Gangkhar Puensum

Gangkhar Puensum
Summit of Gangkhar Puensum
Highest point
Elevation	7,571 m (24,839 ft)[1] Ranked 40th
Prominence	2,995 m (9,826 ft)[1] Ranked 92nd
Listing	Country high point Ultra
Coordinates	28°02′54″N 90°27′15″E / 28.04833°N 90.45417°E / 28.04833; 90.45417[1]
Naming
Native name	གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ་ (Dzongkha)
Geography
Gangkhar Puensum Location of Gangkhar Puensum on a map of Bhutan, at the border with Tibet
45km 30miles Bhutan Nepal Pakistan China 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).[2] The map may help give context to Gangkhar Puensum with more detail and zooming on click through. Legend： 1：Mount Everest,  2：Kangchenjunga,  3：Lhotse,  4：Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West,  5：Makalu,  6：Kangchenjunga South,  7：Kangchenjunga Central,  8：Cho Oyu,  9：Dhaulagiri,  10：Manaslu (Kutang),  11：Nanga Parbat (Diamer) ,  12：Annapurna,  13：Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma),  14：Manaslu East,  15：Annapurna East Peak,  16： Gyachung Kang,  17：Annapurna II ,  18：Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri),  19：Kangbachen,  20：Himalchuli (Himal Chuli),  21：Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna),  22：Nuptse (Nubtse),  23：Nanda Devi,  24：Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho),  25：Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa),  26：Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak),  27：Kamet,  28：Dhaulagiri II,  29：Ngojumba Kang II,  30：Dhaulagiri III,  31：Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu),  32：Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan) ,  33：Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III),  34：Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen),  35：Dhaulagiri IV,  36：Annapurna Fang,  37：Silver Crag,  38：Kangbachen Southwest,  39：Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum),  40：Annapurna III,  41：Himalchuli West,  42：Annapurna IV,  43：Kula Kangri,  44：Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri),  45：Ngadi Chuli South   Location of Gangkhar Puensum on a map of Bhutan, at the border with Tibet
Location	Bhutan–China border
Parent range	Himalaya
Climbing
First ascent	Unclimbed

Gangkhar Puensum (Dzongkha: གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ་, romanized: Kangkar Punsum, alternatively, Gangkar Punsum or Gankar Punzum) is the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with an elevation of 7,570 metres (24,836 ft) and a prominence of 2,995 metres (9,826 ft).^[1] In Dzongkha language, its name means "White Peak of the Three Spiritual Brothers".^[3]

Gangkhar Puensum lies on the border between Bhutan and Tibet.^[4] After Bhutan was opened for mountaineering in 1983, there were four expeditions that resulted in failed summit attempts in 1985 and 1986.^[5]

In 1994 Bhutan banned the climbing of peaks over 6,000 metres^[6] and since 2003, all mountaineering has been banned in Bhutan.^[7]