| Mount Nyainqêntanglha | |
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| Nyanchen Thanglha | |
| Elevation | 7,162 m (23,497 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 2,239 m (7,346 ft) [2] |
| Listing | Ultra |
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Mount Nyainqêntanglha
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| Location | Damxung County, Tibet, China |
| Range | Nyainqêntanglha Mountains |
| Coordinates | [2] |
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| Easiest route | Glacier/snow/ice climb |
Mount Nyainqêntanglha (officially Nyainqêntanglha Feng; and also Nyanchen Thanglha, Tibetan: གཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ་, Wylie: Gnyan-chen-thang-lha; Chinese: 念青唐古拉峰, Pinyin: Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng), or Nyainqêntanglha Peak is the highest peak of Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, which divides Tibet, the watershed between the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) and the Nu (Salween) rivers. Nyainqên Tanglha means "the God of Grassland" in the Tibetan language. It is located in Damxung county in the Nyingchi Prefecture of Tibet.
Nyainên Tanglha is the subject of many Tibetan fairy tales and old folklore.
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