| Kula Kangri |
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Kula Kangri from the northwest |
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| Elevation | 7,538 m (24,731 ft) Ranked 45th |
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| Prominence | 1,654 m (5,427 ft) |
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| Listing | |
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| Coordinates | 28°13′39″N 90°37′00″E / 28.22750°N 90.61667°E / 28.22750; 90.61667 |
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60km 37miles
Bhutan
Nepal
Pakistan
India
China
The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).
- 1:Mount Everest
- 2:Kangchenjunga
- 3:Lhotse
- 4:Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West
- 5:Makalu
- 6:Kangchenjunga South
- 7:Kangchenjunga Central
- 8:Cho Oyu
- 9:Dhaulagiri
- 10:Manaslu (Kutang)
- 11:Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
- 12:Annapurna
- 13:Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma)
- 14:Manaslu East
- 15:Annapurna East Peak
- 16: Gyachung Kang
- 17:Annapurna II
- 18:Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri)
- 19:Kangbachen
- 20:Himalchuli (Himal Chuli)
- 21:Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna)
- 22:Nuptse (Nubtse)
- 23:Nanda Devi
- 24:Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho)
- 25:Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa)
- 26:Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak)
- 27:Kamet
- 28:Dhaulagiri II
- 29:Ngojumba Kang II
- 30:Dhaulagiri III
- 31:Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu)
- 32:Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan)
- 33:Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III)
- 34:Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen)
- 35:Dhaulagiri IV
- 36:Annapurna Fang
- 37:Silver Crag
- 38:Kangbachen Southwest
- 39:Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum)
- 40:Annapurna III
- 41:Himalchuli West
- 42:Annapurna IV
- 43:Kula Kangri
- 44:Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri)
- 45:Ngadi Chuli South
Location in Tibet |
| Location | Lhozhag County, Tibet, China |
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| Parent range | Himalayas |
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| First ascent | 1986 |
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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.
Bhutan once claimed Kula Kangri. The claim was relinguished in the 1980s, with Bhutan attributing it to a cartographic error. The current borderline runs through the higher Gangkar Puensum.
Kula Kangri is considered one of the four sacred mountains of Central Tibet.