| Hkakabo Razi | |
|---|---|
| ခါကာဘိုရာဇီ | |
  Hkakabo Razi Location in Myanmar  Hkakabo Razi Hkakabo Razi (Tibet) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,881 m (19,295 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Country high point |
| Coordinates | 28°19′42″N 97°32′08″E / 28.32833°N 97.53556°E |
| Geography | |
| Location |
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| Parent range | Himalaya |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 15 September 1996 [1] |
| Easiest route | snow/ice climb |
Hkakabo Razi (Burmese: ခါကာဘိုရာဇီ, pronounced [kʰàkàbò ɹàzì]; simplified Chinese: 开加博峰; traditional Chinese: 開加博峯; pinyin: Kāijiābó Fēng) is believed to be Myanmar's highest mountain. The 5,881-meter (19,295 ft)-tall mountain is the highest mountain in Southeast Asia as well. It is located in the northern Myanmar state of Kachin in an outlying subrange of the Greater Himalayan mountain system near the border tripoint with India and China. Its highest status has recently been challenged by 5,870-meter (19,260 ft)-tall Gamlang Razi, located about 6.6 kilometers (4.1 mi) WSW on the Chinese border.[2]
The peak is enclosed within Khakaborazi National Park. The park is entirely mountainous and is characterized by broad-leaved evergreen tropical rain forest at low altitudes, a sub-tropical temperate zone from 8,000 to 9,000 ft (2,400–2,700 m), then broad-leaved, semi-deciduous forest and finally needle-leaved evergreen, snow forest. Above 11,000 ft (3,400 m), the highest forest zone is alpine, different from the forest not only in kind but in history and origin. Still higher, around 15,000 ft (4,600 m), cold, barren, windswept terrain and permanent snow and glaciers dominate. At around 17,500 ft (5,300 m), there is a large ice cap with several outlet glaciers.
- ^ a b Tamotsu Nakamura, Veiled Mountains in North Myanmar, Japanese Alpine News 2015
- ^ Kayleigh Long, Gamlang Razi expedition reaches summit, The Myanmar Times, 19 September 2013.
Trevor Brown, Gamlang Razi – Setting the Elevation Straight