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Kangchenjunga

#3 in World

Nepal/India

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Elevation
8,586 m
Coordinates
27.7025, 88.1475
Category
mountains

Overview

Third highest peak, sacred to the people of Sikkim.

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Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas, the Kangchenjunga Himal, which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River.

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