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Yangra
Sign in to saveYangra (Ganesh I) is the highest peak of the Ganesh Himal, which is a subrange of the Himalayas. Although not an 8,000 metre peak, and little visited, it enjoys great vertical relief over the nearby valleys. __NOTOC__ thumb ==Location== Yangra, and the entire Ganesh Himal, lie between the Budhi Gandaki and Trisuli Gandaki valleys, northwest of Kathmandu. Yangra lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet, and is east-southeast of Manaslu, the nearest 8,000 metre peak.
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- Mountain.name
- Yangra
- Mountain.other_name
- Ganesh I
- Mountain.photo
- Langtang range (25).JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- View from the east; from left: Pabil, Salasungo, Ganesh V, Yangra Kangri.
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 7429
- Mountain.elevation_ref
- Ranked 62nd
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2352
- Mountain.range
- Ganesh Himal, Himalayas
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- Nepal##China
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- Location in Nepal, on the border with China
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.first_ascent
- October 24, 1955 by R Lambert, C Kogan, E Gauchat
- Mountain.easiest_route
- rock/snow/ice climb
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- Elevation
- 7422
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- Yangra Kangri
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Yangra (Ganesh I) is the highest peak of the Ganesh Himal, which is a subrange of the Himalayas. Although not an 8,000 metre peak, and little visited, it enjoys great vertical relief over the nearby valleys. __NOTOC__ thumb ==Location== Yangra, and the entire Ganesh Himal, lie between the Budhi Gandaki and Trisuli Gandaki valleys, northwest of Kathmandu. Yangra lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet, and is east-southeast of Manaslu, the nearest 8,000 metre peak.
==Climbing history== The Ganesh Himal was first seriously reconnoitered for climbing by H. W. Tilman and party in 1950. The first attempt on the peak was in 1953.
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