Kanchenjunga
third highest mountain in the world, in Nepal and India
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Summary
Kanchenjunga is a mountain[1]. Kanchenjunga ranks in the top 0.12% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,286 views/month, #16 of 13,313).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Taplejung District[3], Sikkim[4]
- Country: India[5], Nepal[6]
- Instance of: sacred mountain[7]
- Made from material: limestone[8]
- Part of: Seven Third Summits[9]
- Commons category: Kangchenjunga[10]
- Significant event: first ascent[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kangchenjunga[12]
- Commons gallery: Kangchenjunga[13]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths on Kanchenjunga[16]
- Native label: कंचनजंघा[17]
- Elevation above sea level: 8586 m[18]
- Topographic isolation: 124 km[19]
- Topographic prominence: 3922 m[20]
- Located in protected area: Khangchendzonga National Park[21], Kanchenjunga Conservation Area[22]
- Mountain range: Himalayas[23]
- Peak bagging classification: eight-thousander[24]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling[25], Category:Views of Kangchenjunga from Sikkim[26]
Why It Matters
Kanchenjunga has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Kanchenjunga is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]