Kangtega
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Kangtega (), known also as The Snow Saddle, is a major mountain peak of the Himalayas in Nepal. Its summit rises . It was first ascended in 1963.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Kangtega
- Mountain.photo
- Thamserku-Kantaiga-from-Thame.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The north summit of Kangtega is seen to the left. To the right you can see Thamserku
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 6782
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 592
- Mountain.location
- Nepal
- Mountain.range
- Himalayas
- Mountain.map
- Nepal Province1#Nepal
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1963 David Dornan, Tom Frost, Michael Gill, Jim Wilson, in an expedition led by Edmund Hillary.
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Sagarmatha Zone
- Elevation
- 6783
- Image
- Machhermo-34-Kangtega-Gipfel-2007-gje.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- Commons category
- Kangtega
- topographic prominence
- 1143
- located in/on physical feature
- Himalayas
- mountain range
- Mahalangur Himal
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable ascents and attempts
- References
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Kangtega (), known also as The Snow Saddle, is a major mountain peak of the Himalayas in Nepal. Its summit rises . It was first ascended in 1963.
From the Khumbhu and Hinku Valley areas, Mount Kangtega rises to a saddle-shaped point, thus earning the name "The Snow Saddle."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kangtega” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations