Mountains Of Nepal
Most of Nepal is mountainous, and it contains a large section of the Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. Eight of the fourteen eight-thousanders are located in the country, either in whole or shared across a border with China or India. Nepal has the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest at a height of 8,848.86m as well as 1,310 peaks over 6,000 m height. Mountains Other ranges North of the Greater Himalayas in western Nepal, ~6,100 metre ''Tibetan Border Ranges'' form the Ganges-Brahmaputra divide, which the international border generally follows. South of the Greater Himalayas, Nepal has a ''High Mountain'' region of ~4,000 metre summits, then the '' Middle Hills'' and Mahabharat Range with 1,500 to 3,000 metre summits. South of the Mahabharats, an outer range of foothills with ~1,000 metre summits is called the Siwaliks or ''Churiya Hills''. Gallery of highest peaks File:Everest kalapatthar crop.jpg, Everest File:Kanchenjunga from Tiger Hills.JPG, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China China–Nepal border, to the north, and India India–Nepal border, to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a Geography of Nepal, diverse geography, including Terai, fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten List of highest mountains#List, tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and List of cities in Nepal, its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural state, with Nepali language, Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first record ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annapurna I Middle Peak
Annapurna I Central is a subsidiary peak of Annapurna I Main located in Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch .... References Eight-thousanders of the Himalayas Mountains of the Gandaki Province {{Nepal-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kabru
Kabru is a mountain in the Himalayas on the border of eastern Nepal and India. It is part of a ridge that extends south from the third highest mountain in the world Kangchenjunga, and is the southernmost peak in the world. The main features of this ridge are as follows (north to south): * Kangchenjunga South top, 8476 m, at * A 6600–6700 m saddle, located at * A 7349 m summit, known as Talung, at * A 6983 m saddle, at * A 7412 m summit, at . This point has sufficient prominence to be classified as the highest point of a separate mountain, according to the definition used in List of highest mountains. It is confusingly referred to by some authorities as "Kabru IV", but it is not clear that this is correct, or that any "Kabru" name is correctly applied to this summit. * A substantial "field of firn" measuring about 2 km from north to south, and 1 km from east to west. This is almost entirely over 7200 m, and the watershed divide that runs through this field doe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ganesh Himal
Ganesh Himāl is a sub-range of the Himalayas located mostly in north-central Nepal, but some peaks lie on the border with Tibet. The Trisuli Gandaki valley on the east separates it from the Langtang Himal; the Budhi (Buri) Gandaki valley and the Shyar Khola valley on the west separate it from the Sringi Himal and the Mansiri Himal (home of Manaslu, the nearest eight-thousander, 8000m peak). The highest peak in the range is Yangra with an elevation of . Three other peaks are over and fourteen others over . The name for the range comes from the Hindu deity Ganesha, usually depicted in the form of an elephant. Names and elevations for this range differ from source to source; see the notes below the table. The least ambiguous way to refer to the different peaks would be "Ganesh NW", but this is not the standard practice in the literature for this range. Highest peaks Notes # The names Ganesh II, Salasungo (Ganesh III), and Pabil (Ganesh IV) are from the FinnmapFinnmap topograph ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yangra
Yangra (Ganesh I) is the highest peak of the Ganesh Himal, which is a subrange of the Himalayas. Although not an eight-thousander, 8,000 metre peak, and little visited, it enjoys great vertical relief over the nearby valleys. __NOTOC__ Location Yangra, and the entire Ganesh Himal, lie between the Budhi Gandaki and Trisuli Gandaki valleys, northwest of Kathmandu. Yangra lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet, and is east-southeast of Manaslu, the nearest 8,000 meter peak. Climbing history The Ganesh Himal was first seriously reconnoitered for climbing by H. W. Tilman and party in 1950. The first attempt on the peak was in 1953. The first ascent, in 1955, was by a France, Franco-Switzerland, Swiss expedition led by Raymond Lambert, via the Southeast Face and Ridge. The ascent was most notable for the presence of a woman, Claude Kogan, in the summit party, which was very rare at the time. Lambert, Kogan, and Eric Gauchat achieved the summit, but Gauchat fell to his death ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gangapurna
