Jongsong Peak
| Jongsong Peak | |
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 Jongsong Peak
Location in Nepal at the shared border triple-point with China and India
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). Ranked 57th |
| Prominence | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | China–India–Nepal tripoint |
| Parent range | Himalayas |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 2 June 1930 by Bericht Hörlin and Erwin Schneider |
Jongsong Peak is a mountain in the Janak section of the Himalayas.[2] At 7,462 metres (24,482 ft) it is the 57th highest peak in the world, although it is dominated by 3rd highest, Kangchenjunga, 20 km (12 mi) to the south. Jongsong's summit is on tri-junction of India, Nepal and China..[3]
From its first ascent in 1930 by members of German expedition led by Gunther Dyhrenfurth[4] until the first ascent of Kamet on 21 June 1931, Jongsong was the highest climbed peak in the world. The first ascent team of Jongsong peak had included several members who were also members of the International mountaineering organisation Himalayan Club.
On 30 September 2012, a team from the Kolkata section of the Himalayan Club (Pradeep Sahoo (Leader) with Ang Dorji Sherpa and Phurba Sherpa ),ascended the Jongsong peak's east summit(named Domo by Dyhrenfurth) on a new route via the eastern ridge of the Jongsong peak from a col between the Jongsong massif and an adjoining peak called Dome Kang. The previous day, another team from the same Expediiton scaled Dome Kang (Rajib Mondal and Dawa Sherpa)from the common col along its east face (New route first ascent / second ascent overall). They had approached the mountains from the Jongsong glacier, Sikkim.
References
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The team abandoned its attempt on Kanchenjunga to make first ascents of Jongsong (24,334'), Nepal Peak (23,560') and Ramthang (23,310) among others.
