Khangchendzonga National Park is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sikkim, India, covering about 1,784 square kilometers of high-altitude terrain in the Mangan and Gyalshing districts. Established in 1977 and named after Kangchenjunga, the third-highest peak in the world at 8,586 meters, it was designated in 2016 as the first mixed heritage site in India, recognized for both natural and cultural criteria, and it forms part of the wider Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme.
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