Purbung (also Putrung) is a mountain in the
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than list of h ...
of
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
in the province of
Gandaki Pradesh. Located in the
Damodar range it has a height of 6,465 m.
[''Purbung Overview'']
Nepal Himal Peak Profile, Retrieved May 6, 2025.
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Jost Kobusch and Nicolas Scheidtweiler made the first successful ascent on November 30, 2021.
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See also
* Geology of the Himalayas
The geology of the Himalayas is a record of the most dramatic and visible creations of the immense mountain range formed by plate tectonic forces and sculpted by weathering and erosion. The Himalayas, which stretch over 2400 km between t ...
References
Six-thousanders of the Himalayas
Mountains of the Gandaki Province
Manang District, Nepal
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