Chomo Yummo

{{short description|Mountain in Himalayas}}

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| name = Chomo Yummo

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| photo_caption = Chomo Yummo from near Gurudongmar Lake

| elevation_m = 6829{{Cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/chomo-yummo.html|title = Chomo Yummo}}

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| prominence_m = 1557

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| location = Sikkim, India
Tibet, China

| range = Himalayas

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| coordinates = {{coord|28|2|1|N|88|32|42|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Chomo Yummo ({{lang-zh|c=卓木玉莫峰|p=Zhuōmù yùmò fēng}}) is a {{cvt|6829|m}} mountain in the Himalayas on the border between Sikkim in India and Tibet in China.

The term Chomo means "goddess" or "lady" in Tibetan.{{cite book|last=McCue|first=Gary|title=Trekking Tibet: A Traveler's Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tm9M3fSS-w0C&pg=PA309|accessdate=13 March 2011|date=1 October 2010|publisher=The Mountaineers Books|isbn=978-1-59485-266-4|page=159}}

History

Chomo Yummo was first climbed in 1911 by the Scottish alpinist Alexander Kellas with the help of sherpas.{{Cite web|url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199727100/Asia-India-Sikkim-Himalaya-Northern-Sikkim-Various-Ascents|title = AAC Publications - Asia, India, Sikkim Himalaya, Northern Sikkim, Various Ascents}}

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