Kula Kangri

Kula Kagri in the background. Photo of 1933.

The Kula Kangri is a mountain on the border of Bhutan with Tibet ( China ) with a height of 7538 m. It was first climbed by a Japanese expedition led by Kazumasa Hira in 1986. Partly also the year 1937 is given as the year of the first ascent, when the two climbers Freddie Spencer Chapman and Pasang Dawa Lama as part of a British expedition to the summit are said to have climbed over the Southeast spur of Bhutan from.

Highest mountain in Bhutan

The Kula Kangri was long regarded as the highest mountain of Bhutan. However, reigns over the exact border between Bhutan and China disunity. Therefore, there are also maps in which the Kula Kangri is noted as a mountain in Tibet. After this selection, the location just south Gangkhar Puensum would be the highest mountain in Bhutan. In the old system of four of the sacred mountains of Tibetan ancient Kula Kangri occupies the southern position. For the local population in the south Tibetan Lhozhag he is still the residence of the local patron deity and therefore of sacred significance.

Altitude

The determination of the peak height of the Kula Kangri was carried out by several expeditions, and later by the Chinese military. Therefore, various data exist for the height of the Kula Kangri, including the altitude of 7538 m on military maps. In addition, the altitude there is 7554 m, which corresponds to, among others, the measurements of the Swiss geologists Günter Dyhrenfurth, who had determined the heights of the Kula Kangri and Gangkhar Puensum during an expedition.