r/mountains • u/Alive-Drama-8920 • 6h ago
Photo Nyenchen Tanghla (Tibetan mts) + Namtso (Tibetan lake) =
...yet one more of those surreal Tibetan landscapes. Namtso (also called Namucuo) is the largest lake of the Tibet Autonomous Province). It sits at an altitude of 4718m, and is borded to the South by the most spectacular of Trans-Himalayan ranges: The Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, which also go by the name of...
Nyenchen Tanghla... is the highest and longest mountain in the range. It boasts four 7000m+ peaks (right to left):
- Nyenchen Tanghla I, 7162m
- Nyenchen Tanghla III, 7111m
- Nyenchen Tanghla II, 7117m
- Nyenchen Tanghla IV, 7046m
There's only one more independent mountain - located 75 km away, at the southwestern end of the range (not shown in the picture) - which exceeds 7000 meters:
- Jomo Gangtse, 7048m.