Koshi Province
Taplejung
Phaktanglung

Kangchenjunga

Kangchenjunga is the world's third-highest mountain at 8,586 m. It straddles the border of and and can be visited from either side: Other than these, the mountain is famously visible from North Bengal in India, particularly .
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  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: third highest mountain in the world, in Nepal and India
  • Also known as: “Kañcanjaṅghā”, “Kanchenjunga”, and “Kangchendzonga”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yalung Kang and Kangchenjunga Central.

Peak
Photo: Carsten.nebel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 8,505 m high minor summit of the massif found in the . The peak lies 1.16 km west of Kanchenjunga's main summit in Taplejung, Nepal.

Peak
Photo: Carsten.nebel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak.

Peak
Photo: Ashinpt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peak is a 8,476-metre high subsidiary peak of , the third highest mountain in the world. The summit is located in the Himalayan range, on the border between and .

Kangchenjunga

Latitude
27.70301° or 27° 42′ 11″ north
Longitude
88.14748° or 88° 8′ 51″ east
Elevation
8,586 metres (28,169 feet)
Open location code
7MVCP43W+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4462458037
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Wiki­data ID
Q82019
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kangchenjunga” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Angika: “कंचनजंघा”
  • Arabic: “كانغشينجونغا”
  • Aragonese: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Armenian: “Կանչենջանգա”
  • Assamese: “কাঞ্চনজংঘা”
  • Asturian: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kançencanqa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kançencaqra”
  • Basque: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Basque: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Belarusian: “Канчэнджанга”
  • Bengali: “কঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা”
  • Bengali: “কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা”
  • Bhojpuri: “कंचन जंघा”
  • Bhojpuri: “कंचनजंगा”
  • Bhojpuri: “कंचनजंघा”
  • Bosnian: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Breton: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Bulgarian: “Кангчендзьонга”
  • Bulgarian: “Канченджанга”
  • Catalan: “Kanchajanga”
  • Catalan: “Kanchajunga”
  • Catalan: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Catalan: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Catalan: “Kinchijunga”
  • Catalan: “Kinchinjunga”
  • Cebuano: “Kānchenjunga”
  • Chinese: “干城章嘉峰”
  • Chinese: “金城章嘉峰”
  • Cornish: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Croatian: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Czech: “Káčaňdžunga”
  • Czech: “Kančendžanga”
  • Czech: “Kančendženga”
  • Czech: “Kančendžonga”
  • Czech: “Kančenjunga”
  • Czech: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Czech: “Khangčhendzonga”
  • Czech: “Khangčhendzönga”
  • Danish: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Danish: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Danish: “Khangchendzonga”
  • Dotyali: “कञ्चनजंघा हिमाल”
  • Dutch: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Dutch: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كانجشينجونجا”
  • Esperanto: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Estonian: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Estonian: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Finnish: “Kachendzonga”
  • Finnish: “Kanchenjanga”
  • Finnish: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Finnish: “Kangchanfanga”
  • Finnish: “Kangchen Dzö-nga”
  • Finnish: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Finnish: “Khangchendzonga”
  • French: “Kanchenjunga”
  • French: “Kangchendzönga”
  • French: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Galician: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Georgian: “კანჩენჯანგა”
  • German: “Kañcanjaṅghā”
  • German: “Kanchenjunga”
  • German: “Kangchendzönda”
  • German: “Kangchendzonga”
  • German: “Kangchendzönga”
  • German: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Greek: “Κανγκτσενγιούνγκα”
  • Guarani: “Kãchẽjunga”
  • Guarani: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Gujarati: “કંચનજંઘા”
  • Gujarati: “કાંચનજંઘા”
  • Hebrew: “הר הקאנצ’נג’ונגה”
  • Hebrew: “קנצ’נג’נגה”
  • Hindi: “कंचनजंगा”
  • Hindi: “कंचनजंघा”
  • Hindi: “कञ्चञ्जङ्गा”
  • Hungarian: “Kancsendzönga”
  • Icelandic: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Ido: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Indonesian: “Kanchanjunga”
