2022-02-21 Mon

Mount Kangchenjunga, also spelled as Kanchenjunga, is situated within the Great Himalayan Range, the third-highest mountain in the world. The name Kangchenjunga is derived from four words of Tibetan origin, usually rendered Kang-chenid-dzo-nga or Yang-chhen-dzö-nga and interpreted in Sikkim as the “Five Treasuries of the Great Snow.

Mount Kanchenjunga contains five peaks, four of which are above 8,400 meters: main summit (8,586 m), West summit (8,505 m), central summit (8,482 m), South summit (8,494 M), and Kangbachen (7,903 m). Kanchenjunga is the second least climbed peak out of the 14 peaks over 8000 meters. It was climbed by Joe Brown and George Band, on May 25, 1955; they were the part of 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition.

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