Kangchenjunga

Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā and Khangchendzonga, is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at 8,586 m in a section of the Himalayas, the Kangchenjunga Himal, which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River. …
Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā and Khangchendzonga, is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at 8,586 m in a section of the Himalayas, the Kangchenjunga Himal, which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River. It lies in the border region between Koshi Province of Nepal and Sikkim state of India, with the two peaks West and Kangbachen in Nepal's Taplejung District and the other three peaks Main, Central and South directly on the border.
  • Elevation: 8,586 m (28,169 ft) · Ranked 3rd
  • Location: Taplejung District in Nepal · Mangan district in Sikkim, India
  • Prominence: 3,922 m (12,867 ft) · Ranked 29th
  • Listing: Eight-thousander · Seven Third Summits · List of mountains in India · List of mountains in Nepal · Country high point (India) · Ultra-prominent peak
  • Parent range: Himalayas
  • First ascent: 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band on the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition · (First winter ascent 11 January 1986 by Jerzy Kukuczka and Krzysztof Wielicki)
  • Easiest route: glacier/snow/ice climb

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org