Yangra Kangri

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Yangra Kangri - Ganesh I.
View from the east;  from left: Pabil, Salasungo, Ganesh V, Yangra Kangri.

View from the east; from left: Pabil , Salasungo , Ganesh V , Yangra Kangri.

height 7422  m
location Gorkha District ( Nepal ), Tibet ( PR China )
Mountains Ganesh Himal ( Himalaya )
Dominance 48.08 km →  Himal Chuli
Notch height 2359 m ↓  (5063 m)
Coordinates 28 ° 23 '30 "  N , 85 ° 7' 39"  E Coordinates: 28 ° 23 '30 "  N , 85 ° 7' 39"  E
Yangra Kangri (Gandaki)
Yangra Kangri
First ascent October 24, 1955 by a Swiss-French expedition
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The Yangra Kangri (also Ganesh I ) is with a height of 7422  m (according to other information: 7429 m) the highest mountain in the Ganesh Himal , a mountain range in the Himalayas .

The summit is on the border between Nepal and the People's Republic of China . The first ascent took place on October 24, 1955 by Eric Guachet , Claude Kogan and Raymond Lambert . The mountain has rarely been climbed since then.

Web links

Commons : Yangra Kangri  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. American Alpine Journal 2002, pdf (English)