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Mount Nyenchen Tanglha

Mount Nyenchen TanglhaNyainqêntanglha Feng, Nyenchen Thanglha, Nyenchentangla, Nyanchen Thanglha, Nyainchentanglha

Elevation 7162 m (23497 ft)[1]

Prominence 2239 m (7346 ft)[2]

Listing Ultra

Location

Mount Nyenchen TanglhaLocation within Tibet, China

Location Damxung County, Tibet, China

Range Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains

Coordinates 30°22′03″N 90°35′06″E[2]

Climbing

First ascent 8 May 1986 by a Japanese expedition

Easiest route Glacier/snow/ice climb

Mount Nyenchen Tanglha[3][4][5] (officially Nyainqêntanglha Feng; Tibetan: གཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ་, Wylie:Gnyan-chen-thang-lha ; Chinese: 念 青 唐 古 拉 峰, Pinyin: Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng) is the highest peak ofNyenchen Tanglha Mountains, which together with the Gangdise range forms the Transhimalaya.Mount Nyenchen Tanglha is located in the western part of the range on the watershed between the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) to the south and the endorheic basins of the Changtang to the north. In particular, it lies to the south

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of Namtso Lake. It belongs to Damxung county in the Prefecture of Lhasa of Tibet.Nyenchen Tanglha is the subject of many Tibetan fairy tales and old folklore.

The three main summits of Nyenchen TanglhaWith an altitude of 7,162m, Nyenchen Tanglha is the highest mountain of the Transhimalayan range. It has atopographic prominence of 2,239m and its parent mountain is Gurla Mandhata located 890km east. Key saddle is at4,923m (30°25'57"N 81°37'28"E) near the spring of Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahamaputra).Nyenchen Tanglha has three main summits above 7,000m, located on a northwest-southeast ridge. All three mainsummits were climbed between 1986 and 1995.

Mountain Height (m) Coordinates Prominence (m) Parent mountain First ascent

Nyenchen Tanglha I 7,162 30°23′26″N 90°33′49″E 2,239 Gurla Mandhata 8 May 1986

Nyenchen Tanglha II 7,117 30°22′15″N 90°35′03″E 189 Nyenchen Tanglha I 28 July 1989

Nyenchen Tanglha III 7,046 30°22′06″N 90°36′03″E 253 Nyenchen Tanglha II 22 August 1995

References[1] "Nyainqêntanglha Feng, China" (http:/ / www. peakbagger. com/ peak. aspx?pid=10594) on Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-11-24.[2] "Tibet - Xizang" Ultra-Prominences (http:/ / www. peaklist. org/ WWlists/ ultras/ china1. html) Listed as "Nyainqêntanglha Feng" on

Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-24.[3] Dorje, Gyurme (1999). Tibet (3rd ed.). Bath, UK: Footprint. ISBN 1-903471-30-3.[4] Chan, Victor (1994). Tibet Handbook: A Pilgrimage Guide. Moon Publications.[5] http:/ / www. alpinejournal. org. uk/ Articles_by_Area/ ChinaTibet. html The Alpine Journal (web archive)

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