Kanchenjunga Mountain

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Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn't enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the moon. So we went to the moon, played golf up there, before we went to the largest feature on our own planet.
Robert Ballard

Kanchenjunga sometimes spelled Kanchenjunga or Kanchenjunga is the third largest mountain in the world. Kanchenjunga is located on the Sikkim (India)-Nepal border as part of the Himalayan mountain range. Kanchenjunga has 5 peaks, of which the true Summit is 28,169 feet or 8586 meters. The name Kanchenjunga means "The Five Treasures of the Snow" in the local dialect, referring to its five summits all over 8000 meters. 

Kanchenjunga has an enormous mass with numerous satellite peaks along its ridges. Kanchenjunga is located at Latitude 27° 42' 9'' Longitude 88° 9' 1 '. Kanchenjunga is also known by some as named Kanchen Dzö-nga, Kachendzonga, Kanchenjunga. 

After several attempts the mountain was first climbed in 1955 by a British expedition lead by Charles Evans. The first ascent was by George Band and Joe Brown. On the followed day Norman Hardie and Tony Streather. Ginette Harrison is first and ONLY woman to summit (5/18/98) Kanchenjunga to date. 

The Southeast face of the mighty Kanchenjunga from Goechala pass in Sikkim. The pass is at a height of 16200 ft with the mountain rising almost 12000 ft further up. Silhouettes of people at the pass can be seen at the bottom of the image. The peak in the image is actually the South peak of Kangchenjunga, which is about 400 ft lower than the main peak. You can also see the West peak of Kangchenjunga (Yalung Kang) as the round peak slightly to the left of the South Ridge (the ridge going left from the South peak).