Kula Kangri
{{short description|Mountain in Tibet and/or Bhutan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Kula Kangri
| other_name = 库拉岗日峰
| photo = Kula Kangri from Moenla Karchung 1933·.jpg
| photo_caption = Kula Kangri pictured from Monla Karchung, 1933.
| elevation_m = 7538
| elevation_ref =
Ranked 45th
| prominence_m = 1654
| map_caption = Location in Tibet
| map_image = {{OSM Himalaya|lat_d=28.2|long_d=90.6|zoom=7}}
| listing = Ultra
| location = Tibet, People's Republic of China
| range = Himalaya
| coordinates = {{coord|28|13|39|N|90|37|00|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| first_ascent = 1986
| easiest_route =
}}
Kula Kangri is a mountain in the Eastern Himalayas that has an elevation of 7,538 metres (24,731 ft,) making it the 45th highest mountain on Earth and one of the Ultras of the Himalayas.{{Cite web |title=Kula Kangri - Peakbagger.com |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10656 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=www.peakbagger.com}}{{Cite web |title=Ultras of the Himalaya - Peakbagger.com |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=4933 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=www.peakbagger.com}}
Chinese and Japanese authorities claim nearby Gangkhar Puensum is higher, and the claim that Kula Kangri is in or on the border with Bhutan is challenged.{{Cite news |last=Barnett |first=Robert |date=May 7, 2021 |title=China Is Building Entire Villages in Another Country’s Territory |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/07/china-bhutan-border-villages-security-forces/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507200315/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/07/china-bhutan-border-villages-security-forces/ |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2024 |work=Foreign Policy}} Bhutan has relinquished its claim to Kula Kangri in the 1980s.
Peaks
The current consensus height is {{cvt|7538|m}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10656|title=Kula Kangri, China"|website=Peakbagger.com|access-date=2024-10-30}} A former height given was in the past {{cvt|7554|m}},{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10656|title=Kula Kangri, China|website=Peakbagger.com|access-date=2006-03-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317211749/http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10656|archive-date=2006-03-17}} but other sources had the current height by 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/everest.html|title=High Asia II: Himalaya of Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and adjoining region of Tibet|website= Peaklist.org|access-date=2011-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115145026/http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/everest.html|archive-date=2011-11-15|url-status=dead}} To its east within {{cvt|2.5|km}}, it has central and eastern peaks that are {{cvt|7418|m}} and {{cvt|7381|m}} high.
Climbing history
The first ascent was made by a combined Japanese and Chinese team with 25 Japanese and 17 Chinese members in 1986.{{cite journal |last1=Hirai |first1=Kazumasa |date=1987 |title=The Ascent Of Kula Kangri From Tibet |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/43/1/the-ascent-of-kula-kangri-from-tibet/ |journal=Japanese Alpine News |volume=43 |accessdate=18 September 2014}}
See also
References
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Category:Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas
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