Mount Kanchenjunga, << `kahn` chuhn JUNG guh >>, also called Kinchinjunga, << `kihn` chihn JUN gah >>, is one of the highest mountains in the world. It rises 28,169 feet (8,586 meters). The mountain is part of the Himalaya and stands about 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of Mount Everest, between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim. A British expedition climbed Mount Kanchenjunga for the first time in 1955.
