Gyachung Kang

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Gyachung Kang is a prominent Himalayan mountain peak, one of the world’s highest, located between Nepal and China in the Mahalangur Himal range.

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Surface form Occurrences
Yalung Kang 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf eight-thousander-subpeak candidate
mountain
climbingDifficulty technically difficult
climbingSeason post‑monsoon
pre‑monsoon
coordinates 28.10°N 86.75°E
country China
Nepal
elevation 26089 ft
7952 m
firstAscentBy Kiyoto Sakaizawa NERFINISHED
Pasang Phutar NERFINISHED
Yukihiko Kato NERFINISHED
firstAscentDate 1964-04-10
firstAscentExpedition Japanese expedition
firstAscentFrom north side
glaciersOnFlanks Gyachung Glacier NERFINISHED
Ngozumpa Glacier NERFINISHED
hasFeature heavily glaciated slopes
sharp ridges
steep ice faces
hasSecondarySummit Gyachung Kang West NERFINISHED
isHigherThan all non‑Himalayan mountains
isLessKnownThan Cho Oyu NERFINISHED
Mount Everest NERFINISHED
isLowerThan all fourteen eight‑thousanders
listing Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas
locatedIn Province No. 1, Nepal NERFINISHED
Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
locatedOn Nepal–China border NERFINISHED
mapLabelPosition left
mountainRange Mahalangur Himal NERFINISHED
name Gyachung Kang NERFINISHED
near Cho Oyu NERFINISHED
Mount Everest NERFINISHED
notableFor being the highest non‑eight‑thousander in the world
being the highest peak between Cho Oyu and Everest
parentPeak Cho Oyu NERFINISHED
partOf Himalayas NERFINISHED
photoCaption Gyachung Kang seen from Gokyo, Nepal
prominence 700 m
rankByHeightInWorld 15
region Khumbu NERFINISHED
Tingri County NERFINISHED
secondarySummitElevation 7922 m
topographicIsolation 5.8 km

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Kangbachen liesWestOf Gyachung Kang
this entity surface form: Yalung Kang