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KanchenjungaHimalayan mountain on the Nepal–Sikkim border, 8,586 m/28,170 ft high, 120 km/75 mi southeast of Mount Everest. The name means ‘five treasure houses of the great snows’. Kanchenjunga was first climbed by a British expedition in 1955. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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THE MAJESTIC HIMALAYAN PEAK called Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, casts its shadow over most of the protagonists of Kiran Desai's new novel, The Inheritance of Loss. Inspired by stories of Jesuit missionary work in India, she left home at 18 to join the Irish mission nuns, the Sisters of Loreto, and after two months in Ireland she traveled to Mount Kanchenjunga, in Darjeeling, India. Under "Project Kanchenjunga," Dishnet Wireless Limited has the vision to provide world-class mobile telephony services to meet the unmet needs of the common man. |
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