Shishapangma
Shishapangma, or Shishasbangma or Xixiabangma (Chinese: 希夏邦马; pinyin: Xī xià bāng mǎ), is the 14th-highest mountain in the world, at 8,027 metres (26,335 ft) above sea level. It is located entirely within Tibet. In 1964, it became the final eight-thousander to be climbed.
| Shishapangma | |
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| Xixabangma | |
Shishapangma | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,027 m (26,335 ft) Ranked 14th |
| Prominence | 2,897 m (9,505 ft) Ranked 111th |
| Isolation | 91 km (57 mi) |
| Listing | Eight-thousander Ultra |
| Coordinates | 28°21′08″N 85°46′47″E |
| Geography | |
Shishapangma Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Location | Nyalam County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China / Rasuwa District, Bagmati Province, Nepal Nepal-Tibet Border |
| Parent range | Jugal/Langtang Himal, Himalayas |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 2 May 1964 by Chinese team: Xu Jing Zhang Junyan Wang Fuzhou Wu Zongyue Chen San Soinam Dorjê Cheng Tianliang Migmar Zhaxi Dorjê Yun Deng (First winter ascent 14 January 2005 by Piotr Morawski and Simone Moro) |
| Easiest route | snow/ice climb |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 高僧赞峰 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 希夏幫馬峰 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 希夏邦马峰 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | ཤི་ཤ་སྦང་མ། | ||||||
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| Nepalese name | |||||||
| Nepalese | शिशापाङ्मा Shishāpāngmā or गोसाईथान Gōsāīthān | ||||||
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