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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 we list in India.

Isolation
1.4 km
To the nearest higher ground
Nearest town
61 km away
Type
Peak
GeoNames feature code PK

Where it is

Kañchanjaṅghā South

Kañchanjaṅghā South lies in India, in Sikkim.

Key facts

Elevation
8,393 m (27,536 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Prominence
76 m
Type
Peak
Region
Sikkim
Coordinates
27.690, 88.155

How it ranks

Among peaks in India
#2of 56
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#6of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
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.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
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.