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{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Zemu Gap Peak<br />
| elevation_m = 7780<br />
| elevation_ref = <ref name="AAJ">[http://aaj.americanalpineclub.org/climbs-and-expeditions/asia/india/sikkim/2011-zemu-gap-5861m-first-documented-ascent-from-the-south-by-anindya-mukherjee-india/ "2011: Zemu Gap (5,861m), first documented ascent from the south. By Anindya Mukherjee, India"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905163431/http://aaj.americanalpineclub.org/climbs-and-expeditions/asia/india/sikkim/2011-zemu-gap-5861m-first-documented-ascent-from-the-south-by-anindya-mukherjee-india/ |date=5 September 2012 }}. AmericanAlpineClub.org. Retrieved 2014-05-25. Note: This AAJ article documents the first ascent of the Zemu Gap, from the south. Zemu Gap Peak lies near the Zemu Gap (from which it gets its unofficial name) on a high ridge running east of Kangchenjunga's south summit. The captions of two photos in this article mention the peak's unclimbed status and its elevation of 7780m.</ref><br />
| prominence = minimal <br />
| prominence_ref = {{Citation needed|date=May 2014}}<br />
| location = [[Sikkim]], [[India]] <br />
| range = [[Himalayas]]<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| first_ascent = Unclimbed <br />
| easiest_route = <br />
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'''Zemu Gap Peak''' or '''Zemu Peak''' ({{convert|7780|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}}) is a peak on a high ridge running east of the south summit of [[Kangchenjunga]] in the [[Himalayas]]. It is located in [[Sikkim]], [[India]].<ref name="peakware">{{cite peakware|id=2709|name={{safesubst:PAGENAME}}|accessdate=2014-05-25}}</ref> It is one of the highest unclimbed named peaks of the world.<ref name="peakware"/> There have been no known attempts to climb this peak.<ref>The Mountains of Northern India and Sikkim’, Alpine Journal 26 (1912) Pp. 113-142. - A.M. Kellas</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://adventuremania-india.blogspot.com/2012/01/zemu-gap-from-south-first-documented.html|title=Zemu Gap from south: the first documented ascent}}</ref><br />
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Because of its extremely low [[topographic prominence]], Zemu Gap Peak does not appear on lists of [[highest unclimbed mountain]]s nor on [[List of highest mountains|lists of highest mountains]] of the world.{{Citation needed|date=May 2014}} The website Peakware.com describes the peak as "...one of the highest unclimbed peaks that is not a sub-peak of another massif".<ref name="peakware"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of highest mountains]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2012_files/AJ%202012%20114-123%20Mukherjee%20Zemu%20Gap.pdf Anindya Mukherjee ''Zemu Gap From the South: The First Documented Ascent'']<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051027164540/http://www.quid.fr/2000/Q039710.htm French description]<br />
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