Kanchenjunga state university sikkim

The third highest mountain in the world, Mount Kanchenjunga holds amazing facts which will make you awe. Here we have listed the top 10 facts of Mount Kanchenjunga / Khangchendzonga. Summit of Kanchenjunga is still untouched! 01 Highest Mountain in the World ? Kanchenjunga was believed to the highest mountain in the world until 1852. However, based on the British Great Trigonometric Survey in 1849 they found that the Everest ( then known as Peak XV ) was the highest peak of the world. 02 A band of Five Mountains Kanchenjunga is not just the name of one mountain, the name translates into “Five treasure of snow “ collectively referring to the Kanchenjunga five peaks. Among these five peaks, two peaks lie solely on the Nepal side. The remaining 3 peaks along with Kanchenjunga Main lies in the border between Nepal and Sikkim ( India ). 03 Killer Mountain Kanchenjunga is infamously known as Killer Mountain because of its high fatality rate. Since the 1990’s more than 20% of people died while climbing Kanchenjunga’s main peak. It is the second least climbed mountain right after Mount Annapurna, among the mountains higher than 8,000 meters. 04 Routes to Summit It has 4 total routes to climb this killer mountain. Among which southwest, northwest and northeast lie in Nepal. The northeastern route lies in the Sikkim side. 05 First Summit Mountaineers Joe Brown and George Band, part of British Expedition were the first to climb Kanchenjunga successfully 06 Summit of Kanchenjunga is s...