Mount Gongga
| Mount Gongga | |
|---|---|
West face of Mount Gongga | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,509 m (24,636 ft) Ranked 41st |
| Prominence | 3,642 m (11,949 ft) Ranked 47th |
| Parent peak | K2 |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 29°35′45″N 101°52′45″E / 29.59583°N 101.87917°E |
| Geography | |
Mount Gongga Location in Sichuan | |
| Location | Kangding and Luding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China |
| Parent range | Daxue Shan (大雪山) |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | October 28, 1932, by Terris Moore and Richard Burdsall |
| Easiest route | Northwest Ridge |
Mount Gongga (simplified Chinese: 贡嘎山; traditional Chinese: 貢嘎山; pinyin: Gònggā Shān), also known as Minya Konka (Khams Tibetan: མི་ཉག་གངས་དཀར་རི་བོ་, Khams Tibetan pinyin: Mi'nyâg Gong'ga Riwo) and nicknamed "The King of Sichuan Mountains", is the highest mountain in Sichuan province, China. It has an elevation of 7,509 m (24,636 ft) above sea level, as surveyed by the Ministry of Natural Resources in November 2023. The name Gongga means "white snow [mountain]" in Tibetan, while Mi'nyag/Minya refers to the cultural region around the mountain. Mount Gongga is the easternmost and most isolated 7,000-metre (23,000 ft) peak in the world. It is situated in the Daxue Shan mountain range, between the Dadu and Yalong rivers, and is part of the Hengduan mountainous region. The peak has large vertical relief over the deep gorges nearby.