Gunung Kailash (juga Kailasa; Kangrinboqê atau Gang Rinpoche; Tibet: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; Hanzi sederhana: 冈仁波齐峰; Hanzi tradisional: 岡仁波齊峰; Sanskerta: कैलास, IAST: Kailāsa), adalah sebuah puncak setinggi 6.638 m (21.778 ft) di Pegunungan Kailash (Pegunungan Gangdisê), yang membentuk bagian dari Transhimalaya di Prefektur Ngari, Wilayah Otonomi Tibet, Tiongkok.
| Mount Kailash | |
|---|---|
| གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ | |
Gunung Kailash dari selatan | |
| Titik tertinggi | |
| Ketinggian | 6.638 m (21.778 ft) |
| Puncak | 1.319 m (4.327 ft) |
| Koordinat | 31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E / 31.06667°N 81.31250°EKoordinat: 31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E / 31.06667°N 81.31250°E |
| Geografi | |
Mount Kailash Kabupaten Burang, Wilayah Otonomi Tibet | |
| Negara | Tiongkok |
| Pegunungan | Pegunungan Gangdisê |
| Pendakian | |
| Pendakian pertama | Unclimbed |
Gunung tersebut berada di dekat Danau Manasarovar dan Danau Rakshastal, dekat dengan muara beberapa sungai Asia terpanjang: Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, dan Karnali yang juga dikenal sebagai Ghaghara (sebuah anak sungai Gangga) di India. Gunung Kailash dianggap suci dalam empat agama: Hindu, Bon, Buddha, dan Jain.
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