| Kula Kangri |
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Kula Kangri pictured from Monla Karchung, 1933. |
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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 | Ultra |
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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 | Tibet, People's Republic of China |
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| Parent range | Himalaya |
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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.
Chinese and Japanese authorities claim nearby Gangkhar Puensum is higher, and the claim that Kula Kangri is in or on the border with Bhutan is challenged. Bhutan has relinquished its claim to Kula Kangri in the 1980s.