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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Subsidiary peak of Kangchenjunga}}<br />
{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Kangchenjunga South Summit<br />
| photo = Kangch-Goechala.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = Kangchenjunga South Summit and South Face of Goecha-La<br />
| elevation_m = 8476<br />
| elevation_ref=<br />
| prominence_m = 76<br />
| prominence_ref = <br />
| parent_peak = Kangchenjunga<br />
| range = [[Himalayas]]<br />
| location = {{unbulleted list|[[Taplejung District]], [[Nepal]]|[[Mangan district]], [[Sikkim]], India}}<br />
| first_ascent = May 19, 1978 by Eugeniusz Chrobak and Wojciech Wróż<br />
| map_image={{OSM Himalaya|lat_d=27.7|long_d=88.2|zoom=9}}<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|27|41|30|N|88|9|15|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| coordinates_ref=<br />
| isolation_km = 1.13<br />
| isolation_ref = <br />
}}<br />
'''Kangchenjunga South Peak''' is a {{convert|8476|m|ft|adj=on}} high [[subsidiary peak]] of [[Kangchenjunga]], the third highest mountain in the world.<br />
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The summit is located in the [[Himalayan range]], on the border between [[Nepal]] and [[India]]. A ridge leads north over the middle peak to the main peak of Kangchenjunga. To the east, a ridge branches off to [[Zemu Kang]] ({{Höhe|7730}}). To the south, the ridge continues over [[Hogsback Peak]] ({{Höhe|7379}}) and [[Talung]] ({{Höhe|7349}}) to [[Kabru]].<br />
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==Mountaineering==<br />
The mountain has rarely been climbed, with only six expeditions counted by the [[The Himalayan Database|Himalayan Database]] as of 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Himalayan Database Online |url=https://www.himalayandatabase.com/ |website=The Himalayan Database |place=Ann Arbor}}</ref><br />
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The first ascent of Kangchenjunga South took place in 1978, 23 years after the first successful summit of the main peak. It was climbed by a Polish team consisting of Eugeniusz Chrobak and Wojciech Wróż.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eugeniusz Chrobak (1939-1989) – marzenia to nie projekty |url=https://wspinanie.pl/2019/05/eugeniusz-chrobak-1939-1989-marzenia-to-nie-projekty/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |language=pl-PL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=pisze |first=3 czerwca odsłonięcie tablic pamiątkowych pod Osterwą |title=Wojtek Wróż – 25 rocznica śmierci |url=https://wspinanie.pl/2011/08/wojtek-wroz-25-rocznica-smierci/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |language=pl-PL}}</ref><br />
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In 1989, the mountain was climbed for the first time without supplemental oxygen by a Russian team led by Eduard Myslovsky.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Annapurna |first=Kris |date=2023-03-05 |title=Kangchenjunga 1991: 'See and Remember, Do and Understand' |url=https://explorersweb.com/kangchenjunga-1991-see-and-remember-do-and-understand/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Explorersweb}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1991, [[Marko Prezelj]] and [[Andrej Štremfelj]] successfully summited Kangchenjunga South by its Southwest ridge, in [[Alpine climbing|alpine style]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The HJ/48/4 SLOVENE KANGCHENJUNGA EXPEDITION, 1991 |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=The HJ/48/4 SLOVENE KANGCHENJUNGA EXPEDITION, 1991 |language=en}}</ref> After a challenging climb, they reached the summit on April 30.<ref>{{Cite aaj |title=Slovene Kangchenjunga Expedition |article_id=12199200100 |year=1992|volume=34|issue=66|pages=|access-date=2024-07-13}}</ref> The following year, the pair were awarded the inaugural [[Piolets d'Or]] for their successful ascent.<ref>{{Cite web |last=gripped |date=2018-06-11 |title=2018 Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement to Andrej Štremfelj |url=https://gripped.com/news/2018-piolet-dor-lifetime-achievement-andrej-stremfelj/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Gripped Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nestler |first=Stefan |date=2023-09-22 |title=Pioneer and mentor: Marko Prezelj receives the Paul Preuss Prize |url=https://abenteuer-berg.de/en/pioneer-and-mentor-marko-prezelj-receives-the-paul-preuss-prize/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Adventure Mountain |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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In 2012, Kangchenjunga South was first summited in Winter, when it was climbed by German Philipp Kunz and his team of four Sherpas, Tshering Dorje Sherpa, Kami Chiriri Lama, Lhakpa Wangel Sherpa, and Nima Ongdi Sherpa. The team reached the summit on February 15. Supplementary oxygen was not used in the ascent, and the expedition took 15 days in total.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Yalung Kang]] (Kangchenjunga West)<br />
* [[Kangbachen]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Nepal Himal Peak Profile<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kanchenjunga South |url=https://www.nepalhimalpeakprofile.org/kanchenjunga-south |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.nepalhimalpeakprofile.org}}</ref><br />
* Kangchenjunga South, Nepal/India on [https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=28921 Peakbagger]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Eight-thousander}}<br />
[[Category:Kangchenjunga]]<br />
[[Category:Mangan district]]<br />
[[Category:Taplejung District]]<br />
[[Category:Mountains of the Himalayas]]<br />
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Nepal]]<br />
[[Category:Landforms of Sikkim]]<br />
[[Category:India–Nepal border]]<br />
[[Category:International mountains of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Eight-thousanders]]</div>KellyePoindexter