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