Tenzing Peak

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.

Tenzing Peak
The North Face of Cho Oyu from Tingri in Tibet. Tenzing Peak is the peak on the left.
Highest point
Elevation	7,916 m (25,971 ft)[1]
Prominence	216 m (709 ft)[2]
Listing	Mountains of Nepal Mountains of China
Coordinates	28°06′21″N 86°41′13″E
Geography
60km 37miles Bhutan Nepal Pakistan India China 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 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).[3] 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
Countries	Nepal and China
Region	Tibet (China)
Parent range	Himalayas
Climbing
First ascent	April 24, 1965 by Naomi Uemura and Pemba Tenzing

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 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.^[2][a]

Notes

1. The locations of the peaks named Tenzing and Hillary were initially unclear. The height given by Nepalese government sources of Hillary Peak at 7681 m is used here. The coordinates published by the Nepalese government later in 2014 for Hillary Peak at 28°06′24″N 86°42′58″E best matches Ngojumba Kang III, rather than Ngojumba Kang II as assigned by some.^[2]