Keokradong
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Keokradong (or Keokradang) (Bengali: কেওক্রাডং) is the third highest mountain peak located in South-Eastern Bangladesh. It was long claimed as the highest peak there, a mistaken information that still features in respected sources including some Bangladesh textbooks as well as the CIA World Factbook website.
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[edit] Controversy
Although it is widely reported to be the highest point in Bangladesh at 1230 metres,[1] recent SRTM data, GPS readings and Russian topographic mapping show that its true height is less than 1,000 metres.
On the top of Keokradong there is a small shelter and a signboard put up by the Bangladeshi military proclaiming the altitude to be 3172 feet. Garmin GPS recorded 974 metres (3196 feet) at this location, a measurement consistent with Russian topographic mapping and SRTM data. It is at . USGS and Russian mapping dispute the claim that this is the location correctly named Keokradong; they show Keokradong at an 883m summit further north.
[edit] Other Bangladesh peaks
[edit] Tazing Dong
Another peak that is sometimes claimed to be the highest peak of Bangladesh is nearby Tazing Dong (sometimes spelled as Tahjingdong, and also known as Bijoy). It has been claimed to be 1,280 metres.[2] Its exact location is unclear but neither Russian topographic mapping[3] nor SRTM data show anything in the area exceeding 1,000 metres.
[edit] Mowdok Mual
The true high point of Bangladesh is an unnamed summit in the Mowdok range (locally known as Saka Haphong or Mowdok Mual), on the border with Myanmar. In February 2006 a GPS reading of 1,064 metres was recorded on this summit by English adventurer Ginge Fullen. The location he recorded, , accurately matches the location given by Russian topographic mapping and SRTM data, although these sources show its height to be slightly lower, at 1,052 metres. In 2 January 2008 a club named Nature Adventure Club declared and claimed it as country's highest point.[citation needed] The hight they measured was 3488 feet (1063.14 meters) which is very close to Fullen's measurement. The location matches exactly.
