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{{short description|mountains in India}}
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| name = Namcha Barwa Himal
| other_name = Namjagbarwa
| photo = Yarlung Tsangpo river tibet.jpg
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| photo_caption = Satellite view of Namcha Barwa Himal range surrounded by Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra River). Namcha Barwa Himal range runs diagonally from bottom left to top right corner, and Naamcha Barwa peak is in the top right at the end of the range. Gyala Peri peak in the Nyenchen Tanglha Shan range is just 20 km north of Naamcha Barwa peak across the Yarlung Tsangpo River.

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'''Namcha Barwa Himal''', also known as '''Namjagbarwa syntaxis''' or '''Namjagbarwa Group Complex''', is the easternmost section<ref>{{Cite journal
| author = H. Adams Carter
| title = Classification of the Himalaya
| journal = American Alpine Journal
| volume = 27
| issue = 59
| year = 1985
| pages = 116–120
| publisher = American Alpine Club
| url = http://c498469.r69.cf2.rackcdn.com/1985/109_carter_himalaya_aaj1985.pdf
| accessdate = May 1, 2011
}}</ref> of the [[Himalaya]] in southeastern Tibet and northeastern India. This section spans 180 km from the headwaters of the [[Siyom River]] on the international border NE into Tibet to the [[Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon|canyon]] of the [[Yarlung Zangbo River|Yarlung Tsangpo]] (the [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] in India), where the Himalaya are said to end, although high ranges ([[Hengduan Mountains]] on [[China–Myanmar border]]) actually continue another 300 km east.

Major peaks of this section include:

* [[Namche Barwa]], 7,782 m at {{coord|29|37|45|N|95|03|21|E}}, considered easternmost [[wikt:syntaxis|syntaxis]] of Himalaya

* Nai Peng, 7,043 m at {{coord|29|37|12|N|95|03|00|E}}, first climbed 1984<ref>{{Cite journal
| author = Zhou Zheng
| title = Namcha Barwa and Nai Peng
| journal = American Alpine Journal
| volume = 27
| issue = 59
| pages = 334–36
| publisher = American Alpine Club
| location = Boulder, Colorado
| year = 1985
| url = http://c498469.r69.cf2.rackcdn.com/1985/166_china_ussr_aaj1985.pdf
| accessdate = May 19, 2011}}</ref>

* Sentang Bu, 6,812 m at {{coord|29|49|48|N|95|00|36|E}}, unclimbed

* [[Gyala Peri]], 7,294 m at {{coord|29|48|51|N|94|58|06|E}}, part of [[Nyenchen Tanglha Shan]] range,<ref name=peakbagger>{{cite web |url=http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=476 |title=Nyainqêntanglha Shan |publisher=peakbagger.com |accessdate=2012-11-27}}</ref> stands about 22 km NNW of Namche Barwa, across the Yarlung Tsangpo but often included in the Namche Barwa Himal range because of proximity.

==See also==
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* [[Geology of the Himalaya]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{cite map
|publisher = U.S. Army Map Service
|title = Lhasa, NH 46
|url = http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/imw/txu-oclc-6654394-nh-46-2nd-ed.jpg
|year = 1945
|scale = 1:1,000,000
|accessdate = 2011-06-08
}}

[[Category:Mountain ranges of India]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Tibet]]
[[Category:Landforms of Arunachal Pradesh]]

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