Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, is the third highest mountain in the world. It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal delimited in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak Chu and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River. It lies between Nepal and Sikkim, India, with three of the five peaks (Main, Central, and South) directly on the border, and the remaining two (West and Kangbachen) in Nepal's Taplejung District.
HIGHEST POINT
| Elevation | 8,586 m (28,169 ft)
Ranked 3rd |
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| Prominence | 3,922 m (12,867 ft)
Ranked 29th |
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| Isolation | 124 kilometres (77 mi)
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| Coordinates | 27°42′09″N 88°08′48″E
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NAMING
GEOGRAPHY
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GEOLOGY
CLIMBING
| First ascent | 25 May 1955 by
Joe Brown and George Band (First winter ascent 11 January 1986 Jerzy Kukuczka and Krzysztof Wielicki) |
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| Easiest route | glacier/snow/ice climb
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