It lies in Burang County of the Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, near the northwest corner of Nepal.

Namu Nani is the atonal pinyin romanization of the Chinese name written 納木那尼峰 in traditional characters or 纳木那尼峰 in simplified ones, transcribed Nàmù Nàní Fēng with its tones.

In 1935, the Viennese student Herbert Tichy made a trip to the holy mountain Kailash while disguised as an Indian pilgrim.

[10] Before the climb could begin, the group was captured by the Chinese military, who imprisoned and tortured the climbers for two months under the belief they were CIA spies.

)[10] The first successful ascent was by a joint Sino-Japanese team led by Katsutoshi Hirabayashi in May 1985, reaching the peak via its north face.

[11] In 1997, an attempt was made to ascend the peak via the then-unclimbed[dubious – discuss] North Face route by Quinn Simons, Soren Peters, and their guide, Charlie Fowler.

[12] The standard ascent route climbs the western flanks of the mountain ascending the Chaglung'mlungha Glacier to the summit plateau.