Kula Kangri

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Elevation7,538 m (24,731 ft)[1]
Ranked 45th
Prominence1,654 m (5,427 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates28°13′39″N 90°37′00″E / 28.22750°N 90.61667°E / 28.22750; 90.61667[2]
Kula Kangri
库拉岗日峰
Kula Kangri from the northwest
Highest point
Elevation7,538 m (24,731 ft)[1]
Ranked 45th
Prominence1,654 m (5,427 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates28°13′39″N 90°37′00″E / 28.22750°N 90.61667°E / 28.22750; 90.61667[2]
Geography
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60km
37miles
Bhutan
Nepal
Pakistan
India
China
Ngadi Chuli South
45
Ngadi Chuli South
Ngadi Chuli South
Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri)
Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri)
Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri)
Kula Kangri
Kula Kangri
Kula Kangri
Annapurna IV
Annapurna IV
Annapurna IV
Himalchuli West
Himalchuli West
Himalchuli West
Annapurna III
Annapurna III
Annapurna III
Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum)
Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum)
Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum)
Kangbachen Southwest
Kangbachen Southwest
Kangbachen Southwest
Silver Crag
Silver Crag
Silver Crag
Annapurna Fang
Annapurna Fang
Annapurna Fang
Dhaulagiri IV
Dhaulagiri IV
Dhaulagiri IV
Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen)
Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen)
Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen)
Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III)
Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III)
Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III)
Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan)
Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan)
Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan)
Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu)
Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu)
Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu)
Dhaulagiri III
Dhaulagiri III
Dhaulagiri III
Ngojumba Kang II
Ngojumba Kang II
Ngojumba Kang II
Dhaulagiri II
Dhaulagiri II
Dhaulagiri II
Kamet
Kamet
Kamet
Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak)
Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak)
Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak)
Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa)
Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa)
Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa)
Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho)
Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho)
Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho)
Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi
Nuptse (Nubtse)
Nuptse (Nubtse)
Nuptse (Nubtse)
Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna)
Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna)
Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna)
Himalchuli (Himal Chuli)
Himalchuli (Himal Chuli)
Himalchuli (Himal Chuli)
Kangbachen
Kangbachen
Kangbachen
Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri)
Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri)
Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri)
Annapurna II
Annapurna II
Annapurna II
Gyachung Kang
Gyachung Kang
Gyachung Kang
Annapurna I East (Annapurna East Peak)
Annapurna I East (Annapurna East Peak)
Annapurna I East (Annapurna East Peak)
Manaslu East
Manaslu East
Manaslu East
Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma)
Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma)
Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma)
Annapurna
Annapurna
Annapurna
Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
Manaslu (Kutang)
Manaslu (Kutang)
Manaslu (Kutang)
Dhaulagiri
Dhaulagiri
Dhaulagiri
Cho Oyu
Cho Oyu
Cho Oyu
Kangchenjunga Central
Kangchenjunga Central
Kangchenjunga Central
Kangchenjunga South
Kangchenjunga South
Kangchenjunga South
Makalu
Makalu
Makalu
Yalung Kang (Kanchenjunga West)
Yalung Kang (Kanchenjunga West)
Yalung Kang (Kanchenjunga West)
Lhotse
Lhotse
Lhotse
Kangchenjunga (Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā, Khangchendzonga)
Kangchenjunga (Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā, Khangchendzonga)
Kangchenjunga (Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā, Khangchendzonga)
Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest
The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).[3]
Location in Tibet
LocationLhozhag County, Tibet, China
Parent rangeHimalayas
Climbing
First ascent1986

Kula Kangri is a mountain in the Eastern Himalayas that has an elevation of 7,538 metres (24,731 ft), making it the 45th highest mountain on Earth and one of the Ultras of the Himalayas.[1][4]

Bhutan once claimed Kula Kangri.[5] The claim was relinguished in the 1980s, with Bhutan attributing it to a cartographic error.[5] The current borderline runs through the higher Gangkar Puensum.

Kula Kangri is considered one of the four sacred mountains of Central Tibet.[6]

The current consensus height is 7,538 m (24,731 ft).[1] A former height given was in the past 7,554 m (24,783 ft),[7] but other sources had the current height by 2011.[2] To its east within 2.5 km (1.6 mi), it has central and eastern peaks that are 7,418 m (24,337 ft) and 7,381 m (24,216 ft) high.[1]

Climbing history

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