Gurla Mandhata

Gurla Mandhata
Gurla Mandhata
Highest point
Elevation7,694 m (25,243 ft)
Ranked 34th
Prominence2,788 m (9,147 ft)
ListingUltra
Coordinates30°26′09″N 81°17′45″E / 30.43583°N 81.29583°E / 30.43583; 81.29583
Geography
60km
37miles
Bhutan
Nepal
Pakistan
India
China
45
The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).
LocationTibet Autonomous Region, China
Parent rangeNalakankar Himal, Himalaya
Climbing
First ascent1985 by Cirenuoji, Jiabu, Jin Junxi, K. Matsubayashi, Song Zhiyu, K. Suita, Y. Suita, T. Wada
Easiest routeWest flank: snow/ice climb
Namu Nani
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese納木那尼
Simplified Chinese纳木那尼
Literal meaning[phonetic from Tibetan]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNàmù Nàní Fēng
Wade–GilesNa-mu Na-ni Feng
Naimona'nyi
Tibetan name
Tibetanགནས་མོ་སྣ་གཉིས
མེ་མོ་ ན་ ཉི་
Transcriptions
WylieGnas Mo Sna Gnyis
Ne Mo Na Nyi
THLNemonanyi
Nemo Na Nyi
Tibetan PinyinNaemona'nyi
Nêmo Na Nyi

Gurla Mandhata, also Naimona'nyi or Namu Nani, is the highest peak of the Nalakankar Himal, a small subrange of the Himalaya. It lies in Burang County of the Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, near the northwest corner of Nepal. It is the 34th-highest peak in the world (using a 500-metre prominence cutoff). It is also notable for being well within the interior of the Tibetan Plateau (most peaks of similar height – except notably Shishapangma, the world's 14th-highest peak – lie nearer to or outside the edge of the Plateau) and relatively far away from other peaks with heights greater than 7,500 metres. It sits roughly across Lake Manasarovar from the sacred peak of Mount Kailash.