Gunung Kailash

gunung di Tiongkok

Gunung Kailash (juga Kailasa; Kangrinboqê atau Gang Rinpoche; Tibet: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; Hanzi sederhana: 冈仁波齐峰; Hanzi tradisional: 岡仁波齊峰; Sanskerta: कैलास, IAST: Kailāsa), adalah sebuah puncak setinggi 6.638 m (21.778 ft) di Pegunungan Kailash (Pegunungan Gangdisê), yang membentuk bagian dari Transhimalaya di Prefektur Ngari, Wilayah Otonomi Tibet, Tiongkok.

Mount Kailash
གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ
Gunung Kailash dari selatan
Titik tertinggi
Ketinggian6.638 m (21.778 ft)
Puncak1.319 m (4.327 ft)
Koordinat31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E / 31.06667°N 81.31250°E / 31.06667; 81.31250Koordinat: 31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E / 31.06667°N 81.31250°E / 31.06667; 81.31250
Geografi
NegaraTiongkok
PegununganPegunungan Gangdisê
Pendakian
Pendakian pertamaUnclimbed

Gunung tersebut berada di dekat Danau Manasarovar dan Danau Rakshastal, dekat dengan muara beberapa sungai Asia terpanjang: Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, dan Karnali yang juga dikenal sebagai Ghaghara (sebuah anak sungai Gangga) di India. Gunung Kailash dianggap suci dalam empat agama: Hindu, Bon, Buddha, dan Jain.

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