Sepu Kangri

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The Sepu Kangri (Tibetan, Wylie: bsangs phu gangs ri, THL: sang pu gang ri, also Sapu Mountain from Chinese) is a mountain in Biru County, Nagqu prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region in China. The mountain is 285 kilometres (177 mi) east-northeast of Lhasa and 178 kilometres (111 mi) east-southeast of Nagqu Town. With a height of 6,956 metres (22, 822 ft), it forms the highest point in the eastern part of the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains. The full name of the mountain is Sepu Kunglha Karpo, meaning "white snow god". The mountain is sacred in Tibetan Bon tradition. The mountain is referred to as (Tibetan, Wylie: lho yi 'dzam bu klu ri) in that context. There is a Bon monastery that is more than half millennium old in the valley below.

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