Hkakabo Razi
Mountain · 5,881 m
Hkakabo Razi is a mountain rising to 5,881 metres (19,295 ft) in Myanmar and China, in the Asia region. The summit stands on the border between them. From PeakBagger.com, with kind permission..
Hkakabo Razi (Burmese: ခါကာဘိုရာဇီ, pronounced [kʰàkàbò ɹàzì]) is believed to be Myanmar's highest mountain. The 19,295-foot (5,881 m)-tall mountain is the highest mountain in Southeast Asia as well. It is located in the northern Myanmar state of Kachin in an outlying subrange of the Greater Himalayan mountain system near the border tripoint with India (Arunachal Pradesh) and China (Tibet Autonomous Region). Its highest status has recently been challenged by 19,258-foot (5,870 m)-tall Gamlang Razi, located about 4.1 miles (6.6 km) WSW on the Chinese border.
Administratively, it lies in Dahangdan, Nogmung Township, Putao District, Kachin state.
The peak is enclosed within Khakaborazi National Park. The park is entirely mountainous and is characterized by broad-leaved evergreen tropical rain forest at low altitudes, a sub-tropical temperate zone from 8,000 to 9,000 ft (2,400–2,700 m), then broad-leaved, semi-deciduous forest and finally needle-leaved evergreen, snow forest. Above 11,000 ft (3,400 m), the highest forest zone is alpine, different from the forest not only in kind but in history and origin.
Adapted from Wikipedia: Hkakabo Razi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Elevation
- 5,881 m (19,295 ft)
- Global rank
- #46 of 641 indexed
- Region
- Asia (#32)
- Countries
- Myanmar, China
- Coordinates
- 28.3301°, 97.5399°
Of the 641 named summits indexed in YearMaps, Hkakabo Razi ranks #46 by elevation, below Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) and above Kangze'gyai (5,808 m).
- Ranges:
- Naga Hills (Asia), Khasi Hills (Asia)
- Neighbouring summits:
- Saramati (3,826 m), Loi Leng (2,673 m), Myinmoletkat Taung (2,072 m)
More about Hkakabo Razi
Climbing history
In 1906, British botanist Frank Kingdon-Ward reached the headwaters of the Irrawaddy, sparking British colonial interest in surveying the mountains nearby. The height of the mountain was measured during colonial rule — first by Petters from a distance measuring the elevation to be 19,269 feet and a second survey from closer to the foot of the mountain measuring it at 19,315 feet with the help of local porters. Kingdon-Ward attempted to climb the peak in 1937, but misjudged his approach and ended up on the Dundi Yayway range instead.
In 1955, Burma sent a military column called the Yei Nwe Parr column to attempt the mountain.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Hkakabo Razi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Hkakabo Razi: Key Facts
| Topographic prominence | 904 m |
|---|---|
| Mountain range | Himalayas |
Facts from Wikidata Q870063 (CC0).
