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Mount Gongga (), also known as Minya Konka (Khams Tibetan pinyin: ''Mi'nyâg Gong'ga Riwo''), is the highest mountain in Sichuan province, China. It is also known to locals as "The King of Sichuan Mountains". Situated in the Daxue Shan mountain range, between Dadu River and Yalong River, part of the Hengduan mountainous region, Mount Gongga is the easternmost peak in the world and the third highest peak outside of the Himalaya/Karakoram, after Tirich Mir and Kongur Tagh. The peak has large vertical relief over the deep nearby gorges. ==Mountaineering History== File:Graf Béla Széchenyi der neue ungarische Kronhüter 1900 Eduard Ellinger.jpg | Graf Béla Széchenyi (from Ed. Ellinger in ''Österreichs Illustrierter Zeitung'', 1900) File:UB_Maastricht_-_Kreitner_1881_-_title_page.jpg|Title page of an expedition report from a member of Graf Béla Széchenyi's expedition.〔Kreitner, Gustav: (''Im fernen Osten. Reisen des Grafen Graf Béla Széchenyi in Indien, Japan, China, Tibet und Birma in den Jahren 1877-1880'' ). Viena 1881. In German.〕 File:Josep0FrancisCharles20Rock.jpg|Joseph Rock According to 〔Arnold Heim: (The Glaciation and Solifluction of Minya Gongkar ). The Geographical Journal Vol. 87, No. 5 (May, 1936), pp. 444-450. Published by: The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)〕 a early remote measurement of the mountain, then called ''Bokunka'', was performed by the expedition of Graf Béla Széchenyi 1877-80. They came to a height of 7600 meter. 45 years later the mountain, this time called ''Gang ka'', was sketched by missionary J. H. Edgar, again from remote. In 1930 (〔 puts the date at 1929) the explorer Joseph Rock, making an attempt to measure its altitude, mis-calculated its height as and cabled the National Geographic Society to announce Minya Konka as the highest mountain in the world. This measurement was viewed with suspicion from the start, and the Society's decision to check Rock's calculations before publication was well-founded. Following discussions with the Society, Rock reduced the claim to in his formal publication. In 1930 Swiss geographer Eduard Imhof measured . A second, better-equipped American team returned in 1932, and did an accurate survey of the peak and its environs. Their summit altitude measurement agreed with Imhof's figure of 7,590 m. Two members (Terris Moore, and Richard Burdsall) of this small expedition (only four climbing members, including Arthur B. Emmons and Jack T. Young) succeeded in climbing to the summit. They began on the west side of the mountain and climbed the Northwest Ridge. This was a remarkable achievement at the time, considering the height of the mountain, its remoteness, and the small size of the group. In addition, this peak was the highest summit reached by Americans until 1958 (though Americans had by that time climbed to higher non-summit points). The book written by the expedition members, "Men Against The Clouds"〔R. Burdsall, T. Moore, A. Emmons, and J. Young, ''Men Against The Clouds'' (revised edition), The Mountaineers, 1980.〕 remains a mountaineering classic. The Himalayan Index〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Himalayan Index )〕 lists five additional ascents of Gongga Shan, and seven unsuccessful attempts. A number of deaths have occurred on Gongga Shan, which earned a reputation as a difficult and dangerous mountain. In 1981, eight Japanese climbers died after a successful ascent.〔(Searchers find body missing for 26 years ), AAP, Jun 12 2007 〕 Until 1999, more climbers had died trying to climb the mountain than had reached the summit. The SummitPost〔SummitPost (Minya Konka (Gongga Shan) )〕 reports that until 2003 the mountain was successfully climbed only eight times. In total 22 climbers reached the summit. In total 16 climbers died. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Gongga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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