Kawagarbo
Kawa Garbo or Khawa Karpo, as it is known by local residents and pilgrims, or Kawagebo Peak, is the highest mountain in the Chinese province of Yunnan.Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 6,740 metres
- Description: mountain in Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Kawa Garbo”, “Kawa Karpo”, “Kawadgarbo”, “Kawagebo Feng”, “Kawagebo Peak”, “Kha-Kar-Po”, “Khawakarpo”, “Moirig Kawagarbo”, “卡瓦格博雪山”, “喀瓦格博”, “太子峰”, “太子雪山”, “念青卡瓦格博”, “梅里主峰”, “梅里雪山”, “绒赞卡瓦格博”, and “阿尼卡瓦格博”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mingyong Glacier.
Mingyong Glacier
Glacier
Photo: AddisWang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mingyong Glacier is located in the Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, The glacier retreated 200 meters in four years. The region has also seen a rising tree line and these events are believed to be associated with global warming.
Kawagarbo
- Categories: mountain, virgin peak, sacred mountain, and landform
- Location: Yunnan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.4394° or 28° 26′ 22″ northLongitude
98.68438° or 98° 41′ 4″ eastElevation
6,740 metres (22,113 feet)Open location code
7MWWCMQM+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3213727594OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Kawagarbo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kagebo Feng”
- Chinese: “卡格博峰”
- Chinese: “卡瓦格博”
- Chinese: “卡瓦格博峰”
- Czech: “Kawagabro”
- Dutch: “Khawagarbo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كاواجاربو”
- French: “Kawagebo”
- French: “Kawakarpo”
- German: “Kawagebo”
- German: “Khawa Karpo”
- Italian: “Khawa Karpo”
- Japanese: “カワカボ峰”
- Japanese: “カワカルポ”
- Japanese: “カワクボ峰”
- Ladin: “Kawagarbo”
- Persian: “کاوگاربو”
- Portuguese: “Kawagebo”
- Russian: “Кавагебо”
- Russian: “Кавагэбо”
- Slovenian: “Kavagarbo”
- Spanish: “Kawagarbo”
- Swahili: “Kawagarbo”
- Swedish: “Kagebo Feng”
- Thai: “คาวาการ์โบ”
- Ukrainian: “Кавагебо”
- Venetian: “Khawa Karpo”
- Vietnamese: “Kawagarbo”
Localities in the Area
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