Chang Chenmo Kangri
{{Short description|Mountain peak}}
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Chang Chenmo Kangri is a mountain peak located at {{cvt|6536|m}} above sea level in the easternmost subrange of the Karakoram range in Ladakh, India.{{Cite web|title=Chang Chenmo Kangri|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/chang-chenmo-kangri.html|access-date=2021-12-15|website=PeakVisor|language=en}}
Etymology
The name Chang Chenmo means "Great Northern" in Tibetic languages.
{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Shaw |title=Visits to High Tartary, Yârkand, and Kâshgar (formerly Chinese Tartary): And Return Journey Over the Karakoram Pass |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o5YBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA81 |year=1871 |publisher=J. Murray |page=81 |quote=Chang-chenmo means "Great-Northern (River)"}}
Kangri means "snow mountain".{{Cite web
| title = Tibet AR (China). Geographical names (EKI KNAB, 2018-06-03)
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| publisher = Institute of the Estonian Language
| date = 2018-06-03
| access-date = 2 February 2022
| url = https://www.eki.ee/knab/valik/cn54inf.htm
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| quote = kangri (གངས་རི) – (snow) mountain
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Location
The peak is located south-west of Tsogstsalu, a campsite and the location of an Indian border outpost on the banks of Chang Chenmo River.
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Category:Mountains of the Transhimalayas
Category:Six-thousanders of the Transhimalayas
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