Nemjung is a mountain in the
Himalayas
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of
Nepal
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. It is located approximately northwest of the Nepalese capital
Kathmandu
Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...
and about northwest of the
eight-thousander
The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains recognized by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) as being more than in height above sea level, and sufficiently independent of neighbouring peaks. There is no precise defin ...
,
Manaslu
Manaslu (; , also known as Kutang) is the List of highest mountains#List, eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in west-central Nepal. Manaslu means "mountain of the ...
. Its summit has an elevation of . This mountain was once called Himlung Himal.
In the 1990s, a few years after the first ascent in 1983, when demarcating the border with China, the Nepalese government changed the traditional name of Himlung Himal to another mountain about 4 kilometres north. The peak between them is properly called Himjung. It is the highest among the three peaks of Nemjung (east), Himjung (centre) and Himlung Himal range (west).
Nemjung was first climbed via the east ridge on October 27, 1983 by a Joint expedition from Nepal and the
Hirosaki University
is a Japanese national university in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1949, it comprises five faculties: Faculty of the Humanities, Faculty of Education History, Hirosaki University Medical School History, Faculty of Science a ...
Alpine Club led by Junji Kurotaki.
[ English synopsis page 9.] Previous attempts had been made in 1963 by a Japanese expedition from the Den Den Kyushu Alpine Club led by Hisachika Zengyou; in 1994 by a British expedition; and in 2009 by a French team.
On October 30, 2009 a Japanese team led by Osamu Tanabe summitted Nemjung via its previously unclimbed west face and west ridge.
See also
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List of Ultras of the Himalayas
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References
External link
* {{Cite web, title=Bistare Bistare Around Manaslu, publisher=Outlook India, url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/57882/bistare-bistare-around-manaslu
Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas
Manang District, Nepal
Mountains of the Gandaki Province