Manaslu is 100 meters higher than the mountain that is 60 km due south of Chakragil.
Muztagh Ata, or Muztagata (Uyghur:   ,  , literally "ice-mountain-father"; ), is the second highest (7509 metres) of the mountains which form the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau (not the second highest of the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau). 
Manaslu (Nepali: , also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world at 8163 m above sea level. 
 It is located about 100 km southwest of Kashgar, about 60 km due north of Muztagh Ata, and 37 km northwest of Kongur Tagh. 
