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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 7,570 metres
- Description: Bhutan mountain
- Also known as: “gangs dkar spun gsum”, “Kanggar Bünsum”, “Kankar Punsum”, “Kankar Pünsum”, and “冈嘎本孙”
Gangkhar Puensum
- Categories: mountain, virgin peak, and landform
- Location: Wangdue Phodrang District, Bhutan, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.04729° or 28° 2′ 50″ northLongitude
90.45488° or 90° 27′ 18″ eastElevation
7,570 metres (24,836 feet)Open location code
7MWG2FW3+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 5254355233OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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”
- Chinese: “干卡本森峰”
- 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: “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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