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Namcha Barwa

Namcha Barwa

7,782 m

Peak · Arunachal & Eastern Himalaya · China

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Also known as Namcha Barwa / Namchabarwa

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Background

Namcha Barwa or Namchabarwa is a mountain peak lying in southeastern Tibet. The traditional definition of the Himalaya extending from the Indus River to the Brahmaputra would make it the eastern anchor of the entire mountain chain, and it is the highest peak of its own section as well as Earth's easternmost peak over 7,600 metres (24,900 ft). It lies in the Nyingchi Prefecture of Tibet. It is the highest peak in the 180 km long Namcha Barwa Himal range, which is considered the easternmost syntaxis/section of the Himalaya in southeastern Tibet and northeastern India where the Himalaya are said to end, although high ranges actually continue another 300 km to the east.

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