The Kunlun Mountain UNESCO Global Geopark is located southwest of Golmud City, Qinghai Province, in the eastern part of the Kunlun Mountains, 30km away from Golmud City, north to Nanshan Pass, south to Kunlun Pass, west to Xidatan, east to Tuolugou. The altitude is 3091-6178 m. It covers an area of 7,033.17 km2.
The park is known for its glacial and periglacial landforms, earthquake remnants, and other landscapes that document multiple oceanic land transformations, uplift of the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai, and five ice ages in the park area. At the same time, Kunlun Mountain, known as the "ancestor of all mountains," has held a prominent position in the cultural history of the Chinese nation since ancient times. It has nurtured one of the Chinese mythological systems, the Kunlun mythological system. The Kunlun school of Taoism also originated here, and has a long cultural history.
