Throung peak,mountain is the shortest possibility to gain a 6000 m-peak while doing the famous trekking around Annapurna. The highest point of this Trekking is Thorong La (pass), 5416 m. From this pass it is the first mountain to the south.
There are no detailed maps available about this area of Nepal (correct me if I'm wrong). The maps you can buy contain south of the pass only a mountain called Khatung Kang (6488 m). But this is not the mountain you can see and climb from Thorong La, but the one behind it. Because of that these mountains often are mixed up.
At least in Germany the mountain is called Thorong Ri. It has for many years been a destination of the biggest organization of germany for guided trekking tours. The height of the mountain is about 6130 m. (This showed my Thommen after I adjusted it at Thorong La). Here they have it - clearly from a map - with 6144m, what should be the correct number.
Here the name is given with "Thorungtse" and the height with 6032m. what is too low. Sometimes you may read "Torongtse" for the mountain, "Thorong Peak" or "Shel Kang"
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