Mount Nyainqentanglha
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| Nyainqêntanglha Feng | |
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| Elevation | 7,162 m (22,497 ft) |
| Location | Damxung County, Tibet, China |
| Range | Nyainqêntanglha Shan |
| Prominence | 2,239 m (7,346 ft) |
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| Easiest route | Glacier/snow/ice climb |
Nyainqêntanglha (Tibetan: གཉ་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ་; Wylie: Gnyan-chen-thang-lha; Chinese: 念青唐古拉山, Pinyin: Niànqīngtánggǔlā Shān) is a mountain range that divides Tibet, the watershed between the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) and the Nu (Salween) rivers.
The range's highest peak, Nyainqêntanglha Feng, stands at 7,162 metres in Damxung County. The mountain range has more than thirty peaks over 6,000 metres high, and four are more than 7,000 metres high. The nearest town is Yangbajain. North of the Mountain is the holy lake Nam Co (Tengrinor). Nyainêntanglha is the subject of many Tibetan fairytales and old folklore.
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