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Minyak Gangkar Riwo

One of the most famous holy mountains in Eastern Tibet. Reaching an altitude of 7,668 m above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Sichuan Province.

Feature Type

  • མི་ཉག་གངས་དཀར་རི་བོ། (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
    • > Minyak Gangkar Riwo (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
  • 贡嘎山 (Chinese, Simplified Chinese Characters, Original)
    • > Gongga Shan (Chinese, Latin script, Transcription-Pinyin Transcription)
  • mi nyag gangs dkar ri bo (Tibetan, Latin script, Original)
Etymology for མི་ཉག་གངས་དཀར་རི་བོ།:
Litearally, "Minyak-snow-white-mountain." This name derives from the fact that this white snow mountain is situated in the Minyak region of Eastern Tibet.

Place ID: F5231