کانگچنجونگا

Also known as Kangchenjunga, Kañcanjaṅghā, Kangchendzonga, Kanchinjinga

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.

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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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Key facts

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