Kangchenjunga

Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga
Nepali: कञ्चनजङ्घा, romanized: Kanchanjanghā
	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
	Kangchenjunga Location of Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga (Koshi Province) Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga (India) Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga (Nepal)
	15km; 10miles Nepal Pakistan India China 45 42 41 40 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 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). The map may help give context to Kangchenjunga with more detail and zooming on click through.; 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, 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 two peaks West and Kangbachen in Nepal's Taplejung District and the other three peaks Main, Central and South directly on the border.

Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations and 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 of the world.

The 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
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
Kangchenjunga Location of Kangchenjunga Show map of Sikkim Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga (Koshi Province) Show map of Koshi Province Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga (India) Show map of India Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga (Nepal) Show map of Nepal
15km 10miles Nepal Pakistan India China 45 42 41 40 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 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] The map may help give context to Kangchenjunga with more detail and zooming on click through. 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