Legend: 1:Mount Everest, 2:Kangchenjunga, 3:Lhotse, 4:Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West, 5:Makalu, 6:Kangchenjunga South, 7:Kangchenjunga Central, 8:Cho Oyu, 9:Dhaulagiri, 10:Manaslu (Kutang), 11:Nanga Parbat (Diamer) , 12:Annapurna, 13:Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma), 14:Manaslu East, 15:Annapurna East Peak, 16: Gyachung Kang, 17:Annapurna II , 18:Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri), 19:Kangbachen, 20:Himalchuli (Himal Chuli), 21:Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna), 22:Nuptse (Nubtse), 23:Nanda Devi, 24:Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho), 25:Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa), 26:Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak), 27:Kamet, 28:Dhaulagiri II, 29:Ngojumba Kang II, 30:Dhaulagiri III, 31:Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu), 32:Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan) , 33:Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III), 34:Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen), 35:Dhaulagiri IV, 36:Annapurna Fang, 37:Silver Crag, 38:Kangbachen Southwest, 39:Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum), 40:Annapurna III, 41:Himalchuli West, 42:Annapurna IV, 43:Kula Kangri, 44:Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri), 45:Ngadi Chuli South Tenzing Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a 7,916-metre (25,971 ft) peak in the Himalayas in honour of Tenzing Norgay, who made the first ascent of Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953.
In September 2013 a government panel recommended that two mountains on the ridge between Cho Oyu and Gyachung Kang be called Hillary Peak and Tenzing Peak as part of a batch of new summits that would be opened to climbers in 2014.
It is in fact a satellite peak of Cho Oyu,[4] which is 2.64 km (1.64 mi) to its west–south–west.
[2] It was first climbed on 24 April 1965 by Naomi Uemura and Pemba Tenzing as part of a Japanese expedition from the Alpine Club of Meiji University.
[5] The subsidiary peaks of Ngojumba Kang are to its east Ngojumba Kang II at 7,743 m (25,404 ft) at 2.16 km (1.34 mi) distance at 28°06′22″N 86°42′22″E / 28.10611°N 86.70611°E / 28.10611; 86.70611 and Ngojumba Kang III (Hillary Peak) at 7,681 m (25,200 ft) at 2.81 km (1.75 mi) distance at 28°06′24″N 86°42′46″E / 28.10667°N 86.71278°E / 28.10667; 86.71278.