Boktoh

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Boktoh
Boktoh Central 6042 m and Boktoh East 6142 m

Boktoh Central 6042 m and Boktoh East 6142 m

height 6142  m
location Taplejung District ( Nepal )
Mountains Kangchenjunga Himal ( Himalaya )
Dominance 4.76 km →  Tso Kang (North Summit)
Notch height 572 m ↓  ( 5570  m )
Coordinates 27 ° 37 ′ 16 ″  N , 88 ° 0 ′ 17 ″  E Coordinates: 27 ° 37 ′ 16 ″  N , 88 ° 0 ′ 17 ″  E
Boktoh (Province No. 1)
Boktoh
First ascent April 10, 1991 by Marko Prezelj , Andrej Stremfelj and Uros Rupar

The Boktoh (or Bokta ) is a mountain in the Himalayas in the Taplejung district of the eastern Nepalese administrative region Mechi .

Boktoh, located in the Kangchenjunga Himal , has a height of 6142  m (according to other sources 6114  m ). It is 16.7 km west-southwest of the eight-thousander Kangchenjunga . The Yalung Glacier flows south of the Boktoh and the Yamatari Glacier north , both in a westerly direction.

The Boktoh is one of the trekking peaks that are listed in category "A" by the Nepal Mountaineering Association . The best travel time for an ascent is March – May and September – October.

Boktoh was first climbed on April 10, 1991 by a Slovenian mountaineering group consisting of Marko Prezelj , Andrej Stremfelj and Uros Rupar . The ascent took place from Ramze ( 4540  m ) to the south .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Nepal Mountaineering Association ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nepaltrekkingpeaks.org
  2. himalayaspirit.com: 33 Climbing NMA Peaks
  3. treknepaltibet.com
  4. ^ Alpine Club Library - Himalayan Index
  5. gore-ljudje.net