Kangchenjunga

Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga
Nepali: कञ्चनजङ्घा, romanized: Kanchanjanghā Sikkimese: གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ ; Wylie: Gangs Chen mdzod lnga
	Kangchenjunga from Pelling, Sikkim, India
Highest point
Elevation	8,586 m (28,169 ft); Ranked 3rd
Prominence	3,922 m (12,867 ft); Ranked 29th
Listing	Eight-thousander; Seven Third Summits; List of mountains in India; List of mountains in Nepal; Country high point (India); Ultra-prominent peak;
Coordinates	27°42′09″N 88°08′48″E / 27.70250°N 88.14667°E
Geography
	16km; 9.9miles Bhutan Nepal Pakistan India China 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).; Legend 1：Mount Everest ; 2：Kangchenjunga ; 3：Lhotse ; 4：Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West ; 5：Makalu ; 6：Kangchenjunga South ; 7：Kangchenjunga Central ; 8：Cho Oyu ; 9：Dhaulagiri ; 10：Manaslu (Kutang) ; 11：Nanga Parbat (Diamer) ; 12：Annapurna ; 13：Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma) ; 14：Manaslu East ; 15：Annapurna East Peak ; 16： Gyachung Kang ; 17：Annapurna II ; 18：Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri) ; 19：Kangbachen ; 20：Himalchuli (Himal Chuli) ; 21：Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna) ; 22：Nuptse (Nubtse) ; 23：Nanda Devi ; 24：Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho) ; 25：Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa) ; 26：Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak) ; 27：Kamet ; 28：Dhaulagiri II ; 29：Ngojumba Kang II ; 30：Dhaulagiri III ; 31：Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu) ; 32：Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan) ; 33：Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III) ; 34：Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen) ; 35：Dhaulagiri IV ; 36：Annapurna Fang ; 37：Silver Crag ; 38：Kangbachen Southwest ; 39：Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum) ; 40：Annapurna III ; 41：Himalchuli West ; 42：Annapurna IV ; 43：Kula Kangri ; 44：Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri) ; 45：Ngadi Chuli South ; Location of Kangchenjunga
Location	Taplejung District in Nepal; Mangan district in Sikkim, India;
Parent range	Himalayas
Climbing
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)
Easiest route	glacier/snow/ice climb

Kangchenjunga (Sikkimese: [kaŋtɕendzoŋga]), also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā and Khangchendzonga, is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) 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 in 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 actually 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.

Kangchenjunga is a sacred mountain in Nepal and Sikkim and was first climbed on 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band, who were part of the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition. They stopped just short of the true summit, keeping a promise given to Tashi Namgyal, the Chogyal of the Kingdom of Sikkim, that the top of the mountain would remain inviolate. The Indian side of the mountain is off limits to climbers. In 2016, the adjoining Khangchendzonga National Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Kangchenjunga
Nepali: कञ्चनजङ्घा, romanized: Kanchanjanghā Sikkimese: གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ ; Wylie: Gangs Chen mdzod lnga
Kangchenjunga from Pelling, Sikkim, India
Highest point
Elevation	8,586 m (28,169 ft)^[1] Ranked 3rd
Prominence	3,922 m (12,867 ft)^[2] Ranked 29th
Listing	Eight-thousander Seven Third Summits List of mountains in India List of mountains in Nepal Country high point (India) Ultra-prominent peak
Coordinates	27°42′09″N 88°08′48″E / 27.70250°N 88.14667°E / 27.70250; 88.14667^[2]
Geography
16km 9.9miles Bhutan Nepal Pakistan India China 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).^[3] Legend 1：Mount Everest 2：Kangchenjunga 3：Lhotse 4：Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West 5：Makalu 6：Kangchenjunga South 7：Kangchenjunga Central 8：Cho Oyu 9：Dhaulagiri 10：Manaslu (Kutang) 11：Nanga Parbat (Diamer) 12：Annapurna 13：Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma) 14：Manaslu East 15：Annapurna East Peak 16： Gyachung Kang 17：Annapurna II 18：Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri) 19：Kangbachen 20：Himalchuli (Himal Chuli) 21：Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna) 22：Nuptse (Nubtse) 23：Nanda Devi 24：Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho) 25：Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa) 26：Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak) 27：Kamet 28：Dhaulagiri II 29：Ngojumba Kang II 30：Dhaulagiri III 31：Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu) 32：Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan) 33：Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III) 34：Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen) 35：Dhaulagiri IV 36：Annapurna Fang 37：Silver Crag 38：Kangbachen Southwest 39：Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum) 40：Annapurna III 41：Himalchuli West 42：Annapurna IV 43：Kula Kangri 44：Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri) 45：Ngadi Chuli South Location of Kangchenjunga
Location	Taplejung District in Nepal Mangan district in Sikkim, India^[2]
Parent range	Himalayas
Climbing
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)^[4]^[5]
Easiest route	glacier/snow/ice climb