Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga (Nepali:कञ्चनजङ्घा Kanchanjaŋghā) SewaLungma (Limbu language) is the third highest mountain in the world (after Mount Everest and K2).[1]
Kangchenjunga has an altitude of 8,586 metres (28,169 ft). Kangchenjunga translated means "The Five Treasures of Snows", as it has five peaks, four of them over 8,450 metres. It is one of the mountains in the range of the Himalayas.
Kangchenjunga Media
Painting of Kanchinjínga as seen from the Singalila Ridge by Hermann Schlagintweit, 1855
Kangchenjunga and surrounding peaks at sunset from ISS, December 2019
First ascent reunion of 1990– front (left to right): Neil Mather, John Angelo Jackson, Charles Evans and Joe Brown, and rear (left to right): Tony Streather, Norman Hardie, George Band and Professor John Clegg
Kangchenjunga 3D animation
References
- ↑ Kangchenjunga taken by author from Goecha La pass, 4940m, Sikkim
Coordinates: 27°42′09″N 88°08′54″E / 27.70250°N 88.14833°E