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Mount Nyenchen Tanglha[3][4][5] (officially Nyainqêntanglha Feng; Tibetan: གཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ་, Wylie: Gnyan-chen-thang-lha; Chinese: 念青唐古拉峰, Pinyin: Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng) is the highest peak of Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, which together with the Gangdise range forms the Transhimalaya.

Mount Nyenchen Tanglha
Nyainqêntanglha Feng, Nyenchen Thanglha, Nyenchentangla, Nyanchen Thanglha, Nyainchentanglha
Highest point
Elevation	7,162 m (23,497 ft)[1]
Prominence	2,239 m (7,346 ft)[2]
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	30°22′03″N 90°35′06″E[2]
Geography
Mount Nyenchen Tanglha Location within Tibet, China
Location	Damxung County, Tibet, China
Parent range	Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains
Climbing
First ascent	8 May 1986 by a Japanese expedition
Easiest route	Glacier/snow/ice climb

Location

Mount Nyenchen Tanglha is located in the western part of the range on the watershed between the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra River) to the south and the endorheic basins of the Changtang to the north. In particular, it lies to the south of Namtso Lake. It belongs to Damxung County in the Prefecture of Lhasa of Tibet.

Mythology

In Tibetan mythology Nyenchen Tanglha is considered the most influential deity in a large part of northern Tibet. In his mortal form he is shown riding a white horse, wearing a satin dress and holding a horse whip in one hand and a Buddhist rosary in the other.[6] He is considered to be a bodhisattva on the eighth level, and is a protector of the teachings of the Nyingma tradition.[7] Nyenchen Tanglha is the subject of many fairy tales and folklore.

The three main summits of Nyenchen Tanglha

With an elevation of 7,162m, Nyenchen Tanglha is the highest mountain of the Transhimalayan range. It has a topographic prominence of 2,239m and its parent mountain is Gurla Mandhata located 890 km east. Key saddle is at 4,923m (30°25'57"N 81°37'28"E) near the spring of Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra).

Nyenchen Tanglha has three main summits above 7,000m, located on a northwest–southeast ridge. All three main summits were climbed between 1986 and 1995.

Mountain	Height (m)	Coordinates	Prominence (m)	Parent mountain	First ascent
Nyenchen Tanglha I	7,162	30°23′26″N 90°33′49″E	2,239	Gurla Mandhata	8 May 1986
Nyenchen Tanglha II	7,117	30°22′15″N 90°35′03″E	189	Nyenchen Tanglha I	28 July 1989
Nyenchen Tanglha III	7,046	30°22′06″N 90°36′03″E	253	Nyenchen Tanglha II	22 August 1995

See also

• List of Ultras of Tibet, East Asia and neighbouring areas
• Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains

References

Sources

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[de] Nyainqêntanglha (Berg)

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- [en] Mount Nyenchen Tanglha

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[fr] Mont Nyainqêntanglha

Le mont Nyainqêntanglha (en chinois Nyainqêntanglha Feng, en tibétain Nyenchen Tanglha[1]) est un sommet himalayen du Tibet. Il se situe dans l'ouest de la chaîne homonyme, les monts Nyainqêntanglha (ou en chinois Nyainqêntanglha Shan), dont il constitue le point culminant. Il est lié à une déité éponyme[2].

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