Kangchenjunga
Appearance
Kangchenjunga | |
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Kangchenjunga early in the morning, viewed frae Tiger Hill, Darjeeling, Indie | |
Heichest pynt | |
Elevation | 8,586 m (28,169 ft) [1] Ranked 3rd |
Prominence | 3,922 m (12,867 ft) [2] Ranked 29t |
Isolation | 124 kilometre (77 mi) |
Leetin | |
Coordinates | 27°42′09″N 88°08′48″E / 27.70250°N 88.14667°ECoordinates: 27°42′09″N 88°08′48″E / 27.70250°N 88.14667°E [2] |
Geografie | |
Location | Nepal–Indie border[2] |
Parent range | Himalayas |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 25 Mey 1955 by Joe Brown an George Band (First winter ascent 11 Januar 1986 Jerzy Kukuczka an Krzysztof Wielicki) |
Easiest route | glacier/snaw/ice climb |
Kangchenjunga (Nepali: कञ्चनजङ्घा, Sikkimese an Tibetan: གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ་, Hindi: कंचनजंघा) is the third heichest moontain in the warld.[3]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Carter, H. A. (1985). "Classification of the Himalaya" (PDF). American Alpine Journal. American Alpine Club. 27 (59): 109–141.
- ↑ a b c Jurgalski, E., de Ferranti, J. and A. Maizlish (2000–2005). "High Asia II – Himalaya of Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and adjoining region of Tibet". Peaklist.org.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)
- ↑ Freshfield, D. W. (1903). Round Kangchenjunga: a narrative of mountain travel and exploration. London: Edward Arnold.