Kanchenjunga
Kanchenjunga is a mountain in Phaktanglung, Taplejung, Koshi Province and has an elevation of 8,586 metres. Kanchenjunga is situated nearby to the locality Nepal Gyap.Places of Interest
Highlights include Yalung Kang and Kangchenjunga Central.
Yalung Kang
Peak
Photo: Carsten.nebel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yalung Kang is a 8,505 m high minor summit of the Kangchenjunga massif found in the Himalayan range. The peak lies 1.16 km west of Kanchenjunga's main summit in Taplejung, Nepal.
Kangchenjunga South
Peak
Photo: Ashinpt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kangchenjunga South Peak is a 8,476-metre high subsidiary peak of Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world. The summit is located in the Himalayan range, on the border between Nepal and India.
Kanchenjunga
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 8,586 metres
- Also known as: “Chin-ch’eng”, “Gangchhendzönga”, “Kanchanjanga”, “Kānchenjunga”, “Kangchen Dzö-nga”, “Kangchenjunga”, “Khanchenjwenga”, “Kinchinjinga”, “Kinchinjunga”, and “Kunchinjunga”
- Category: landform
- Location: Phaktanglung, Taplejung, Koshi Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Kanchenjunga” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kanchenjunga”
- Bengali: “কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা”
- Catalan: “Kanchenjunga”
- Chinese: “干城章嘉峰”
- Czech: “Kančendženga”
- Danish: “Khangchendzonga”
- Dutch: “Kangchenjunga”
- Esperanto: “Kangchenjunga”
- Estonian: “Kanchenjunga”
- Finnish: “Kanchenjunga”
- French: “Kangchenjunga”
- German: “Kangchendzönga”
- Ido: “Kangchenjunga”
- Italian: “Kanchenjonga”
- Japanese: “カンチェンジュンガ”
- Korean: “칸첸중가 산”
- Lithuanian: “Kančendžanga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantjendjunga”
- Norwegian: “Kanchenjunga”
- Polish: “Kanczendzonga”
- Portuguese: “Kanchenjunga”
- Russian: “Канченджанга”
- Spanish: “Kanchenjunga”
- Swedish: “Kanchenjunga”
- Swedish: “Kangchenjunga”
- Tamil: “கஞ்சஞ்சங்கா மலை”
- Turkish: “Kanchenjunga”
- Urdu: “کنگچنجنگا”
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