Namcha Barwa Himal

Namcha Barwa Himal
Namcha Barwa Himal
	Namjagbarwa
	Satellite view of Namcha Barwa Himal surrounded by Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo, then other ranges
Location	Mêdog County, Nyingchi Prefecture, China
Length	180 m (590 ft)
Width	60 m (200 ft)

Namcha Barwa Himal, also known as Namjagbarwa syntaxis or Namjagbarwa Group Complex, is the easternmost section[1] of the Himalaya in southeastern Tibet and northeastern India. This section spans 180 km from the headwaters of the Siyom River on the international border NE into Tibet to the canyon of the Yarlung Tsangpo (the Brahmaputra in India), where the Himalaya are said to end, although high ranges actually continue another 300 km east. Major peaks of this section include:

Namche Barwa, 7,782 m
Nai Peng, 7,043 m at 29°37'12"N, 95°03'00"E, first climbed 1984[2]
Sentang Bu, 6,812 m at 29°49'48"N, 95°00'36"E, unclimbed
Gyala Peri, 7,294 m, stands about 22 km NNW of Namche Barwa, across the Yarlung Tsangpo but often included in the Namche Barwa section because of proximity.

References

H. Adams Carter (1985). "Classification of the Himalaya" (PDF). American Alpine Journal. American Alpine Club. 27 (59): 116–120. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
Zhou Zheng (1985). "Namcha Barwa and Nai Peng" (PDF). American Alpine Journal. Boulder, Colorado: American Alpine Club. 27 (59): 334–36. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

External links

Lhasa, NH 46 (Map). 1:1,000,000. U.S. Army Map Service. 1945. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

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[1] H. Adams Carter (1985). "Classification of the Himalaya" (PDF). American Alpine Journal. American Alpine Club. 27 (59): 116–120. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

[2] Zhou Zheng (1985). "Namcha Barwa and Nai Peng" (PDF). American Alpine Journal. Boulder, Colorado: American Alpine Club. 27 (59): 334–36. Retrieved 19 May 2011.