Jongsong Peak ( Nepali: जोङ्सोङ् हिमाल) is a mountain in the ''Janak'' section of the

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. At it is the 57th highest peak in the world, although it is dominated by 3rd highest,

Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', which is bounded in the west by the T ...

, to the south. Jongsong's summit is on

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of India, Nepal and China.

History

From its first ascent in 1930 by members of German expedition led by

Gunther Dyhrenfurth Gundaharius or Gundahar (died 437), better known by his legendary names Gunther ( gmh, Gunther) or Gunnar ( non, Gunnarr), was a historical king of Burgundy in the early 5th century. Gundahar is attested as ruling his people shortly after they ...

The team abandoned its attempt on Kangchenjunga to make first ascents of Jongsong (24,334'), Nepal Peak (23,560') and Ramthang (23,310) among others. until the first ascent of

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on 21 June 1931, Jongsong was the highest climbed peak in the world. The first ascent team of Jongsong peak had included several members who were also members of the International mountaineering organisation Himalayan Club. On 30 September 2012, a team from the Kolkata section of the Himalayan Club (Pradeep Sahoo (Leader) with Ang Dorji Sherpa and Phurba Sherpa), ascended the Jongsong peak's east summit (named Domo by Dyhrenfurth) on a new route via the eastern ridge of the Jongsong peak from a col between the Jongsong massif and an adjoining peak called Dome Kang. The previous day, another team from the same expedition scaled Dome Kang (Rajib Mondal and Dawa Sherpa) from the common col along its east face (New route first ascent / second ascent overall). They had approached the mountains from the Jongsong glacier, Sikkim.

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite journal , author = Carter, H. Adams , title = Classification of the Himalaya , journal = American Alpine Journal , volume = 27 , issue = 5 , year = 1985 , page = 115 , publisher = American Alpine Club , url = http://c498469.r69.cf2.rackcdn.com/1985/109_carter_himalaya_aaj1985.pdf , accessdate = 2011-05-18 {{cite web , url=http://encarta.msn.com/map_701589883/jongsong_peak.html , title=MSN Encarta map , accessdate=2008-06-03 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505191750/http://encarta.msn.com/map_701589883/jongsong_peak.html , archive-date=5 May 2009 , url-status=dead Mountains of the Province No. 1 Mountains of Tibet Mountains of Sikkim International mountains of Asia Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas India–Nepal border China–Nepal border China–India border Border tripoints