Gamlang Razi ( my, ဂမ်လန်ရာဇီ) is possibly

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's highest

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, located in the northern

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state of Kachin. It is in

Khakaborazi National Park Hkakaborazi National Park is a national park in northern Myanmar with an area of . It was established in 1998. It surrounds Hkakabo Razi, the highest mountain in the country. It ranges in elevation from comprising evergreen forest and mixed d ...

and part of the

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. The mountain lies on the border of

and

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, 15 km from the border tri-point with

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. The 5881-m high

Hkakabo Razi Hkakabo Razi ( my, ခါကာဘိုရာဇီ, ; or ) is believed to be Myanmar's highest mountain. The -tall mountain is the highest mountain in Southeast Asia as well. It is located in the northern Myanmar state of Kachin in an outlyin ...

is located 6.6 km ENE from Gamlang Razi.https://www.facebook.com/gamlang.razi.9 It has year-round

snow Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout ...

and

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. Mt. Gamlang Razi rock type is granite, according to the Department of Geological Survey of Myanmar.

Climbing history

Andy Tyson (1968–2015) led the first ascent in 2013. The team consisted of five American climbers as well as two Burmese climbers from the Technical Climbing Club of Myanmar (TCCM). The expedition was mainly sponsored by the Htoo Foundation. The path to the base camp passes through several

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

s and crosses a number of streams. In favorable weather, it typically takes about two weeks to reach the base camp.

Possibly the highest peak in Southeast Asia

Gamlang Razi has been measured at 5,870 ±2 m (19,259 ft). It makes the highest mountain in Southeast Asia whose height has been measured exactly by

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. Hkakabo Razi has not yet been measured via GPS. However, Hkakabo Razi may still be the highest peak according to a recent expedition to that peak. Though the expedition team reached only to 5742 m (18,840 ft), they estimated that Hkakabo Razi's summit to be another 240 m (800 ft) higher.

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Gamlang Razi Myanmar's snow capped mountain in Kachin State
India–Myanmar border International mountains of Asia Mountains of Myanmar Mountains of Tibet Mountains of Arunachal Pradesh Five-thousanders of the Himalayas

Climbing history

Possibly the highest peak in Southeast Asia

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