"Subtending the right angle, sir," said Mercer promptly.
"Burr Junior"
G. Manville Fenn
Having sent the coolies forward, with instructions to halt and camp on this side of the Kongra Lama pass, we followed them, taking the route by Palung, and thence over the hills to the Lachen, to the east of which we descended, and further up its valley joined the advanced party in a rocky glen, called Sitong, an advantageous camping ground, from being sheltered by rocks which ward off the keen blasts: its elevation is 15,370 feet above the sea, and the magnificent west cliff of Kinchinjhow towers over it not a mile distant, bearing due east, and Subtending an angle of 24.3 degrees.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
Further still, to the extreme west, is an immense low hog-backed mass of snow, with a small peak on it; this bears north-west, both from Myrung and Nunklow, Subtending an angle of -25 minutes from the former, and -17 minutes from the latter station.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker