| Gunung Kailash | |
|---|---|
 Gunung Kailash dari selatan | |
| Titik tertinggi | |
| Ketinggian | 6.638 m (21.778 ft) |
| Puncak | 1.319 m (4.327 ft) |
| Koordinat | 31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E / 31.06667°N 81.31250°E |
| Penamaan | |
| Nama lokal | གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ |
| Geografi | |
  Gunung Kailash | |
| Negara | Tiongkok |
| Pegunungan | Pegunungan Gangdisê |
| Pendakian | |
| Pendakian pertama | Unclimbed |
Gunung Kailash (juga Kailasa; Kangrinboqê atau Gang Rinpoche; Tibet: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; Hanzi sederhana: 冈仁波齐峰; Hanzi tradisional: 岡仁波齊峰; Sanskerta: कैलास, IAST: Kailāsa), adalah sebuah puncak setinggi 6.638 m (21.778 ft) di Pegunungan Kailash (Pegunungan Gangdisê), yang membentuk bagian dari Transhimalaya di Prefektur Ngari, Wilayah Otonomi Tibet, Tiongkok.
Gunung tersebut berada di dekat Danau Manasarovar dan Danau Rakshastal, dekat dengan muara beberapa sungai Asia terpanjang: Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, dan Karnali yang juga dikenal sebagai Ghaghara (sebuah anak sungai Gangga) di India. Gunung Kailash dianggap suci dalam empat agama: Hindu, Bon, Buddha, dan Jain.
Catatan
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