Kangto Explained

Kangto
Other Name:Kanggardo Rize
Elevation M:7090
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:2195
Prominence Ref:[2]
Map:India Arunachal Pradesh#India#China Tibet topography#China
Relief:y
Map Size:330
Label Position:left
Listing:Ultra
List of Indian states and territories by highest point
Location:Arunachal Pradesh, India
Shannan Prefecture, Tibet
Range:Eastern Himalayas
Coordinates:27.865°N 92.5325°W

Kangto (also known as Kanggardo Rize) at 7090m (23,260feet) is a mountain of the Eastern Himalayas located in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and it shares its border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[2] It is the highest point in Arunachal Pradesh.[3] The area in which Kangto is located lies in the Lada circle of East Kameng district of the state. On the Chinese side, it lies in Cona County of Shannan Prefecture, Tibet.

Mount Kangto is the source of the Pachuk river, one of the main tributaries of the Kameng river in East Kameng district. It is one of the three major peaks of the Kangto massif.[4]

A joint expedition team of ITBP and Indian Mountaineering Foundation had established a base camp at 9,920 feet on the banks of Pachuk river on October 21, 2017.[5] All earlier attempts to reach the base of the peak were unsuccessful.[6] [7] [8]

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  1. Web site: Himalaya Expedition . 2011-09-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051106103030/http://zt.tibet.cn/web/ds/050113_sstx/200502005113132059.htm . 2005-11-06 .
  2. http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/everest.html "Himalaya of Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and adjoining region of Tibet"
  3. Web site: Governor flagged off Mount Kangto expedition . arunachalpradesh.gov.in . 14 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073841/http://arunachalpradesh.gov.in/csp_ap_portal/pdf/Announcement/mount-kangto-expedition-started.pdf . 18 May 2015 . 1 . en . 29 September 2014.
  4. News: Griffin. 2011. Asia, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Photography of the Kangto Range. AAC. 2023-06-16.
  5. News: IANS. 2017-05-05. Arunachal CM receives Mt Kangto exploration team. Business Standard India. 2020-09-24.
  6. News: PTI. 2016-11-06. ITBP-IMF expedition team first to scale Mt Kangto base. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-09-24. 0971-751X.
  7. Web site: Desai. Shweta. 2016-11-20. ITBP's Mt Kangto expedition in Arunachal may annoy China. 2020-09-24. DNA India. en.
  8. News: ITBP-IMF expedition team first to scale Mt Kangto base. The Economic Times. 2020-09-24.