Tenzing Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a 7,916-metre (25,971 ft) peak in the Himalayas in honour of Tenzing Norgay, who made the first ascent of Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953.[1] It is also known variously as Ngojumba Kang,[2] Ngozumpa Kang and Ngojumba Ri.
In September 2013 a government panel recommended that two mountains on the ridge between Cho Oyu and Gyachung Kang be called Hillary Peak and Tenzing Peak as part of a batch of new summits that would be opened to climbers in 2014. It is in fact a satellite peak of Cho Oyu,[4] which is 2.64 km (1.64 mi) to its west–south–west.[2]
It was first climbed on 24 April 1965 by Naomi Uemura and Pemba Tenzing as part of a Japanese expedition from the Alpine Club of Meiji University.[5]
The subsidiary peaks of Ngojumba Kang are to its east Ngojumba Kang II at 7,743 m (25,404 ft) at 2.16 km (1.34 mi) distance at 28°06′22″N 86°42′22″E / 28.10611°N 86.70611°E and Ngojumba Kang III (Hillary Peak) at 7,681 m (25,200 ft) at 2.81 km (1.75 mi) distance at 28°06′24″N 86°42′46″E / 28.10667°N 86.71278°E.[2][a]
- ^ a b "Mount Everest: Hillary and Tenzing to have peaks named after them". The Guardian. 6 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Peakbagger: Ngojumba Kang". Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Peak Bagger:Himalaya, Central Nepal Himalaya, Khumbu, Ghurka Himal, Annapurna Himal, Xishapangma Area, Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya, Western Nepal Himalaya, Assam Himalaya, Punjab Himalaya, Bhutan Himalaya, Garwhal Himalaya, Ganesh Himal". Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "List of identified peaks located in Nepal". explorehimalaya.com. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Yoshizawa, Ichiro (1966). "Ngojumba-Ri". American Alpine Journal. 15 (40): 190. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
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