Kangto (also known as Kanggardo Rize) at Template:Convert is a mountain of the Eastern Himalayas located in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and it shares its border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[1] It is the highest point in Arunachal Pradesh.[2] The area in which Kangto is located lies in the Lada circle of East Kameng district of the state. On the Chinese side, it lies in Cona County of Shannan Prefecture, Tibet.
It is a virgin peak.Template:Clarify Mount Kangto is the source of the Pachuk river, one of the main tributaries of the Kameng river in East Kameng district.
A joint expedition team of ITBP and Indian Mountaineering Foundation had established a base camp at 9,920 feet on the banks of Pachuk river on October 21, 2017.[3] All earlier attempts to reach the base of the peak were unsuccessful.[4][5][6]
See also
List of Ultras of the Himalayas
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpeaklist - ↑ Governor flagged off Mount Kangto expedition. arunachalpradesh.gov.in(29 September 2014).
- ↑ Arunachal CM receives Mt Kangto exploration team. Business Standard India(2017-05-05). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ↑ ITBP-IMF expedition team first to scale Mt Kangto base. The Hindu(2016-11-06). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ↑ ITBP’s Mt Kangto expedition in Arunachal may annoy China, Desai, Shweta. DNA India(2016-11-20). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ↑ ITBP-IMF expedition team first to scale Mt Kangto base. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-09-24.