Tomur, in Wensu County, Aksu, is the western high component of Xinjiang Tianshan. UNESCO lists it with Kalajun-Kuerdening, Bayinbuluke and Bogda. The four together cover 606,833 hectares. Tomur is the western anchor of that series: high country at the end of the range's Xinjiang stretch. No height in metres is stated. The heritage map publishes a centroid for the component. A centroid is a point chosen to label a polygon. It is not a trailhead, a gate or a view from the road. The protected land follows ridges and existing reserves. A ticket window is not the boundary.
From the journal
The western anchor
Tomur is the western high component of the Xinjiang Tianshan, set between desert basins and not defined by a lakeside walk.
In the same city · Aksu ↗The high western component
Basins on either side
UNESCO's account puts desert on both flanks of the range: Junggar country to the north and the Tarim to the south. That pairing is the scenic point of the inscription, more than any single summit. Snow and glacier belong to the high country. The dry basins belong to the view that makes the snow readable. From the Wensu side, Tomur rises above Aksu's oasis towns and the roads that run out toward desert. The mountain is not a visitor centre, and the component is not the town. Watered highland and dry basin are the contrast the listing asks a reader to hold.
Not the eastern lake
Bogda, at the eastern end, is approached through Heaven Lake: snow, forest and a basin of water close to the path. Tomur is the other end of the same serial property, and a lakeside walk is not its definition. Kalajun is forest and meadow. Bayanbulak is a high wetland of river bends. Tomur is the western high mass, with desert basins on either side as the UNESCO point. A photograph of one component is often asked to stand for the whole Tianshan. The inscription is four places so that shortcut fails. The centroid on the map will not repair the confusion. Only the difference among the components will.