Mount Nyenchen Tanglha

Mount Nyenchen Tanglha
Nyainqêntanglha Feng, Nyenchen Thanglha, Nyenchentangla, Nyanchen Thanglha, Nyainchentanglha
Highest point
Elevation	7,162 m (23,497 ft)
Prominence	2,239 m (7,346 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	30°22′03″N 90°35′06″E / 30.36750°N 90.58500°E / 30.36750; 90.58500Coordinates: 30°22′03″N 90°35′06″E / 30.36750°N 90.58500°E / 30.36750; 90.58500
Geography
Mount Nyenchen Tanglha Location within Tibet, China
Location	Damxung County, Tibet, China
Parent range	Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains
Climbing
First ascent	8 May 1986 by a Japanese expedition
Easiest route	Glacier/snow/ice climb

Mount Nyenchen Tanglha (officially Nyainqêntanglha Feng; Tibetan: གཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ་, Wylie: Gnyan-chen-thang-lha; Chinese: 念青唐古拉峰, Pinyin: Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng) is the highest peak of Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, which together with the Gangdise range forms the Transhimalaya.

Mount Nyenchen Tanglha is located in the western part of the range on the watershed between the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra River) to the south and the endorheic basins of the Changtang to the north. In particular, it lies to the south of Namtso Lake. It belongs to Damxung County in the Prefecture of Lhasa of Tibet.

In Tibetan mythology Nyenchen Tanglha is considered the most influential deity in a large part of northern Tibet. In his mortal form he is shown riding a white horse, wearing a satin dress and holding a horse whip in one hand and a Buddhist rosary in the other. He is considered to be a bodhisattva on the eighth level, and is a protector of the teachings of the Nyingma tradition. Nyenchen Tanglha is the subject of many fairy tales and folklore.