The Kanjiroba Himal is an isolated part of the Himalaya range within
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
, adjacent to the
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...
an border.
The region remained unmapped until the 1950s, when British explorer
John Baird Tyson
John Baird Tyson, , (7 April 1928, in Partick – 10 March 2014) was a British school teacher who mapped previously unexplored areas of the Himalayas.
Tyson's father was deputy headmaster at St Paul's School in London, where he was brought up. H ...
made the first of a series of expeditions to the area.
The highest peak is
Kanjiroba with a summit elevation of 6,883 meters above sea level.
Location
Kanjiroba Himal is within the cross-border
Shey Phoksundo National Park
Shey Phoksundo National Park is the largest and only trans- Himalayan national park in Nepal. It was established in 1984 and covers an area of in the districts of Dolpa and Mugu in the Mid-Western Region, Nepal. The protected area ranges in el ...
, Dolpa district, Nepal about 180 kilometres north-west of
Pokhara city.
Geology
The region is high mountains, cut into by glaciers and deep, precipitous river valleys.
Communications
Limited to the valleys, there are no practicable routes across the high mountains into Tibet
References
External links
Expedition report
Geography of Nepal
Himalayas
Mountains of the Karnali Province
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