| Tenzing Peak | |
| Elevation M: | 7916 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence M: | 216 |
| Location: | Border of Tibet and Nepal |
| Range: | Himalayas |
| Map: | Nepal |
| Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | 28.1058°N 86.6869°W |
| First Ascent: | April 24, 1965 by Naomi Uemura and Pemba Tenzing |
Tenzing Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a 79160NaN0 peak in the Himalayas in honour of Tenzing Norgay, who made the first ascent of Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953.[1] It is also known variously as Ngojumba Kang,[2] Ngozumpa Kang and Ngojumba Ri.
In September 2013 a government panel recommended that two mountains on the ridge between Cho Oyu and Gyachung Kang be called Hillary Peak and Tenzing Peak as part of a batch of new summits that would be opened to climbers in 2014. It is in fact a satellite peak of Cho Oyu,[3] which is to its west–south–west.[2]
It was first climbed on 24 April 1965 by Naomi Uemura and Pemba Tenzing as part of a Japanese expedition from the Alpine Club of Meiji University.[4]
The subsidiary peaks of Ngojumba Kang are to its east Ngojumba Kang II at at distance at 28.1061°N 86.7061°W and Ngojumba Kang III (Hillary Peak) at at distance at 28.1067°N 86.7128°W.[2]