By Nepalko on October 11, 2017

Kangchenjunga  ( Nepali : कञ्चनजङ्घा, Kañcanajaṅghā ), also spelled Kanchenjunga , is the third highest mountain in the world , and lies partly in Nepal  and partly in Sikkim, India . [3]  It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas  called Kangchenjunga Himal  that is limited in the west by the Tamur River , in the north by the Lhonak Chu  and Jongsang La , and in the east by the Teesta River . [1] Mount Kangchenjunga lies about 125 km (78 mi ...