In Tibetan, Namjagbarwa means a "long lance piercing into the sky." The sky-scraping Namjagbarwa Peak, with its majestic appearance, precipitous shape and unpredictable climate, has been an ambitious aim of mountain-climbing organizations from various countries, and was only conquered recently by a Sino-Japanese climbing team in 1992. The Yarlung Zangbo Great Canyon, located in Medog County, is the greatest canyon ever found on earth. The mountain and canyon form the Namjagbarwa Scenic Zone, which has high tourist value, and which is an ideal place for tourism, mountain-climbing, exploring, drifting on the rivers, and making geoscientific and biological investigations.