highest peak rises to 1635 m. The range is mainly composed of sandstones.