Zemu Gap Peak

Zemu Gap Peak
Highest point
Elevation 7,780 m (25,520 ft) [1]
Prominence minimal 
Geography
Location Sikkim, India
Parent range Himalayas
Climbing
First ascent Unclimbed

Zemu Gap Peak or Zemu Peak (7,780 m or 25,520 ft) is a peak on a high ridge running east of the south summit of Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas. It is located in Sikkim, India.[2] It is one of the highest unclimbed named peaks of the world.[2] There have been no known attempts to climb this peak.[3][4]

Because of its extremely low topographic prominence, Zemu Gap Peak does not appear on lists of highest unclimbed mountains nor on lists of highest mountains of the world. The website Peakware.com describes the peak as "...one of the highest unclimbed peaks that is not a sub-peak of another massif".[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2011: Zemu Gap (5,861m), first documented ascent from the south. By Anindya Mukherjee, India" Archived September 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. AmericanAlpineClub.org. Retrieved 2014-05-25. Note: This AAJ article documents the first ascent of the Zemu Gap, from the south. Zemu Gap Peak lies near the Zemu Gap (from which it gets its unofficial name) on a high ridge running east of Kangchenjunga's south summit. The captions of two photos in this article mention the peak's unclimbed status and its elevation of 7780m.
  2. 1 2 3 "Zemu Gap Peak". Peakware.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  3. ↑ The Mountains of Northern India and Sikkim’, Alpine Journal 26 (1912) Pp. 113-142. - A.M. Kellas
  4. ↑ http://adventuremania-india.blogspot.com/2012/01/zemu-gap-from-south-first-documented.html


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