. Round Kangchenjunga; a narrative of mountain travel and exploration . Chomo-kankar, in the shape of a gigantic rock-tooth. We had nomeans of measuring its height, nor could I at first getany help to its identification from maps. On furtherresearch, I think, however, it is possible that it may be of the Report of the Pundit M. H. issued separatelyin 1887. This peak and another near it, , situatedrespectively 21 and 18 miles of Chomokankar,were observed by the late Colonel Tanner, who fixed theirheights from the plains.^ These peaks rise a few miles tothe west of the chief p
. Round Kangchenjunga; a narrative of mountain travel and exploration . Chomo-kankar, in the shape of a gigantic rock-tooth. We had nomeans of measuring its height, nor could I at first getany help to its identification from maps. On furtherresearch, I think, however, it is possible that it may be of the Report of the Pundit M. H. issued separatelyin 1887. This peak and another near it, , situatedrespectively 21 and 18 miles of Chomokankar,were observed by the late Colonel Tanner, who fixed theirheights from the plains.^ These peaks rise a few miles tothe west of the chief pass of the district, the Pangu La, ^ The subjoined details have been kindly supplied me by the Surveyor-General. Isanie ofPeak. Latitude. Longitude. Height in feet aboveSea-level. Number of raysdetermining Discrepancyper mile incommon sideof triangles. Fixed from Posi-tion. Height. 28 6 35-828 5 30-3 86 39 45-0 ! 25,430 1 86 4216-3 26,740* 3 12 1-6 Tirhoot Dis-trict (Bengal). Purnea Dis-trict (Bengal). Printed as 26,940 on the 16-mile map of O 5
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