Kanchenjunga
Sign in to saveKangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the Kangchenjunga Himal, which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La, and ign the east by the Teesta River. It lies in the border region between Koshi Province of Nepal and Sikkim state of India, with the West and Kangbachen peaks located in Nepal's Taplejung District and the Main, Central and South peaks directly on the border.
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Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world, located in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and India. It matters as a significant geographical landmark and a major peak for mountaineers, while also being important to the regions of Nepal and India where it straddles the international boundary.
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- Mountain.name
- Kangchenjunga
- Mountain.other_name
- Wylie: Gangs Chen mdzod lnga
- Mountain.photo
- Kangchenjunga PangPema.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The north face of Kangchenjunga from Pangpema.
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 8586
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 3922
- Mountain.range
- Himalayas
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location of Kangchenjunga
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band on the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition(First winter ascent 11 January 1986 by Jerzy Kukuczka and Krzysztof Wielicki)
- Mountain.easiest_route
- glacier/snow/ice climb
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14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Protected areas
- Climbing routes
- Climbing history
- Early reconnaissances and attempts
- First ascent
- Other notable ascents
- In myth
- In literature
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the Kangchenjunga Himal, which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La, and ign the east by the Teesta River. It lies in the border region between Koshi Province of Nepal and Sikkim state of India, with the West and Kangbachen peaks located in Nepal's Taplejung District and the Main, Central and South peaks directly on the border.
Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world. However, precise calculations and meticulous measurements by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1849 showed that Mount Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, is higher. After allowing for further verification of all calculations, it was officially announced in 1856 that Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world.
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