Kangchenjunga

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Kangchenjunga (Nepali: कञ्चनजङ्घा, Sikkimese an Tibetan: གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ་ , Hindi: कंचनजंघा) is the third heichest moontain in the warld.[3]

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Kangchenjunga
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Kangchenjunga early in the morning,
viewed frae Tiger Hill, Darjeeling, Indie
Heichest pynt
Elevation8,586 m (28,169 ft)[1]
Ranked 3rd
Prominence3,922 m (12,867 ft)[2]
Ranked 29t
Isolation124 kilometre (77 mi)
Leetin
  • Aicht-thousander
  • Seiven Third Summits
  • Leet o moontains in Indie
  • Leet o mountains in Nepal
  • Kintra heich pynt (Indie)
  • Ultra-prominent peak
Coordinates27°42′09″N 88°08′48″E[2]
Geografie
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Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga
Location Nepal-Indie border
LocationNepal–Indie border[2]
Parent rangeHimalayas
Climbing
First ascent25 Mey 1955 by
Joe Brown an George Band
(First winter ascent 11 Januar 1986 Jerzy Kukuczka an Krzysztof Wielicki)
Easiest routeglacier/snaw/ice climb
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