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Tenzing Peak

Tenzing Peak
The North Face of Cho Oyu from Tingri in Tibet. Tenzing Peak is the peak on the left.
Highest point
Elevation7,916 m (25,971 ft)[1]
Prominence216 m (709 ft)[2]
Coordinates28°06′21″N 86°41′13″E / 28.10583°N 86.68694°E / 28.10583; 86.68694
Geography
Tenzing Peak is located in Nepal
Tenzing Peak
Tenzing Peak
Location in Nepal
Map
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45km
30miles
Nepal
Pakistan
China
Ngadi Chuli South
Ngadi Chuli South
Annapurna IV
Annapurna IV
Himalchuli West
Himalchuli West
Annapurna III
Annapurna III
Silver Crag
Silver Crag
Annapurna Fang
Annapurna Fang
Dhaulagiri IV
Dhaulagiri IV
Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen)
Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen)
Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III)
Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III)
Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan)
Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan)
Dhaulagiri III
Dhaulagiri III
Ngojumba Kang II
Ngojumba Kang II
Dhaulagiri II
Dhaulagiri II
Kamet
Kamet
Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho)
Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho)
Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi
Nuptse (Nubtse)
Nuptse (Nubtse)
Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna)
Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna)
Himalchuli (Himal Chuli)
Himalchuli (Himal Chuli)
Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri)
Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri)
Annapurna II
Annapurna II
Gyachung Kang
Gyachung Kang
Annapurna I East (Annapurna East Peak)
Annapurna I East (Annapurna East Peak)
Manaslu East
Manaslu East
Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma)
Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma)
Annapurna
Annapurna
Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
Manaslu (Kutang)
Manaslu (Kutang)
Dhaulagiri
9
Dhaulagiri
Cho Oyu
8
Cho Oyu
Makalu
5
Makalu
Lhotse
3
Lhotse
Mount Everest
1
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] The map may help give context to Tenzing Peak with more detail and zooming on click through.

Legend:
1:Mount Everest2:Kangchenjunga3:Lhotse4:Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West5:Makalu6:Kangchenjunga South7:Kangchenjunga Central8:Cho Oyu9:Dhaulagiri10:Manaslu (Kutang)11:Nanga Parbat (Diamer) 12:Annapurna13:Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma)14:Manaslu East15:Annapurna East Peak16: Gyachung Kang17:Annapurna II 18:Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri)19:Kangbachen20:Himalchuli (Himal Chuli)21:Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna)22:Nuptse (Nubtse)23:Nanda Devi24:Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho)25:Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa)26:Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak)27:Kamet28:Dhaulagiri II29:Ngojumba Kang II30:Dhaulagiri III31:Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu)32:Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan) 33:Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III)34:Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen)35:Dhaulagiri IV36:Annapurna Fang37:Silver Crag38:Kangbachen Southwest39:Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum)40:Annapurna III41:Himalchuli West42:Annapurna IV43:Kula Kangri44:Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri)45:Ngadi Chuli South

 
Location in Nepal
LocationBorder of Tibet and Nepal
Parent rangeHimalayas
Climbing
First ascentApril 24, 1965 by Naomi Uemura and Pemba Tenzing

Tenzing Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a 7,916-metre (25,971 ft) peak in the Himalayas in honour of Tenzing Norgay, who made the first ascent of Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953.[1] It is also known variously as Ngojumba Kang,[2] Ngozumpa Kang and Ngojumba Ri.

In September 2013 a government panel recommended that two mountains on the ridge between Cho Oyu and Gyachung Kang be called Hillary Peak and Tenzing Peak as part of a batch of new summits that would be opened to climbers in 2014. It is in fact a satellite peak of Cho Oyu,[4] which is 2.64 km (1.64 mi) to its west–south–west.[2]

It was first climbed on 24 April 1965 by Naomi Uemura and Pemba Tenzing as part of a Japanese expedition from the Alpine Club of Meiji University.[5]

The subsidiary peaks of Ngojumba Kang are to its east Ngojumba Kang II at 7,743 m (25,404 ft) at 2.16 km (1.34 mi) distance at 28°06′22″N 86°42′22″E / 28.10611°N 86.70611°E / 28.10611; 86.70611 and Ngojumba Kang III (Hillary Peak) at 7,681 m (25,200 ft) at 2.81 km (1.75 mi) distance at 28°06′24″N 86°42′46″E / 28.10667°N 86.71278°E / 28.10667; 86.71278.[2][a]

Notes

  1. ^ The locations of the peaks named Tenzing and Hillary were initially unclear. The height given by Nepalese government sources of Hillary Peak at 7681 m is used here. The coordinates published by the Nepalese government later in 2014 for Hillary Peak at 28°06′24″N 86°42′58″E / 28.10667°N 86.71611°E / 28.10667; 86.71611 best matches Ngojumba Kang III, rather than Ngojumba Kang II as assigned by some.[2]

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