Aiyang Tlang is a mountain on the Bangladesh–Myanmar border.[1] In 2020, Aiyang Tlang Hill was confirmed to be the highest point in Bangladesh. The hill was discovered in the 1980s by Van Rausang Bawm of the local Bawm ethnic community.[2] On 13 November 2019, Engineer Jyotirmoy Dhar became the first Bangladeshi to climb the mountain.[3][4]

Aiyang Tlang
View of Aiyang Tlang Hill, Dalian Headman Para.
Highest point
Elevation1,005 m (3,297 ft)
Coordinates21°40′23.78″N 92°36′16.01″E / 21.6732722°N 92.6044472°E / 21.6732722; 92.6044472
Geography
Aiyang Tlang is located in Bangladesh
Aiyang Tlang
Aiyang Tlang
Location in Bangladesh (on the border with Burma)
Aiyang Tlang is located in Myanmar
Aiyang Tlang
Aiyang Tlang
Aiyang Tlang (Myanmar)
LocationBangladeshMyanmar border

In November 2019, the height of Aiyang Tlang was measured by GPS (Global positioning system) and it was 3298 feet high above sea level.[4]

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  1. ^ থানচিতে মিলল ৩২৯৮ ফুটের নতুন পর্বতশৃঙ্গের খোঁজ. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali).
  2. ^ ৩২৯৮ ফুটের নতুন পর্বতশৃঙ্গের খোঁজ মিলল থানচিতে (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. ^ "3300 feet highest hill discovered in Bandarban". The New Nation.
  4. ^ a b "New highest hill spotted in Bandarban". The Asian Age.