Kula Kangri

Kula Kangri
库拉岗日峰
Kula Kangri pictured from Monla Karchung, 1933.
Highest point
Elevation7,538 m (24,731 ft)[1]
Ranked 45th
Prominence1,654 m (5,427 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates28°13′39″N 90°37′00″E / 28.22750°N 90.61667°E / 28.22750; 90.61667[2]
Geography
60km
37miles
Bhutan
Nepal
Pakistan
India
China
45
The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).[3]
Legend
Location in Tibet
LocationTibet, China
Parent rangeHimalayas
Climbing
First ascent1986

Kula Kangri is a mountain in the Eastern Himalayas that has an elevation of 7,538 metres (24,731 ft), making it the 45th highest mountain on Earth and one of the Ultras of the Himalayas.[1][4]

Chinese and Japanese authorities claim nearby Gangkhar Puensum is higher, and the claim that Kula Kangri is in or on the border with Bhutan is challenged.[5] Bhutan relinquished its claim to Kula Kangri in the 1980s.[5]

Peaks

The current consensus height is 7,538 m (24,731 ft).[1] A former height given was in the past 7,554 m (24,783 ft),[6] but other sources had the current height by 2011.[2] To its east within 2.5 km (1.6 mi), it has central and eastern peaks that are 7,418 m (24,337 ft) and 7,381 m (24,216 ft) high.[1]

Climbing history

The first ascent was made by a combined Japanese and Chinese team with 25 Japanese and 17 Chinese members in 1986.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Kula Kangri, China"". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  2. ^ a b "High Asia II: Himalaya of Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and adjoining region of Tibet". Peaklist.org. Archived from the original on 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  3. ^ "Peak Bagger:Himalaya, Central Nepal Himalaya, Khumbu, Ghurka Himal, Annapurna Himal, Xishapangma Area, Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya, Western Nepal Himalaya, Assam Himalaya, Punjab Himalaya, Bhutan Himalaya, Garwhal Himalaya, Ganesh Himal". Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Ultras of the Himalaya". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ a b Barnett, Robert (May 7, 2021). "China Is Building Entire Villages in Another Country's Territory". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "Kula Kangri, China". Peakbagger.com. Archived from the original on 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2006-03-17.
  7. ^ Hirai, Kazumasa (1987). "The Ascent Of Kula Kangri From Tibet". Japanese Alpine News. 43. Retrieved 18 September 2014.


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