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Kanchenjunga!

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Geologically regarded as part of the main axis of the Himalayan range, Kanchenjunga (alternative spellings Kangchenjunga, Kangchen Dzö-nga, Khangchendzonga, Kanchenjanga, Kachendzonga, or Kangchanfanga) is the third highest mountain in the world and the second highest in Nepal and the highest in India, located in the Taplejung district straddling the frontier between Nepal and India.

Figures recognised by the Survey of India:
• 1st Mount Everest - 29,002'
• 2nd Godwin Austin - 28,250'
• 3rd Kanchenjunga - 28,156'

Figures according to Col. Burrard's calculation:
• 1st Mount Everest - 29,141'
• 2nd Kanchenjunga - 28,225'
• 3rd Godwin Austin - 28,191'

The Kanchenjunga massif is in the form of a gigantic cross, the arms of which lie north, south, east, and west. The individual summits connect to neighboring peaks by four main ridges, from which four glaciers flow.

The rough translation of Kanchenjunga is "Five Treasures of the Snow", as it contains five peaks, four of them over 8,450 metres. Until 1852, Kanchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations made by the British 1849 Great Trigonometric Survey showed Mount Everest to be the highest and Kanchenjunga the third-highest.

The five peaks of Kanchenjunga are as follows:

Kanchenjunga Main 8,586 m. 28,169 ft. †
Kanchenjunga West (Yalung Kang) 8,505 m. 27,904 ft.
Kanchenjunga Central (Middle) 8,482 m. 27,828 ft.
Kanchenjunga South 8,494 m. 27,867 ft.
Kambachen 7,902 m. 25,925 ft.

Three of these five peaks (Main, Central and South) are on the India-Nepal border, while the other two are completely in Nepal.

In 1955, a British expedition under Charles Evans climbed the mountain but, in deference to local religious beliefs, the party stopped a few yards short of the summit.

- From Wikipedia, Encyclopedia.com, and Encyclopædia Britannica.

Taken in: India / Sikkim / West Sikkim (show map)

Taken on: December 22, 2003

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