2007-03-25 04:27:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
Kanchenjunga, is a mountain, 8603.4 m (28208 ft) high, in the Himalaya Mountains on the India-Nepal border.
Till everest was scaled in 1852, kanchenjunga was believed to be the highest mountain.
Calculations made by the British Great Trigonometric Survey in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest was the highest and Kangchenjunga the third-highest.
Kangchenjunga was first climbed on May 25, 1955 by George Band and Joe Brown of a British expedition.
The British expedition honoured the beliefs of the Sikkimese, who hold the summit sacred, by stopping a few feet short of the actual summit.
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2007-03-25 04:32:16 · answer #1 · answered by surez 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-27 06:12:53 · answer #2 · answered by shreys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