Mount Kailash

Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash
	North face of Mount Kailash
Highest point
Elevation	6,638 m (21,778 ft)
Coordinates	31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E / 31.06667°N 81.31250°E
Naming
Native name	གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ (Standard Tibetan); कैलास (Sanskrit);
Geography
	Mount Kailash Burang County, Tibet Autonomous Region
Country	China
Parent range	Gangdisê Range
Climbing
First ascent	Unclimbed (prohibited)

Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; Standard Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰; traditional Chinese: 岡仁波齊峰; pinyin: Gāngrénbōqí Fēng; Sanskrit: कैलास, IAST: Kailāsa) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains) of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau. The peak of Mount Kailash is located at an elevation of 6,638 m (21,778 ft), north of the western trijunction of the border between China, India and Nepal.

Mount Kailash is located close to Manasarovar and Rakshastal lakes. The sources of four rivers: Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, and Karnali lie in the vicinity of the region. Mount Kailash is considered sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon religion. People from India, China, Nepal and other countries undertake pilgrimage to the mountain.

^ "The Snow Mountains of China: Kangrin Boqe Topographic Map". 1997. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "Open Topo Map". Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[1] "The Snow Mountains of China: Kangrin Boqe Topographic Map". 1997. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[2] "Open Topo Map". Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

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