Uch Turfan
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uch Turfan
- Alternative form of Uqturpan
- 1876, T. E. Gordon, The Roof of the World: Being the Narrative of a Journey over the High Plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier and the Oxus Sources on Pamir[1], Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, page 86:
- The Envoy, with Dr. Bellew and Captain Chapman, returned on the 26th, leaving Dr. Stoliczka and Captain Trotter to pursue their explorations towards Uch Turfan, which they did most successfully, reaching as far as the Belosti pass.