Dahongliutan

History

Being about a few miles downstream of the bend of Karakash River, the area was noted by the British archaeologist Aurel Stein as the highest point on the Karakash Valley at which there was adequate grazing for pack animals. As such, it was used as a camp by number of European expeditions in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Dahongliutan was roughly where the Mandalik camp was during British explorer George W. Hayward's expedition in the 1860s, and short distance downstream of site of Sora camp during British diplomat Thomas Douglas Forsyth's expedition in the 1870s. It was known as Abdul Ghafur Tam during Aurel Stein's visit in the first decade of 1900s and as Abdul Ghafur Langar during German explorer Emil Trinkler's visit in the late 1920s.

In late 2018, the China Geological Survey announced the discovery of pegmatitic lithium deposits in Dahongliutan during a field visit.{{Cite web | access-date = 16 January 2020 | access-date = 16 January 2020 | access-date = 16 January 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191101165825/http://www.xinhuanet.com/2019-10/25/c_1125152535.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 1, 2019 | access-date = 16 January 2020

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Dahongliutan, late 20th century: File:Map India and Pakistan 1-250,000 Tile NI 44-1 Tsorul Tso.jpg|Map including Abdul Ghafur Langar (AMS, 1955) File:NI-44-1 Aksai Chin.jpg|Map including Dahongliutan (Ta-hung-liu-t'an) (DMA, 1982) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7d.jpg|Map of the region including Dahongliutan (labeled as Ta-hung-li-t'an ()) (DMA, 1995) File:China India western border 88.jpg|1988 CIA map of Aksai Chin including Dahongliutan

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References

References

1. Stein, M. Aurel. (1912). "Ruins of Desert Cathay, Vol. 2". McMillan.
2. (1870). "Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar, and Exploration of the Sources of the Yarkand River". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London.
3. Thomas Douglas Forsyth. (1875). "Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, under command of Sir T[homas] D[ouglas] Forsyth, ... with historical and geographical information regarding the possessions of the Ame̱r of Yarkund". Foreign Departm. Press.
4. (1930). "Explorations in the Eastern Karakoram and in the Western Kunlun". The Geographical Journal.