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Hillary Peak
The North Face of Cho Oyu from Tingri in Tibet. The Ngojumba Kang peaks are on the left.
Highest point
Elevation	7,681 m (25,200 ft)
Coordinates	28°06′24″N 86°42′58″E / 28.10667°N 86.71611°E / 28.10667; 86.71611
Geography
Hillary PeakLocation in Nepal
45km 30miles Nepal Pakistan China 45 42 41 40 37 36 35 34 33 32 30 29 28 27 24 23 22 21 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 5 3 1  The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world). The map may help give context to Hillary Peak with more detail and zooming on click through. Legend： 1：Mount Everest,  2：Kangchenjunga,  3：Lhotse,  4：Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West,  5：Makalu,  6：Kangchenjunga South,  7：Kangchenjunga Central,  8：Cho Oyu,  9：Dhaulagiri,  10：Manaslu (Kutang),  11：Nanga Parbat (Diamer) ,  12：Annapurna,  13：Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma),  14：Manaslu East,  15：Annapurna East Peak,  16： Gyachung Kang,  17：Annapurna II ,  18：Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri),  19：Kangbachen,  20：Himalchuli (Himal Chuli),  21：Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna),  22：Nuptse (Nubtse),  23：Nanda Devi,  24：Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho),  25：Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa),  26：Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak),  27：Kamet,  28：Dhaulagiri II,  29：Ngojumba Kang II,  30：Dhaulagiri III,  31：Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu),  32：Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan) ,  33：Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III),  34：Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen),  35：Dhaulagiri IV,  36：Annapurna Fang,  37：Silver Crag,  38：Kangbachen Southwest,  39：Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum),  40：Annapurna III,  41：Himalchuli West,  42：Annapurna IV,  43：Kula Kangri,  44：Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri),  45：Ngadi Chuli South   Location in Nepal
Location	Solukhumbu, Nepal
Parent range	Himalayas

Hillary Peak (Nepali: हिलारी शिखर) is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a 7,681 metres (25,200 ft) peak in the Himalayas in honour of Edmund Hillary, who made the first ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

In September 2013 a government panel recommended that two mountains be renamed Hillary Peak and Tenzing Peak as part of a batch of summits that would be opened to climbers in 2014. The coordinates given by the government indicate that it is one of a clutch of peaks on the Nepal and Tibet border between Cho Oyu and Gyachung Kang, known variously as Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang and Ngojumba Ri. The designated peak in most sources is Ngojumba Kang III at 7,681 m (25,200 ft).

In the fall of 2016, two time Everest summiter Elia Saikaly along with Pasang Kaji Sherpa made an expedition to Hillary Peak. They called off their summit bid due to dangers encountered including rock-falls, bad weather, hidden crevasses, and snow related issues.

See also

• Hillary Step
• Hillary Montes

Notes

1. The original height given by Nepalese government sources of Hillary Peak is 7681 m. The coordinates published by the Nepalese government later in 2014 was 28°06′24″N 86°42′58″E / 28.10667°N 86.71611°E / 28.10667; 86.71611. This almost matches Ngojumba Kang III at 28°06′24″N 86°42′46″E / 28.10667°N 86.71278°E / 28.10667; 86.71278, which some sources give as this height and others adjacent spot heights of 7,684 m (25,210 ft). Sources for Hillary Peak being Ngojumba Kang III are Google Maps, OpenStreetMap and its Himalayan Database reference code is NGO3 which appears to be unclimbed but one source has Ngojumba Kang II at 7,743 m (25,404 ft) which is 0.66 km (0.41 mi) away and climbed.

References

1. ^ "Mount Everest: Hillary and Tenzing to have peaks named after them". The Guardian. 2013-09-06. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
2. "Peak Bagger:Himalaya, Central Nepal Himalaya, Khumbu, Ghurka Himal, Annapurna Himal, Xishapangma Area, Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya, Western Nepal Himalaya, Assam Himalaya, Punjab Himalaya, Bhutan Himalaya, Garwhal Himalaya, Ganesh Himal". Retrieved 22 October 2024.
3. "Government of Nepal officially opens 104 new peaks for montaineering [sic]". 23 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
4. ^ "Ngojumba Kang II, Nepal". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
5. ^ "Himalayan Database". Retrieved 21 October 2024.
6. "Canadian to Become the First Climber to Summit Hillary Peak on Historic Himalayan Climb". PRWeb. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
7. "Elia Saikaly 'not prepared to die on the mountain,' ends summit bid". Ottawa Citizen. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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