Mount Nyenchen Tanglha
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: ''Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng'') is the highest peak of Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, which together with the Gangdise range forms the Transhimalaya.
Location
Mount Nyenchen Tanglha is located in the western part of the range on the watershed between the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Southwestern China, Northeastern India, and Bangladesh. It is known as Brahmaputra or Luit in Assamese language, Assamese, Yarlung Tsangpo in Lhasa Tibetan, Tibetan, the Siang/Dihan ...
) to the south and the endorheic basin
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s of the Changtang to the north. In particular, it lies to the south of Namtso Lake. It belongs to Damxung County in the Prefecture of Lhasa
Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China.
Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...
of Tibet
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.
Mythology
In Tibetan mythology Nyenchen Tanglha is considered the most influential deity in a large part of northern Tibet.
In his mortal form he is shown riding a white horse, wearing a satin dress and holding a horse whip in one hand and a Buddhist rosary in the other.
He is considered to be a bodhisattva
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on the eighth level, and is a protector of the teachings of the Nyingma
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tradition.
Nyenchen Tanglha is the subject of many fairy tales and folklore.
The three main summits of Nyenchen Tanglha
With an elevation of 7,162m, Nyenchen Tanglha is the highest mountain of the Transhimalayan range. It has a topographic prominence
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of 2,239m and its parent mountain is Gurla Mandhata located 890 km west. Key saddle is at 4,923m (30°25'57"N 81°37'28"E) near the spring of Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra).
Nyenchen Tanglha has three main summits above 7,000m, located on a northwest–southeast ridge. All three main summits were climbed between 1986 and 1995.
See also
* List of ultras of Tibet, East Asia and neighbouring areas
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