Menlongze peak

Menlongze peak

Menlongze peak, also known as "qiaogeru peak", is located in Dingri County, Tibet Autonomous Region of China, with an altitude of 7175 meters (with measurement data of 7181 meters). It belongs to the Himalayan mountains. It is adjacent to zhuoyou peak in the East and chirenma peak in the West (7134 meters above sea level, also known as gaolisanka peak in Nepal). There are more than ten snow peaks above 6000 meters above sea level around it. Mt. menlongze is about 40 km east of Mt. Everest. According to 7181m above sea level, the terrain protrusion of menlongze peak is 1551m.

On October 23, 1992, Mt. menlongze reached the top for the first time.

brief introduction

Menlongze peak, also known as "qiaogeru peak", is located at 86 ° 25'54 "E and 27 ° 58'21" n. Belonging to the Himalayan mountains, it is located in Dingyue County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is adjacent to zhuoyou peak in the East and chirenma peak in the West (7134 meters above sea level, also known as gaolisanka peak in Nepal). There are more than ten snow peaks above 6000 meters above sea level around it. Menlong peak is steep and steep. The main peak is conical in shape. The peak is covered with ice and snow that has not melted for thousands of years and covered with ice and snow chutes everywhere. It mainly has five ridges: Northeast ridge, Southeast ridge, South Ridge, southwest ridge and northwest ridge. The ridges are blade shaped. There are many gullies between the ridges, in which many modern glaciers are developed. The main glacier is the kongbuebusan glacier in the south. About two kilometers to the west is Mt. menlongze II, 7021 meters above sea level.

geological structure

Menlong peak is steep and steep. The main peak is conical in shape. The peak is covered with ice and snow that has not melted for thousands of years and covered with ice and snow chutes everywhere. It mainly has five ridges: Northeast ridge, Southeast ridge, South Ridge, southwest ridge and northwest ridge. The ridges are blade shaped. There are many gullies between the ridges, in which many modern glaciers are developed. The main glacier is the kongbuebusan glacier in the south. About two kilometers to the west is mount menlongze 2, with an altitude of 7021 meters.

climate

Due to the influence of warm and humid air flow in the Indian Ocean, the climate of menlongzefeng is humid and rainy. Ronghe River Valley in the West

It is rich in animal and plant resources. However, due to the steep and complex route, frequent ice and avalanches, and more thunder and lightning, no one is interested in this not very significant mountain. Only Mt. menlongze II was conquered by the British mountaineers, such as bonington, until May 1988. There is a lot of snow from November to March every year, so it is very difficult to get into the mountains. There are heavy rain and lightning from June to July. Usually, the best time is from September to October. Or from April to May.

animal

The unique low latitude glacier and snow mountain, the complex plateau terrain, and the dry and wet plateau monsoon climate make Meili Snow Mountain a paradise for wildlife. There are leopard, clouded leopard, antelope, black bear, red panda, lynx, black musk deer, big civet, little civet, rare white tailed pheasant and pheasant quail, and 113 kinds of lovely birds, such as crested eagle, kestrel, blood pheasant and so on. National Geographic magazine lists it as one of the five "last pure lands" in the world.

Botany

In terms of vegetation regionalization, it belongs to the alpine vegetation type of Qinghai Tibet Plateau. In a limited area, there are many plant distribution bands from the tropical zone to the cold zone. At an altitude of 2000 to 4000 meters, it is mainly a forest composed of various spruce forests. Beside the forest, there is a continuous plateau meadow. On the summer meadow, countless unknown wild flowers, rhododendrons and Gesang flowers all over the mountain are in full bloom, just like an overturned palette, leaving a large amount of colorful on the huge green carpet composed of forest and grassland.

Route to the mountain

Starting from Dingyue County by car, the journey is 100 kilometers, reaching Ronghe valley. In spring, ice and snow cover the mountain, and the steam is blowing at this time

The bus can only reach the bans River, with a journey of 40 km. From the gabra glacier along the bans River, we can walk south to mugou, cross the Fula pass with an altitude of 5411 meters, enter the rongha River Valley, and go down the river valley for 24 km to reach the BAPU base camp on the west side of menlongze peak, with an altitude of 4700 meters.

Relevant information

The mountains above 8000 meters above sea level in Tibet

Mount Everest in Himalayas 8848 Dingri County, the highest peak in the world, was first boarded by the British team in 1953

Dingri County, 8516 luozifeng, Himalayas, was first boarded by the Swiss team in 1956

Dingri County, 8463, mount Makalu, Himalayas, was first boarded by the French team in 1955

Zhuo'aoyou peak in Himalayas 8201 Dingri county was first boarded by Austria in 1954

8012 Nyalam County, Himalayan Himalaya, was first boarded by the Chinese team in 1964

Address: Dingri County, Shigatse

Longitude: 86.441389

Latitude: 27.974385

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