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]
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 |
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Coordinates | 27°42′09″N 88°08′48″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 |
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