Gangkhar Puensum

Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with an elevation of 7,570 metres and a prominence of 2,995 metres.
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  • Peak rising to 7,570 metres (24,836 feet)
  • Description: mountain on the Bhutan-China border
  • Also known as
    “gangs dkar spun gsum”
    “Kanggar Bünsum”
    “Kankar Pünsum”
    “冈嘎本孙”
    “岗嘎本松峰 གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ་”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Liankang Kangri.

Peak
Photo: dhaag23, CC BY 2.0.
Liangkang Kangri is a mountain peak in the …

Gangkhar Puensum

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Latitude
28.04729° or 28° 2′ 50″ north
Longitude
90.45488° or 90° 27′ 18″ east
Open location code
7MWG2FW3+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5254355233
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
7302373
Wiki­data ID
Q219986

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Wu Chinese—“Gangkhar Puensum” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Канкар-Пунсум”
  • Arabic: “جانجخار بوينسوم”
  • Armenian: “Գանգկարպունսում”
  • Assamese: “গংখাৰ পুয়েনছুম”
  • Asturian: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Basque: “Gangkar Punsum”
  • Basque: “Gangkar Pünsum”
  • Basque: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Basque: “Gankar Punzum”
  • Basque: “Kangkar Punsum”
  • Belarusian: “Канкар-Пунсум”
  • Bengali: “গাংখার পেনসুম”
  • Bulgarian: “Гангкар Пуенсум”
  • Catalan: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Cebuano: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Chinese: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Chinese: “冈嘎本孙峰”
  • Chinese: “岗嘎本松”
  • Chinese: “岡嘎本孫峰”
  • Chuvash: “Канкар-Пунсум”
  • Czech: “Gangkar Punsum”
  • Czech: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Czech: “Nejvyšší hora Bhútánu”
  • Danish: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Dutch: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جانجخار پوينسوم”
  • Esperanto: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Estonian: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Finnish: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • French: “Gangkar Punsum”
  • French: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • French: “Gankar Punzum”
  • Galician: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Georgian: “განგკხარ პუენსუმი”
  • Georgian: “განგკხარ-პუენსუმი”
  • German: “Gangkar Punsum”
  • German: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Greek: “Γανγκάρ Πουενσούμ”
  • Hebrew: “גאנגק’אר פואנסום”
  • Hebrew: “גאנגקאר פואנסום”
  • Hindi: “गंगखर पुनसुम”
  • Hindi: “ग्न्खार प्येनसुम”
  • Hungarian: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Indonesian: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Italian: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Japanese: “ガンカー・プンスム”
  • Japanese: “ガンケルプンズム”
  • Javanese: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Kannada: “ಗಂಗಖರ್ ಪ್ಯೇನ್ಸುಮ್”
  • Korean: “강카르 푼섬”
  • Kurdish: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Kurdish: “گانگکهار پوەنسوم”
  • Ladin: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Latvian: “Gankharpunsums”
  • Lithuanian: “Gangchar Puensumas”
  • Lithuanian: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Lithuanian: “Gangkhar Puensumas”
  • Lithuanian: “Gankar Punsum”
  • Lithuanian: “Gankar Punzum”
  • Macedonian: “Кангкар Пунсум”
  • Malay: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Malayalam: “ഗാങ്ഖാർ പൂയെൻസം”
  • Mingrelian: “განგხარ-პუენსუმი”
  • Nepali: “गङ्गखर पुनसुम”
  • Northern Sami: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gangker Punsum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Norwegian: “Gangker Punsum”
  • Persian: “گانگکهار پونزوم”
  • Polish: “Ganghkar Punsum”
  • Polish: “Gangkar Puensum”
  • Polish: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Polish: “Gangkhar Punsum”
  • Portuguese: “Gancar Punsum”
  • Portuguese: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Portuguese: “Gangkhar punzum”
  • Russian: “Канкар-Пунсум”
  • Serbian: “Гангхар Пуенсум”
  • Sicilian: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Slovak: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Slovenian: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Spanish: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Swedish: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Tibetan: “གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ”
  • Turkish: “Gangkar Punsum”
  • Turkish: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Turkish: “Gankar Punzum”
  • Ukrainian: “Гангкхар Пуенсум”
  • Ukrainian: “Гангкхар-Пуенсум”
  • Uzbek: “Gangxar Puensum”
  • Venetian: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Vietnamese: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Welsh: “Gangkhar Puensum”
  • Western Panjabi: “گنکھڑ پیونسم”
  • Wu Chinese: “冈嘎本孙峰”

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