  • Indonesian: “Kangchanjunga”
  • Indonesian: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Italian: “Kanchenjonga”
  • Italian: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Italian: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Italian: “Katchenjunga”
  • Japanese: “カンチェンジュンガ”
  • Javanese: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಂಚನಜುಂಗಾ”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಂಚೆನಜುಂಗ”
  • Kazakh: “Канченджанга”
  • Korean: “얄룽캉”
  • Korean: “칸첸중가 산”
  • Korean: “칸첸중가”
  • Korean: “칸첸중가산”
  • Korean: “캉첸중가”
  • Kurdish: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Ladin: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Latin: “Kangcheniunga”
  • Latvian: “Kančendžanga”
  • Lithuanian: “Kančendžanga”
  • Lithuanian: “Kangčenjunga”
  • Macedonian: “Кангченѕунга”
  • Maithili: “कञ्चनजङ्घा पर्वत”
  • Malay: “Kangchengjunga”
  • Malay: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Malayalam: “കാഞ്ചൻ‌ജംഗ കൊടുമുടി”
  • Marathi: “कंचनजंगा”
  • Marathi: “कंचनजंघा”
  • Marathi: “कञ्चनजंघा”
  • Marathi: “कांचनगंगा”
  • Mingrelian: “კანჩენჯანგა”
  • Nepali: “कंचनजंगा”
  • Nepali: “कंचनजंघा”
  • Nepali: “कञ्चनजङ्घा हिमाल”
  • Nepali: “कञ्चनजङ्घा”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kangchendzönga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kachendzonga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kanchenjanga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kangchanfanga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kangchen Dzö-nga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantjendjunga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantsjendjunga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khangchendzonga”
  • Norwegian: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kanchenjunga”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kangchenjunga”
  • Oriya: “କଞ୍ଚନଜଙ୍ଗା”
  • Oriya: “କାଞ୍ଚନଜଙ୍ଘା”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੰਚਨਜੰਗਾ”
  • Persian: “کانگچنجونگا”
  • Persian: “کنجچنجنگا”
  • Polish: “K’angcz’endzönga”
  • Polish: “Kanczendzanga”
  • Polish: “Kanczendzonga”
  • Polish: “Kangczendzonga”
  • Portuguese: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Portuguese: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Romanian: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Russian: “Канченджанга”
  • Russian: “Канченджунга”
  • Russian: “Канчинджунга”
  • Sanskrit: “काञ्चनजुङ्गा”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱱᱪᱚᱱᱡᱟᱝᱜᱷᱟ”
  • Scots: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Serbian: “Канченџунга”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Slovak: “Káčaňdžunga”
  • Slovak: “Kančendžonga”
  • Slovenian: “Kandženzenga”
  • Slovenian: “Kangčendzenga”
  • Spanish: “Ka nchenjunga”
  • Spanish: “Ka-nchenjunga”
  • Spanish: “Kanchenjanga”
  • Spanish: “Kanchenjonga”
  • Spanish: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Spanish: “Kānchenjunga”
  • Spanish: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Sundanese: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Swahili: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Swedish: “Kachendzonga”
  • Swedish: “Kanchenaganga”
  • Swedish: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Swedish: “Kangchanfanga”
  • Swedish: “Kangchen Dzö-nga”
  • Swedish: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Swedish: “Khangchendzonga”
  • Tamil: “கஞ்சஞ்சங்கா மலை”
  • Tamil: “கஞ்சஞ்சங்கா”
  • Tamil: “கஞ்சன்சங்கா மலை”
  • Tamil: “கஞ்சன்சங்கா”
  • Tamil: “கஞ்சன்சுங்கா மலை”
  • Tamil: “கஞ்சன்ஜங்கா”
  • Telugu: “కాంచెన్‌జంగా”
  • Thai: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Thai: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Thai: “ยอดเขากังชันจุงก้า”
  • Thai: “ยอดเขากันเจนชุงคา”
  • Thai: “ยอดเขาคังเช็นเจองา”
  • Tibetan: “གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ་”
  • Turkish: “Kançencunga Dağı”
  • Turkish: “Kançencunga”
  • Turkish: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Turkish: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Ukrainian: “Канченджанга”
  • Ukrainian: “Канченджанґа”
  • Urdu: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Urdu: “کنگچنجنگا”
  • Venetian: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Vietnamese: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Vietnamese: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kangchenjunga”
  • Welsh: “Kanchenjunga”
  • Welsh: “Kangchendzonga”
  • Welsh: “Kangchenjunga”
  • Western Panjabi: “کنچنجنگا”
  • Western Panjabi: “کنگچنجنگا”
  • Wu Chinese: “干城章嘉峰”
  • Yue Chinese: “干城章嘉峰”
  • “कंचनजंघा”

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