Kangtega
Kangtega, known also as The Snow Saddle, is a major mountain peak of the Himalayas in Nepal. Its summit rises 6,782 metres. It was first ascended in 1963.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 6,782 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Kang Taiga”, “Kang Tege”, “Kangtega Mountain”, “Kantaiga”, “Kantega”, and “Kāṅtegā”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thamserku.
Thamserku
Peak
Photo: Moralist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thamserku is a mountain in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal. The mountain is connected by a ridge leading eastward to Kangtega. Thamserku is a prominent mountain to the east of Namche Bazaar and lies just north of Kusum Kangguru.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deboche and Tengboche.
Tengboche
Village
Tengboche is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality in the Khumbu subregion of Koshi Province in Nepal, located at 3,867 metres. Within the village is an important Buddhist monastery, Tengboche Monastery, which is the largest gompa in the Khumbu region.
Pangboche
Photo: DARIO SEVERI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pangboche or Panboche is a village in Khumjung Village Development Committee of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of Nepal at an altitude of 13,074 feet.
Kangtega
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Khumbu Pasanglamhu, Solukhumbu, Koshi Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.79302° or 27° 47′ 35″ northLongitude
86.81748° or 86° 49′ 3″ eastElevation
6,782 metres (22,251 feet)Open location code
7MV8QRV8+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 9606342175OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Kangtega from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kangtega” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاتينغا”
- Bulgarian: “Кангтега”
- Catalan: “Kangtega”
- Cebuano: “Kangtega”
- Chinese: “甘地嘉峰”
- Czech: “Kangtega”
- Czech: “Kantaiga”
- Czech: “Kantega”
- Danish: “Kangtega”
- Dutch: “Kangtega”
- Dutch: “Kantega”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كاتينجا”
- Finnish: “Kangtega”
- French: “Kangtega”
- French: “Kantega”
- German: “Kangtaiga”
- German: “Kangtega”
- German: “Kantaiga”
- German: “Kantega”
- German: “Kāṅtegā”
- Italian: “Kangtega”
- Italian: “Kantega”
- Ladin: “Kangtega”
- Persian: “کانگتگا”
- Portuguese: “Kangtega”
- Russian: “Кангтега”
- Spanish: “Kangtega”
- Swedish: “Kangtega”
- Swedish: “Kantega”
- Ukrainian: “Кантега”
- Venetian: “Kangtega”
- Western Panjabi: “کانگٹیگا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Deboche and Thangnak.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kyashar Glacier and Hinku Nup Glacier.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kangtega”. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.