Kangju Kangri is a mountain in the
Karakoram Range
The Karakoram is a mountain range in Kashmir region
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great ...
of Asia located in the union territory of
Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory which constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region and has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947. (subscription required) Quote: "Jammu and ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. With a summit elevation of 6,725 meters above sea level, it is the highest peak of the
Pangong range __NOTOC__
The Pangong Range is a mountain range in the northern Indian region of Ladakh that runs parallel to the Ladakh Range about 100 km northwest from Chushul, along the southern shore of the Pangong Lake
Pangong Tso or Pangong Lak ...
, a subrange of the Karakoram. Kangju Kangri rises over the winding, tri-headed
Kangju glacier and
Pangong Lake
Pangong Tso or Pangong Lake (;
; hi, text=पैंगोंग झील) is an endorheic lake spanning eastern Ladakh and West Tibet situated at an elevation of . It is long and divided into five sublakes, called ''Pangong Tso'', ''Tso ...
to the east.
See also
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List of Ultras of Tibet, East Asia and neighbouring areas
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Tibet, China, East Asia and neighbouring areas of Burma and India, including South India and Sri Lanka.
Kunlun Mountains and Northeastern Ti ...
References
External links
"Kangju Kangri, India" on Peakbagger
Mountains of Ladakh
Six-thousanders of the Karakoram
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