Kanchenjunga: India's highest peak

Mt. Kanchenjunga and Pandim aerial view.

Elevation: 28,169 feet (8,586 meters)
Prominence: 12,867 feet (3,922 meters)
Location: Border of Nepal and India, central Asia
First Ascent: George Band and Joe Brown (UK), May 25, 1955

The name Kangchenjunga translates "Five Treasures of Snow," referring to Kangchenjunga's five peaks. The Tibetan words are: Kang (Snow) chen (Big) dzö (Treasury) nga (Five). The five treasures are Gold, Silver, Precious Stones, Grain, and Holy Scriptures.

Kangchenjunga is the highest mountain in India and second highest in Nepal and is the easternmost 8,000-meter peak. The mountain is in the Kangchenjunga Himal, a high mountainous region bounded on the west by the Tamur River and on the east by the Teesta River. Kangchenjunga lies about 75 miles east southeast of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.

Source - climbing.about

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River and in the east by the Teesta River. Kangchenjunga is located on the boundary between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim.

The Geological Survey of India indicates the summit of Kangchenjunga at 8,598 m (28,209 ft). It is the highest peak in India and the easternmost of the peaks higher than 8,000 m (26,247 ft). It is called Five Treasures of Snow after its five high peaks, and has always been worshipped by the people of Darjeeling and Sikkim.

Source - wikipedia

The peaks that one can see around Kanchenjunga re:

1. Mount Narsing / Narsingh (5800 m)
2. Kabru (7317 m)
3. Kangchenjunga (8586 m)
4. Kangchenjunga West (8505 m)
5. Jannu (7710 m)
6. Siniolchu (6888 m)
7. Jongsong Peak (7462 m)
8. Pauhunri / Pauhundri (7128 m)

Two of the five peaks are in Taplejung District, Nepal. The other three peaks -- main, central, and south -- are on the border of North Sikkim and Nepal. Kangchenjunga Main is the second highest peak in Nepal after Mount Everest.

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