Kangchenjunga South Summit
| Kangchenjunga South Summit | ||
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 Kangchenjunga south summit and south face of Goecha-La |
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| height | 8476 m | |
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Taplejung ( Nepal ), North Sikkim ( India ) |
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| Mountains | Kangchenjunga Himal ( Himalaya ) | |
| Dominance | 1.44 km → Kangchenjunga | |
| Notch height | 76 m ↓ ( 8400 m ) | |
| Coordinates | 27 ° 41 ′ 30 " N , 88 ° 9 ′ 15" E | |
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| First ascent | May 19, 1978 by Eugeniusz Chrobak and Wojciech Wróż | |
The Kangchenjunga South Summit ( English Kanchenjunga South ) is an 8476 m high secondary summit of the Kangchenjunga , the third highest mountain in the world at 8586 m in the Himalayas .
The summit is on the Nepalese - Indian border. A mountain ridge leads north over the central peak to the main peak of the Kangchenjunga. To the east, a mountain ridge branches off to Zemu Kang ( 7730 m ). To the south, the ridge continues over Hogsback Peak ( 7379 m ) and Talung ( 7349 m ) to Kabru .
The first ascent of the summit took place in 1978 - 23 years after the first successful ascent to the main summit - by the Poles Eugeniusz Chrobak and Wojciech Wróż. In 1989 the mountain was climbed for the first time without bottled oxygen.
Web links
- Kangchenjunga South Summit on Peakbagger.com (English)