Gangkhar Puensum
Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with an elevation of 7,570 metres and a prominence of 2,995 metres.
- 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་”
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Wu Chinese—“Gangkhar Puensum” goes by many names.
Канкар-ПунсумAbkhazian
جانجخار بوينسومArabic
ԳանգկարպունսումArmenian
গংখাৰ পুয়েনছুমAssamese
Gangkhar PuensumAsturian
Gangkar PünsumBasque
Gangkhar PuensumBasque
Gankar PunzumBasque
Kangkar PunsumBasque
Канкар-ПунсумBelarusian
গাংখার পেনসুমBengali
Гангкар ПуенсумBulgarian
Gangkhar PuensumCatalan
Gangkhar PuensumCebuano
Gangkhar PuensumChinese
冈嘎本孙峰Chinese
岗嘎本松Chinese
岡嘎本孫峰Chinese
Канкар-ПунсумChuvash
Gangkar PunsumCzech
Gangkhar PuensumCzech
Nejvyšší hora BhútánuCzech
Gangkhar PuensumDanish
Gangkhar PuensumDutch
جبل جانجخار پوينسومEgyptian Arabic
Gangkhar PuensumEsperanto
Gangkhar PuensumEstonian
Gangkhar PuensumFinnish
Gangkhar PuensumGalician
განგკხარ-პუენსუმიGeorgian
Γανγκάρ ΠουενσούμGreek
גאנגק’אר פואנסוםHebrew
गंगखर पुनसुमHindi
ग्न्खार प्येनसुमHindi
Gangkhar PuensumHungarian
Gangkhar PuensumIndonesian
Gangkhar PuensumItalian
ガンカー・プンスムJapanese
ガンケルプンズムJapanese
Gangkhar PuensumJavanese
ಗಂಗಖರ್ ಪ್ಯೇನ್ಸುಮ್Kannada
강카르 푼섬Korean
Gangkhar PuensumKurdish
گانگکهار پوەنسومKurdish
Gangkhar PuensumLadin
GankharpunsumsLatvian
Gangchar PuensumasLithuanian
Gangkhar PuensumLithuanian
Gangkhar PuensumasLithuanian
Gankar PunsumLithuanian
Gankar PunzumLithuanian
Кангкар ПунсумMacedonian
Gangkhar PuensumMalay
ഗാങ്ഖാർ പൂയെൻസംMalayalam
განგხარ-პუენსუმიMingrelian
गङ्गखर पुनसुमNepali
Gangkhar PuensumNorthern Sami
Gangker PunsumNorwegian
Gangker PunsumNorwegian Bokmål
Gangkhar PuensumNorwegian Bokmål
Gangkhar PuensumNorwegian Nynorsk
گانگکهار پونزومPersian
Ganghkar PunsumPolish
Gangkar PuensumPolish
Gangkhar PuensumPolish
Gangkhar PunsumPolish
Канкар-ПунсумRussian
Гангхар ПуенсумSerbian
Gangkhar PuensumSicilian
Gangkhar PuensumSlovak
Gangkhar PuensumSlovenian
Gangkhar PuensumSwedish
གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམTibetan
Gangkar PunsumTurkish
Gangkhar PuensumTurkish
Gankar PunzumTurkish
Гангкхар ПуенсумUkrainian
Gangxar PuensumUzbek
Gangkhar PuensumVenetian
Gangkhar PuensumVietnamese
Gangkhar PuensumWelsh
گنکھڑ پیونسمWestern Panjabi
冈嘎本孙峰Wu Chinese
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