Pisang Peak

{{short description|Mountain in Nepal}}

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| name = Pisang Peak | other_name = Jong Ri

| photo = Naar_fields_and_Pisang_Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = Pisang Peak from Naar village

| elevation_m = 6091

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| listing = List of mountains in Nepal

| range = Damodar Himalaya

| location = Manang District, Nepal

| map = Nepal

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| label_position = left

| coordinates = {{coord|28.6466025|N|84.1859311|E|type:mountain_region:NP_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| first_ascent = 1955 by a German team

| easiest_route = Scramble/glacier/ice climb

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Pisang Peak (Jong Ri) is a pyramidal trekking peak above Pisang, a village on the Annapurna Circuit, within the Manang District, northern Nepal. It was first climbed by a German Expedition in 1955.

In 1994, Pisang Peak became the site of what has been called the "Pisang Tragedy", one of Nepal's worst climbing disasters. On November 13, 1994, 11 people, including nine Germans, one Swiss and one Nepalese died in an avalanche.{{Cite web |title=AAC Publications - Pisang Tragedy, Annapurna Himal |url=https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199525202 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=publications.americanalpineclub.org}} After reaching the summit, the climbing party started a windslab avalanche, which swept the group over 600 meters to their deaths. The entire expedition party was killed in the accident.{{Cite news |last=Burns |first=John F. |date=1994-12-16 |title=Katmandu Journal; The Himalayas' Siren Call: 11 Die on a Mountain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/16/world/katmandu-journal-the-himalayas-siren-call-11-die-on-a-mountain.html |access-date=2025-04-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} One week later, a rescue team found the bodies of the climbers huddled together on the snowfield.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1994-11-21 |title=11 Climbers' Bodies Found on Nepal Peak |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-21-mn-65522-story.html |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}