Nyainqêntanglha Peak

Mount Nyainqêntanglha
Elevation	7,162 m (23,497 ft) [1]
Prominence	2,239 m (7,346 ft) [2]
Listing	Ultra
Location
Mount Nyainqêntanglha Location within Tibet
Location	Damxung County, Tibet, China
Range	Nyainqêntanglha Mountains
Coordinates	30°22′03″N 90°35′06″E / 30.3675°N 90.585°E / 30.3675; 90.585Coordinates: 30°22′03″N 90°35′06″E / 30.3675°N 90.585°E / 30.3675; 90.585[2]
Climbing
Easiest route	Glacier/snow/ice climb

Mount Nyainqêntanglha (officially Nyainqêntanglha Feng; and also Nyanchen Thanglha, Tibetan: གཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ་, Wylie: Gnyan-chen-thang-lha; Chinese: 念青唐古拉峰, Pinyin: Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng), or Nyainqêntanglha Peak is the highest peak of Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, which divides Tibet, the watershed between the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) and the Nu (Salween) rivers. Nyainqên Tanglha means "the God of Grassland" in the Tibetan language. It is located in Damxung county in the Nyingchi Prefecture of Tibet.

Nyainên Tanglha is the subject of many Tibetan fairy tales and old folklore.

References

1. ^ http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10594
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/china1.html

See also

• List of Ultras of Tibet and East Asia