Gangdise Shan

{{Short description|Mountain range on the Tibetan Plateau}} The '''Kailash Range''', '''Kailas Range''', '''Gangdisi Mountains''', '''Gangdese Range''' or '''Gangdisê Range''', is a mountain range on the Tibetan Plateau of Tibet Autonomous Region<ref>{{cite web |title=Kailash Range |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kailas-Range |publisher=Britannica}}</ref> of China.

==Geography== {{see also | Geography of Ladakh | Geography of Tibet}} [[File:NH-44-8 P'O-LU HU, China.jpg|thumb|right|Map including Gangdise Shan (labeled as KANG-TI-SSU SHAN (KAILAS RANGE)) (ATC, 1971).]]

The Kailash Range is the western subrange of the Transhimalaya system, while Nyenchen Tanglha is the eastern subrange of Transhimalaya. Kailash range has Koyul Ridge to its south, Pangong Range (a subrange of Karakoram Range) to its west, Skakjung pasture & Dumchele border trade village to its south near the disputed India-China "Line of Actual Control" (LAC).

Kailash Range's tallest peak, Lunpo Gangri (7,095 meters or 23,278 feet), is not very famous.<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|pid=14129|title=Lunpo Gangri|accessdate=2011-09-18}}</ref> The second highest peak, Mount Kailash (6,638 meters or 21,778 feet), is well known across the world as it is the most sacred mountain in four religions:<ref name="KI">{{cite journal |last1=Izu |first1=Kenro |title=Passage to Kailash |journal=World Literature Today |date=2013 |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=68 |doi=10.7588/worllitetoda.87.2.0068|s2cid=163370522 }}</ref> Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism.<ref name="kmy">{{cite web |title=Kailash Manasarovar Yatra |url=https://kmy.gov.in/kmy/?lang=en |publisher=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India |access-date=30 July 2022 |archive-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617011329/https://kmy.gov.in/kmy/?lang=en |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Bon (which shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism)<ref name="Samuel">Samuel, Geoffrey, 2012, ''Introducing Tibetan Buddhism.'', Routledge, pp. 220–221.</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news |author1=Karen Swenson |title=A Sacred Circuit in Tibet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/travel/a-sacred-circuit-in-tibet.html |access-date=30 July 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=16 March 2003}}</ref>

The Indus River system is the main river, which enters India-administered area near Demchok in Demchok sector.

== See also == * Gangdese batholith (geology of the area) * {{C|Transhimalayas}}

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==Further reading== *{{Cite journal|last=Freeman-Attwood|first=Julian|date=2003|title=The Mountains of Gangdise or Transhimalaya of Tibet|url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2003_files/AJ%202003%20103-110%20Freeman-Attwood%20Gangdise.pdf|journal=The Alpine Journal|pages=103–112}} *{{Cite web|last=Dwivedi|first=Major General (retd) G G|date=2021-02-22|title=Explained: Why does the Kailash Range matter?|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/kailash-range-importanct-aksai-chin-pla-india-china-relation-7188786/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=The Indian Express}}

Category:Mountain ranges of Tibet Category:Transhimalayas Category:Tibetan Plateau