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{{Short description|Mountain in Tibet, China}}
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| name              = Karjiang
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| elevation_m       = 7221
| elevation_ref     = <ref name="Ramesh2008">{{cite book | author=Ramesh Chandra Bisht | title=International Encyclopaedia Of Himalayas (5 Vols.) | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7UMNvcoawcC&pg=PA34 | accessdate=26 January 2013 | date=1 January 2008 | publisher=Mittal Publications | isbn=978-81-8324-265-3 | page=34 }}</ref>
| prominence_m      = 880
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| range             = [[Himalaya]]
| parent_peak       = [[Kula Kangri]]
| location          = [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], [[China]]
| map               = China Tibet topography
| map_caption       = Location in Tibet Autonomous Region
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| coordinates       = {{coord|28.258122|N|90.647163|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| first_ascent      = August 14th 2024 by Liu Yang and Song Yuancheng.
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'''Karjiang''' is a mountain in [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], located near the [[Bhutan]]–[[Tibet]] border. The highest peak of the Karjiang group is Karjiang I or Karjiang South, with an elevation of {{convert|7221|m|ft|0}};<ref name="Ramesh2008"/> it was summitted on August 14, 2024, by Liu Yang and Song Yuancheng.<ref name="BMC_2010"/><ref name="benavides">{{cite web|last1=Benavides|first1=Angela|title=Chinese Bag First Ascent of World’s 4th-Highest Unclimbed Peak|url=https://explorersweb.com/chinese-bag-first-ascent-of-one-of-the-highest-unclimbed-7000ers/|publisher=ExplorersWeb|access-date=16 November 2024|date=14 November 2024}}</ref> Other peaks include Karjiang North (7196 m), Karjiang II/Central (7045 m), Karjiang III or Taptol Kangri (6820 m) and the top of the north-eastern shoulder (6400 m).
== Attempts ==
In 1986, a Japanese expedition led by N. Shigo climbed Karjiang II (Central).<ref name="The Himalayan Club Newsletter">{{cite book | title=The Himalayan Club Newsletter | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2mETAQAAIAAJ | accessdate=26 January 2013 | year=1985 | publisher=Himalayan Club | page = 27 }}</ref><ref name="AAJ2002">{{cite journal | journal = [[American Alpine Journal]] | editor=John Harlin | title = Climbs and Expeditions: Tibet - Karjiang attempt, Taptol Kangri and Kangmi Kangri first ascents | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E50bIVG3Q5QC&pg=PA433 | accessdate=2012-01-26 | date=2002-09-01 | publisher=[[American Alpine Club]] | isbn=978-0-930410-91-9 | pages=433–434}}</ref>
Karjiang I remains unclimbed. A Dutch expedition attempted to climb Karjiang during September–October 2001 without success.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pionieren.org/index.php?id=171 | title = Nederlandse Karjiang expeditie 2001 | accessdate = 2012-01-16 | publisher = Pionieren.org }}</ref> The group consisted of Haroen Schijf, Rudolf van Aken, Pepijn Bink, Court Haegens, Willem Horstmann and Rein-Jan Koolwijk. The group climbed Karjiang III. According to Schijf, Karjiang I looked very steep and difficult to climb, and the bad weather made an attempt too dangerous.<ref name="AAJ2002"/>
In 2010, [[Joe Puryear]] and David Gottlieb gained the Shipton-Tilman Award to attempt climbing Karjiang. However, they did not receive the necessary permit, and made an attempt to climb  [[Labuche Kang]] {{convert|420|km|mi|-1}} to the west, during which Puryear died.<ref name="BMC_2010">{{cite web | url = http://www.thebmc.co.uk/noted-american-killed-in-tibet | title = Noted American killed in Tibet | date = 2010-10-28 | author = Lindsay Griffin | publisher = British Mountaineering Council (BMC) | accessdate = 2012-01-26 }}</ref>
== Video ==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190501032225/https://www.4dvt.com/karjiang-china.html Karjiang Virtual Aerial Video]
==References==
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[[Category:Mountains of Tibet]]
[[Category:Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas]]