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Peak · India

Kañchanjaṅghā South

Elevation
8,393 m
#6
in the world
#2
in India
76 m
prominence

Kañchanjaṅghā South is a peak in India, rising to 8,393 m, the 2nd highest in India.

Elevation
8,393 m
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Prominence
76 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
1.4 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#6
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Kañchanjaṅghā South

Kañchanjaṅghā South lies in India, in Sikkim.

Key facts

Elevation
8,393 m
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Prominence
76 m
Isolation
1.4 km
Type
Peak
Region
Sikkim
Coordinates
27.690, 88.155

How it ranks

Among peaks in India
#2of 56
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#6of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Kangchenjunga8,586 m1.6 km
Tāluṅ7,262 m4.5 km
Kāṅbāchen7,835 m5.2 km
Gimmigela Chuli I7,350 m5.6 km
Kabru7,412 m9.1 km
Nepāl Peak7,177 m10 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Kañchanjaṅghā South.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
GangtokIndia100,28661 km
DārjilingIndia123,79774 km
KālimpongIndia43,00087 km
IlāmNepal17,49190 km
KurseongIndia46,42791 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.