{{short description|Mountain in Nepal}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Nemjung | image = Nemjung Gipfel 7140 Meter.jpg | image_caption = | elevation_m = 7140 | elevation_ref = <ref name="peaklist">{{cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/everest.html|title=High Asia II: Himalaya of Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and adjoining region of Tibet|publisher=Peaklist.org|access-date=2014-05-30}}</ref> | prominence_m = 1920 | prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/> | range = Himalayas | listing = {{ubl|Mountains of Nepal|Ultra}} | location = Manang District,<br />Gandaki Zone,<br />North central Nepal | map = Nepal | map_caption = Location in Nepal | map_size = | label_position = right | coordinates = {{coord|28|44|06|N|84|25|00|E|type:mountain_region:NP_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/> | first_ascent = 1983 by Nepal and Hirosaki University HIMLUNG HIMAL Joint Expedition Wataru Saito, Makito Minami, Ken Takahashi (Japanese), Kirkin Lama (Nepalese) | easiest_route = rock/snow/ice climb }} '''Nemjung''' or '''Nimjung''' is a mountain in the Himalayas of Nepal. It is located approximately {{convert|150|km|mi|0}} northwest of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and about {{cvt|25|km}} northwest of the eight-thousander, Manaslu. Its summit has an elevation of {{convert|7140|m|ft|0}}. This mountain was once called '''Himlung Himal'''.<ref name=hj_2003>{{Cite journal|title=WINTER EXPEDITION TO NEMJUNG|department=Expedition and Notes|first=Osamn|last=Hirata|journal=Himalayan Journal|year=2003|volume=59|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/59/19/expeditions-and-notes/#point8|access-date=2022-02-11|language=en}}</ref>
In the 1990s, a few years after the first ascent in 1983, when demarcating the border with China, the Nepalese government changed the traditional name of Himlung Himal to another mountain about 4 kilometres north. The peak between them is properly called Himjung. It is the highest among the three peaks of Nemjung (east), Himjung (centre) and Himlung Himal range (west).
Nemjung was first climbed via the east ridge on October 27, 1983, by a Joint expedition from Nepal and the Hirosaki University Alpine Club led by Junji Kurotaki.<ref name="First_Ascent_of_Himlung_Himal">{{cite journal|url=http://jac.or.jp/sangakuhensyuu/1984optimisation.pdf#page=222| title=First Ascent of Himlung Himal|first=Hiroshi|last=Hori|journal=The Journal of the Japanese Alpine Club SANGAKU|volume=79|year=1984| access-date=2015-08-17}} English synopsis page 9.</ref> A previous attempt had been made in 1963 by a Japanese expedition from the Den Den Kyushu Alpine Club led by Hisachika Zengyou. Later summits were achieved in 1994 by a British expedition, and in 2009 by a French team.<ref name="french_climb_2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/french_climb_south_spur_of_nemjung/ |title=French Climb South Spur of Nemjung |access-date=2012-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614224303/http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/french_climb_south_spur_of_nemjung/ |archive-date=2012-06-14 }}</ref> On October 30, 2009, a Japanese team led by Osamu Tanabe summited Nemjung via its previously unclimbed west face and west ridge.<ref name="japanese_climb_2009_01">{{cite web|url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web10w/newswire-flash-nemjung-west | title=Nemjung Climbed from the West|website=alpinist.com | date=21 January 2010| access-date=2012-09-28}}</ref><ref name="japanese_climb_2009_02">{{cite web |url=http://legacy.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/japanese_climb_west_face_of_nemjung/ |title=Japanese Climb West Face of Nemjung |website=climbing.com|access-date=2012-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119104035/http://legacy.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/japanese_climb_west_face_of_nemjung/ |archive-date=2013-01-19 }}</ref><ref name="aaj_2010">{{cite aaj |article_id=12201030600 |title=Nemjung (7,140m), West-Northwest Face and Upper West Ridge|first1=Dougald|last1=MacDonald|first2=Hiroshi|last2=Hagiwara|first3=Elizabeth|last3=Hawley|author3-link=Elizabeth Hawley|year=2010|volume=52|issue=84|pages=306|access-date=2025-06-12}}</ref>
==See also== * List of ultras of the Himalayas
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Cite web|title=Bistare Bistare Around Manaslu|date=3 July 2017 |publisher=Outlook India|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/57882/bistare-bistare-around-manaslu}}
Category:Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas Category:Manang District, Nepal Category:Mountains of Gandaki Province Category:Ultra-prominent peaks of Asia