Zemu Gap Peak
 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: the peak is no longer "unclimbed". (February 2017) |
| Zemu Gap Peak | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,780 m (25,520 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | minimal[citation needed] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Sikkim, India |
| Parent range | Himalayas |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Unclimbed |
Zemu Gap Peak or Zemu Peak (7,780 m or 25,520 ft) is a peak on a high ridge running east of the south summit of Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas. It is located in Sikkim, India.[2] It is one of the highest unclimbed named peaks of the world.[2] There have been no known attempts to climb this peak.[3][4]
Because of its extremely low topographic prominence, Zemu Gap Peak does not appear on lists of highest unclimbed mountains nor on lists of highest mountains of the world.[citation needed] The website Peakware.com describes the peak as "...one of the highest unclimbed peaks that is not a sub-peak of another massif".[2]
See also
References
- ^ "2011: Zemu Gap (5,861m), first documented ascent from the south. By Anindya Mukherjee, India" Archived 5 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. AmericanAlpineClub.org. Retrieved 2014-05-25. Note: This AAJ article documents the first ascent of the Zemu Gap, from the south. Zemu Gap Peak lies near the Zemu Gap (from which it gets its unofficial name) on a high ridge running east of Kangchenjunga's south summit. The captions of two photos in this article mention the peak's unclimbed status and its elevation of 7780m.
- ^ a b c "Zemu Gap Peak". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ The Mountains of Northern India and Sikkim’, Alpine Journal 26 (1912) Pp. 113-142. - A.M. Kellas
- ^ "Zemu Gap from south: the first documented ascent".
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