Kangri Karpo

Kangri Karpo
The Kangri Karpo above Rawu in Baxoi County, Tibet
Highest point
PeakBairiga
Elevation6,882 m (22,579 ft)
Coordinates29°09′57″N 96°43′27″E / 29.16583°N 96.72417°E / 29.16583; 96.72417
Naming
Native name岗日嘎布 (Chinese)
Geography
CountryChina
ProvinceTibet Autonomous Region
PrefectureNyingchi, Chamdo
CountyPome, Baxoi, Zayul

Kangri Karpo (Tibetan: གངས་རི་དཀར་པོ), also spelt Gangri Garbo (Chinese: 岗日嘎布; pinyin: Gǎngrì Gābù), is a mountain range in eastern Tibet, located primarily in Nyingchi Prefecture as well as a portion of Qamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The mountain range lies to the east of the Himalayas and to the west of the Hengduan Mountains. The mountains are geographically a southern extension of the eastern Transhimalayas.