Gongga Shan
| Gongga Shan | ||
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 Minya Konka northwest ridge |
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| height | 7556 m | |
| location | Province of Sichuan ( China ) | |
| Mountains | Daxue Shan | |
| Dominance | 660 km → Namjagbarwa | |
| Notch height | 3642 m | |
| Coordinates | 29 ° 35 '45 " N , 101 ° 52' 45" E | |
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| First ascent | October 28, 1932 by Terris Moore and Richard Burdsall | |
| Normal way | Northwest ridge | |
 Summit area of Minya Konka |
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Tibetan script :
མི་ ཉག་ གངས་ དཀར་ རི་ བོ །
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Wylie transliteration : mi nyak gangs dkar ri bo
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Official transcription of the PRCh : Minyag Ganggar Riwo
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THDL transcription : Minyak Gangkar Riwo
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Other spellings: Minya Konka, Minya Gongkar
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Traditional :
貢嘎 山
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Simplified :
贡嘎 山
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Pinyin : Gònggā Shān
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Gònggā Shān (also Minya Konka , Khams- Tibetan Mi'nyâg Gong'ga Riwo ) is a mountain in the Daxue-Shan chain in Sichuan in the People's Republic of China and the easternmost seven-thousand-meter peak in the world.
Height measurement
In 1930, the researcher Joseph Rock stated the height of the mountain at 9,220 meters after an initial measurement and telegraphed the mountain to the National Geographic Society as the highest in the world. However, the company was skeptical and after a review reduced the altitude to 7,803 meters.
The Swiss cartographer Eduard Imhof and the Swiss geologist Arnold Heim corrected the altitude to 7,590 meters after an expedition in 1930. However, it remained the third highest mountain on earth outside the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges after the Tirich Mir and the Kongur Shan . In 1932, an American research team confirmed the information. He also managed the first ascent of the mountain.
See also
literature
- Michael Brandtner: Minya Konka Snow Mountains in Eastern Tibet. The discovery of an alpine paradise. Detjen-Verlag, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-937597-20-4 .
- Richard Burdsall, Terris Moore, Arthur Emmons and Jack Young: Men Against The Clouds (revised edition). The Mountaineers 1980.
- Arnold Heim : Minya Gongkar. Verlag Hans Huber, Bern / Berlin 1933.
- Eduard Imhof: The great cold mountains of Szetschuan. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1974.
Web links
- Gongga Shan on Peakbagger.com (English)
- The Minya Konka. A mountain as a controversial object Article on ETHistory
- Expedition report by Gerhard Schmatz