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Kangchenjunga from Goecha La pass, 4940m, Sikkim

Kangchenjunga (Nepali:कञ्चनजङ्घा Kanchanjaŋghā) SewaLungma (Limbu language) is the third highest mountain in the world (after Mount Everest and K2).

Kangchenjunga has an altitude of 8,586 metres (28,169 ft). Kangchenjunga translated means "The Five Treasures of Snows", as it has five peaks, four of them over 8,450 metres. It is one of the mountains in the range of the Himalayas.

Images for kids

  • Kangchenjunga and surrounding peaks at sunset

    Kangchenjunga and surrounding peaks at sunset from ISS, December 2019

  • Round Kangchenjunga; a narrative of mountain travel and exploration (1903) (14771327254)

    Kangchenjunga map by Garwood, 1903

  • Kangchenjunga South Face

    Southwest (Yalung) face of Kangchenjunga seen from Nepal

  • Kanchenjunga-north

    Kanchenjunga-north from base camp in Nepal

  • Kanchenjunga summit ca. 1857

    Painting of Kanchinjínga as seen from the Singalila Ridge by Hermann Schlagintweit, 1855

  • Sunset on Kinchenjunga

    Sunset on Kangchenjunga, 1905

  • Kangchenjunga From Darjeeling War Memorial

    Kangchenjunga seen from Darjeeling War Memorial

  • Kangchenjunga Sign Board

    A sign board on the last traversable road to Kangchenjunga

  • 1990 reunion of the Kangchenjunga climbers

    First ascent reunion of 1990– front (left to right): Neil Mather, John Angelo Jackson, Charles Evans and Joe Brown and rear (left to right): Tony Streather, Norman Hardie, George Band, and Professor John Clegg.

  • Kanchenjunga from Tiger Hill at dawn

    Kanchenjunga from Tiger Hill at dawn

  • Kangchenjunga-from-Gangtok

    Kanchenjunga as seen from Gangtok, Sikkim

  • Five Treasures of Snow

    Five Treasures of Snow

  • Kangchenjunga from Bangladesh

    Kangchenjunga seen from Tetulia, Panchagarh, Northern Bangladesh.

  • Kangchenjunga East Face from Zemu Glacier

    East face of Kangchenjunga, from near the Zemu Glacier, Sikkim

See also

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