Question

Which is the third highest peak in the Himalayas?
1. Mount Lhotse
2. Mount Makalu
3. Mount Fuji
4. Mount Kanchenjunga

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Mount Kanchenjunga

The correct answer is Mount Kanchenjunga.

• Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world and in the Himalayas.
• It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal delimited in the west by the Tamur River.
• It lies between Nepal and Sikkim, India, with three of the five peaks (Main, Central, and South) directly on the border, and the remaining two (West and Kangbachen) in Nepal's Taplejung District of Province No. 1.
• Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world.
• Kangchenjunga was first climbed on 25 May 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band.

• World's highest mountain - Great Himalayas.
• Mount Everest is the world's highest peak of 8848 m, it is also known as Sagarmatha.
• Kanchanjunga is India's highest peak that is in Sikkim.
• Nanda Devi is India's second-highest peak in Uttrakhand.
• The average height of the Great Himalayas is 6100 m.
• Important passes of Himalayas - Zojila, Burzil, Khar-dung-la, Bara-la-cha, Rohtang, etc.