Saturday, March 19, 2011

Mount Kailash

Mount Kailash

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Kailasa redirects here. For the band, see Kailasa (band)
Mount Kailash

The north face of Mount Kailash
Elevation6,638 m (21,778 ft)
Prominence1319
Location
Mount Kailash is located in Tibet
Mount Kailash
Tibet
RangeTrans-Himalayas
Coordinates31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E / 31.066667°N 81.3125°E / 31.066667; 81.3125Coordinates: 31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E / 31.066667°N 81.3125°E / 31.066667; 81.3125
Climbing
First ascentNo ascent attempts
Mount Kailash (also Mount Kailas; Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ, Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; Sanskrit: कैलास पर्वत, Kailāsa Parvata; simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰, Gāngrénbōqí fēng) is a peak in the Gangdisê Mountains, which are part of the Himalayas in Tibet. It lies near the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia: the Indus River, the Sutlej River (a major tributary of the Indus River), the Brahmaputra River, and the Karnali River (a tributary of the Ganges River). It is considered a sacred place in four religions: Bön, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism. In Hinduism, it is considered to be the abode of Lord Shiva and a place of eternal bliss. The mountain lies near Lake Manasarowar and Lake Rakshastal in Tibet.

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