Shishapangma

Shishapangma
Xixabangma
Shishapangma
Highest point
Elevation8,027 m (26,335 ft)
Ranked 14th
Prominence2,897 m (9,505 ft)
Ranked 111th
ListingEight-thousander
Ultra
Coordinates28°21′08″N 85°46′47″E / 28.35222°N 85.77972°E / 28.35222; 85.77972
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).
Tibet Autonomous Region
LocationNyalam County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Parent rangeHimalayas
Climbing
First ascent2 May 1964 by Chinese team:
Xu Jing
Zhang Junyan
Wang Fuzhou
Wu Zongyue
Chen San
Soinam Dorjê
Cheng Tianliang
Migmar Zhaxi
Dorjê
Yun Deng

(First winter ascent 14 January 2005 by Piotr Morawski and Simone Moro)
Easiest routesnow/ice climb
Shishapangma
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese高僧赞峰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāosēngzàn Fēng
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese希夏邦馬峰
Simplified Chinese希夏邦马峰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīxiàbāngmǎ Fēng
Tibetan name
Tibetanཤི་ཤ་སྦང་མ།
Transcriptions
Wylieshi sha sbang ma
Tibetan PinyinXixabangma
Nepalese name
Nepaleseशिशापाङ्मा Shishāpāngmā or गोसाईथान Gōsāīthān

Shishapangma, or Shishasbangma or Xixiabangma (Chinese: 希夏邦马; pinyin: Xī xià bāng mǎ), is the 14th-highest mountain in the world, at 8,027 metres (26,335 ft) above sea level. The lowest 8,000 metre peak, it is located entirely within Tibet.