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Kinchinjunga
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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or Kanchanjanga, the third (or second; see K2) highest mountain in the world. It is a peak of the eastern Himalayas, situated on the boundary between Sikkim and Nepal, with an elevation of 28,146 ft. Kinchinjunga is best seen from the Indian hill-station of Darjeeling, where the view of this stupendous mountain, dominating all intervening ranges and rising from regions of tropical undergrowth to the altitude of eternal snows, is one of the grandest in the world.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Kinchinjunga'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/kinchinjunga.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Kinchinjunga'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/kinchinjunga.html. 1910.
