Tenzing Peak Explained

Tenzing Peak
Elevation M:7916
Elevation Ref:[1]
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, 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.[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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mount Everest: Hillary and Tenzing to have peaks named after them. The Guardian . 6 September 2013.
  2. Web site: List of identified peaks located in Nepal . explorehimalaya.com. 7 September 2013 .
  3. American Alpine Journal . 1966 . 190 . Ngojumba-Ri . 15 . 40 . Yoshizawa, Ichiro . November 27, 2016 .