Siniolchu

Siniolchu

Infobox Mountain
Name = Siniolchu
Photo = Siniolchu by Sella.jpg
Caption =A classic photograph of Siniolchu taken from the Zemu Glacier by Vittorio Sella
Elevation = 6,888 metres (22,598 feet)
Location = Sikkim, India
Range = Himalaya
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|27|45|N|88|19|E|type:mountain
First ascent = 1936
Easiest route = glacier/snow/ice climb

Siniolchu is one of the tallest mountains of the Indian state of Sikkim. The 6888 m (22,598 feet) mountain is considered to be a particularly beautiful mountain, having been described by Douglas Freshfield as "the most superb triumph of mountain architecture and the most beautiful snow mountain in the world". [cite book |title=Sikkim: A Traveller's Guide |last=Ray |first=Arundhati |authorlink= |coauthors=Das, Sujoy |year= |publisher=Orient Longman |location= |isbn=9788178240084 |pages=p.22 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Xnw-2sU1KMoC&pg=PA22&dq=Siniolchu&lr=&ei=1rWeSKfmHZfEigGo45z7BA&sig=ACfU3U3cfKmaziqN4g4t6oumMpcPdzwFtw ] It is situated near the green lake adjacent to Mount Kangchenjunga, the highest peak in the state and third highest in the world.

Siniolchu’s summit was first scaled in 1936 by the German climbers Karl Wien and Adi Göttner. [cite book |title=Abode of the Snow |last=Mason
first=Kenneth|authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1955 |publisher=Rupert Hart-Davis |pages=pp.275-276
Reprinted 1987 by Diadem Books, ISBN 978-0906371916
] Later Sikkimese Everest climber, Sonam Gyatso, also scaled the top.

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