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Kangpenqing: Elevation, Climbing History & Fast Facts

Kangpenqing / Gang Benchhen Kangpenqing, also widely known as Gang Ben Chen, is a massive 7,281-meter mountain rising from the Tibetan side of the central Himalayas. Standing northwest of Shishapangma in southern Tibet, it is the highest summit of the Baiku Kangri, or Baiku Himalaya, and ranks among the approximately 100 highest mountains on Earth. …

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