Early morning view from Tiger Hill in northern direction to the Kangchenjunga (8586 m) at a distance of 80 km. This highest mountain of India and third highest in the world forms the border between Sikkim and Nepal. Its name means Five Treasures of Snow, referring to its five summits. Kangchenjunga is considered a sacred mountain.

Keywords

eight-thousander, glacial processes, glacier, lightscape, mountainscape, mountaintop, snowscape

Created

Tuesday 14 November 2017 by Martin Mergili in Asia / India (4848 visits)