Amnye Machen (also spelled Anyi Machen, Amne Machin) is a legendary sacred mountain range in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, lying on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Revered as one of the Four Great Sacred Mountains of Tibetan Buddhism and a paramount protector deity in Amdo Tibetan culture, it combines towering snow peaks, vast alpine grasslands, profound religious traditions and pristine wilderness.
