Easiest route Glacier/snow/ice climb Prominence 2,239 m | Elevation 7,162 m Listing Ultra-prominent peak | |
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Location Damxung County, Tibet, China First ascent 8 May 1986 by a Japanese expedition Mountain range Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains Parent range Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains Similar Noijin Kangsang, Ulugh Muztagh, Labuche Kang, Kangpenqing, Gurla Mandhata | ||
Act i snowfall on mount nyenchen tanglha a hero for the world
Mount Nyenchen Tanglha (officially Nyainqêntanglha Feng; Tibetan: གཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ་, Wylie: Gnyan-chen-thang-lha; Chinese: 念青唐古拉峰, Pinyin: Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng) is the highest peak of Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, which together with the Gangdise range forms the Transhimalaya.
Contents
- Act i snowfall on mount nyenchen tanglha a hero for the world
- Map of Nyainqentanglha Feng Damxung Lhasa China
- Location
- Mythology
- The three main summits of Nyenchen Tanglha
- References
Map of Nyainqentanglha Feng, Damxung, Lhasa, China
Location
Mount Nyenchen Tanglha is located in the western part of the range on the watershed between the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra River) to the south and the endorheic basins of the Changtang to the north. In particular, it lies to the south of Namtso Lake. It belongs to Damxung County in the Prefecture of Lhasa of Tibet.
Mythology
In Tibetan mythology Nyenchen Tanglha is considered the most influential deity in a large part of northern Tibet. In his mortal form he is shown riding a white horse, wearing a satin dress and holding a horse whip in one hand and a Buddhist rosary in the other. He is considered to be a bodhisattva on the eighth level, and is a protector of the teachings of the Nyingma tradition. Nyenchen Tanglha is the subject of many fairy tales and folklore.
The three main summits of Nyenchen Tanglha
With an elevation of 7,162m, Nyenchen Tanglha is the highest mountain of the Transhimalayan range. It has a topographic prominence of 2,239m and its parent mountain is Gurla Mandhata located 890 km east. Key saddle is at 4,923m (30°25'57"N 81°37'28"E) near the spring of Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahamaputra).
Nyenchen Tanglha has three main summits above 7,000m, located on a northwest-southeast ridge. All three main summits were climbed between 1986 and 1995.