Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; Standard Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰; traditional Chinese: 岡仁波齊峰; pinyin: Gāngrénbōqí Fēng; Sanskrit: कैलास, IAST: Kailāsa) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains) of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau. Mount Kailash is less than 100 km (62 miles) north of the western trijunction of the borders of China, India, and Nepal.
| Mount Kailash | |
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Mount Kailash from the south | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,638 m (21,778 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,319 m (4,327 ft) |
| Coordinates | 31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E |
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| Geography | |
Mount Kailash | |
| Location | Burang County, Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Country | China |
| Parent range | Gangdisê Range |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Unclimbed (mountaineering prohibited currently) |
Mount Kailash is located close to Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rakshastal. The sources of four major Asian rivers lie close to this mountain and the two lakes. These rivers are the Indus, the Sutlej, the Brahmaputra, and the Karnali (a tributary of the Ganges, fed by Mabja Zangbo). Mount Kailash is considered sacred in four religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon.
Many pilgrims from India, Tibet, Nepal, and other countries journey to venerate the mountain.