Kangchenjunga

For centuries a rarely visited Buddhist kingdom known for the world's third highest peak on its border with Nepal called Kangchenjunga and glacial lakes, Sikkim joined India in 1975.

Reuters: Press Release 2011

For centuries a rarely visited Buddhist kingdom known for the world's third highest peak in its border with Nepal called Kangchenjunga and glacial lakes, Sikkim joined India in 1975.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

He had made several trips to the Himalayas and was working on a project to ski the world's three highest peaks, Mount Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga.

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The photograph on the screen was taken from our camp on Windy Col, (22,000 feet), looking back at the route we followed, and showing in the distance, about 100 miles away, Kangchenjunga, 28,400 feet, which is the second highest mountain in the world.

The Mount Everest Expedition 1923

Kangchenjunga had long been considered the highest mountain in the world.

The Guardian World News Ed Douglas 2011

Kangchenjunga's proximity to the Bay of Bengal had worrying implications for the team.

The Guardian World News Ed Douglas 2011

Two years later, on Kangchenjunga, the impact of working-class stars taking their place in the front rank of mountaineering nations was reflected in the composition of Evans's team.

The Guardian World News Ed Douglas 2011

He returned to Kangchenjunga in 2005, 50 years after the mountain's first ascent.

The Guardian World News Ed Douglas 2011

The ascent of Kangchenjunga was one of the very best achievements in British mountaineering history, in many ways surpassing the 1953 ascent of Everest, in which Band was also involved.

The Guardian World News Ed Douglas 2011

Fourteen mountains exceed the magical threshold of 8,000 metres 26,250ft, but British climbers were first to the top of just one of them - Kangchenjunga, the third-highest peak in the world.

The Guardian World News Ed Douglas 2011