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{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Pauhunri<br />
| photo = <br />
| photo_caption = <br />
| elevation_m = 7128<br />
| elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|pid=12844|name=Pauhunri, China/India|accessdate=2011-11-24}}</ref><br />
| prominence_m = 2035<br />
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/><br />
| listing = [[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]<br />
| map = Tibetan Plateau<br />
| map_caption = Location on China-India border<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| label_position = left<br />
| location = [[Sikkim]], [[India]]<br />
| range = [[Himalayas]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|27|57|12|N|88|50|33|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="peaklist">{{cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/everest.html|title=High Asia II: Himalaya of Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and adjoining region of Tibet|publisher=Peaklist.org|accessdate=2014-05-30}}</ref><br />
| first_ascent = 1911 by Alec Kellas<br />
| easiest_route = snow/ice/rock climb<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pauhunri''' is a [[mountain]] in the [[Eastern Himalayas]]. It is located on the border of [[Sikkim]], [[India]] and [[Tibet]] and is situated about 75&nbsp;km northeast of [[Kangchenjunga]]. It marks the origin of [[Teesta]] river.<br />
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== First ascent ==<br />
Pauhunri has an elevation of {{convert|7128|m|ft|0}} and was first climbed in 1911 by Scottish mountaineer, [[Alexander Mitchell Kellas]], along with two [[Sherpa people|Sherpas]] known only as "Sony" and "Tuny’s brother". Unknown at the time, it was revealed 80 years later that this climb made Pauhunri the highest climbed summit on Earth from 1911 to 1930.<ref>[http://caledonianmercury.com/2010/11/17/scottish-climber-revealed-to-be-altitude-record-breaker-80-years-on/001314 "Scottish climber revealed to be altitude record-breaker – 80 years on"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524004045/http://caledonianmercury.com/2010/11/17/scottish-climber-revealed-to-be-altitude-record-breaker-80-years-on/001314 |date=2014-05-24 }} CaledonianMercury.com. Retrieved 2011-11-24.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Ultras of the Himalayas]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:International mountains of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Mountains of Sikkim]]<br />
[[Category:Mountains of Tibet]]<br />
[[Category:Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas]]<br />
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