{"id":48569,"date":"2025-05-28T01:10:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=48569"},"modified":"2025-05-29T01:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:44:33","slug":"mt-khangchendzonga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mt-khangchendzonga\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Khangchendzonga"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mt. Khangchendzonga Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Sikkim Chief Minister recently urged the Centre to ensure that Mt. Khangchendzonga, the world\u2019s third-highest peak, regarded as sacred by the people of the State, is made out of bounds for mountaineers.<\/p>\n<h2>About Mt. Khangchendzonga<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mt. Khangchendzonga (also known as Kanchenjunga) is the\u00a0<strong>highest peak in India<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>third-highest peak in the world<\/strong>\u00a0after Mount Everest (Chomolongma) in Nepal and K2 in Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>It is situated in the\u00a0<strong>eastern Himalayas<\/strong>\u00a0on the<strong>\u00a0border between Sikkim<\/strong>\u00a0state, northeastern India,\u00a0<strong>and eastern Nepal<\/strong>, 74 km north-<strong>northwest of Darjeeling, Sikkim.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has an elevation of 28,169 feet\u00a0<strong>(8,586 metres).\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is part of the\u00a0<strong>Great Himalaya Range.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The name Khangchendzonga has been variously translated as \u201cFive Treasuries (or Strongboxes) of the Great Snow\u201d or \u201c<strong>Great Five-Peaked Fortress of Snow.\u201d<\/strong>, a\u00a0<strong>reference to its five separate summits.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kanchenjunga\u00a0<strong>has four ridges\u00a0<\/strong>extending north, east, south, and west.\u00a0<strong>Between them are four glaciers:<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Zemu\u00a0<\/strong>(northeast), the\u00a0<strong>Talung\u00a0<\/strong>(southeast), the\u00a0<strong>Yalung\u00a0<\/strong>(southwest), and the\u00a0<strong>Kanchenjunga\u00a0<\/strong>(northwest).<\/li>\n<li>The mountain and its glaciers\u00a0<strong>receive heavy snow during the summer monsoon<\/strong>\u00a0season and a\u00a0<strong>lighter snowfall during the winter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To the east,\u00a0<strong>Khangchendzonga National Park in Sikkim\u00a0<\/strong>is a mountain wilderness with a wide variety of animal species.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charles Evans in 1955<\/strong>\u00a0led a British expedition up the southwest face in the\u00a0<strong>first successful ascent<\/strong>\u00a0of Kanchenjunga.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mt. Khangchendzonga FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0Where is Khangchendzonga located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0It is situated in the eastern Himalayas on the border between Sikkim state, and eastern Nepal, 74 km north-northwest of Darjeeling, Sikkim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0What is Kanchenjunga famous for?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0It is the highest peak in India and the third-highest peak in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the elevation of Mt. Khangchendzonga?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a08,586 metres<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/sikkim\/mt-khangchendzonga-ascent-hurtful-to-indigenous-communities-sikkim-cm-to-amit-shah\/article69625474.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mt. 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