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Kangchenjunga

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Kangchenjunga, Kanchenjunga [ˌkæntʃənˈdʒʌŋgə], Kinchinjunga
n
(Placename) a mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, in the Himalayas: the third highest mountain in the world. Height: 8598 m (28 208 ft.)
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At first believing Kangchenjunga to be the tallest mountain, Andrew Waugh and his team eventually discovered that Everest (or peak XV as they called it) was over 250m higher.
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After completing the 8,587m hike to the summit of Kangchenjunga in Nepal, Mr Hinkes was declared the first Briton ever to have stood on all of the world's highest peaks, making him officially the UK's leading mountaineer.
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