Gangapurna () is a mountain in Gandaki Province, Nepal. It is part of the Annapurna mountain range in north-central Nepal at an elevation of and with the prominence of . It was first ascended in 1965 by a German expedition via its south face and east ridge. Gangapurna is entirely located in the Annapurna Conservation Area. Geography Gangapurna is located at the border of Annapurna Rural Municipality, Kaski and Nesyang Rural Municipality, Manang in Gandaki Province at above sea level and its prominence is . It is part of the Annapurna mountain range in north-central Nepal, and Gangapurna is on the main ridge that connects Annapurna I to Gangapurna and Annapurna III. The main peak of the mountain range, Annapurna I Main, is the tenth highest mountain in the world at above sea level. The mountain is named after Ganga, the Hindu goddess who is a personification of the river Ganges. Gangapurna entirely lies in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal's largest protected area e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jongsong Peak
Jongsong Peak is a mountain in the ''Janak'' section of the Himalayas. At it is the 57th highest peak in the world, although it is dominated by the 3rd highest, Kangchenjunga, to the south. Jongsong's summit is on tripoint of India, Nepal and China. History The first ascent In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in climbing guidebook, guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route. Early 20th-century mountaineers a ... was made on 2 June 1930 by and , members of an international expedition which included climbers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK and was led by Günter Dyhrenfurth. Until the first ascent of Kamet on 21 June 1931 by Frank Smythe (who was also a member of this 1930 expedition), Jongsong was the highest climbed peak in the world. Several members of the Jongsong Peak first ascent team were also members of the international mountaineering org ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annapurna III
Annapurna III () is a mountain in the Annapurna mountain range located in Nepal, and at tall, it is the 42nd highest mountain in the world and the third highest peak of the Annapurna mountain range ( Annapurna Fang is technically taller at , but lacks the prominence to be considered a fully independent peak). Features Located directly south of Manang village, Annapurna III is the easternmost peak within the Annapurna Sanctuary, though not the range itself. To the west, it is connected to the slightly shorter Gangapurna by a col at , with a glacial cirque beneath the North and East Faces of these respective mountains emptying out via an icefall to Gangapurna Lake in the Marsyangdi river valley. The southern aspects of Annapurna III are accessible only through steep valleys and are renowned by climbers for their technical difficulty, most famously the spur known as the "Southeast Ridge", which rises steeply from the gorge of the Seti River to connect to the South Ridge pr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Varaha Shikhar
Varaha Shikhar, also known as Annapurna Fang, is a mountain in Nepal. Description Varaha Shikhar is a summit in the Annapurna Himal of the Nepalese Himalayas. It is situated north-northwest of Pokhara in Gandaki Province. It is the third-highest summit of the Annapurna massif, and of the Annapurna Conservation Area. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains to the Kali Gandaki, whereas the east slope drains into headwaters of the Modi River. Topographic relief is significant as the southwest slope rises 4,450 metres (14,600 ft) in . The first ascent of the summit was achieved on May 17, 1980, by Austrians Sepp Mayerl and Hermann Neumair, along with Ang Chopal Sherpa of Nepal. The second ascent was made on November 29, 2007, by Park Soo Seok, Siting Sherpa, and Wangdi Sherpa via the east face and south ridge. As of 2022, these are the only successful climbs out of nine attempts, and there have been three fatalities in that time. The peak is also ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jannu
Mount Kumbhakarna or Jannu (Limbu: ''Phoktanglungma'') is the 32nd-highest mountain in the world. It is an important western outlier of Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak. Kumbhakarna is a large and steep peak in its own right, and has numerous challenging climbing routes. A subsidiary peak, found on the east face of the mountain, is known as Jannu East. The peak is long known as one of the last unclimbed peaks in the Himalayas and rises to 7,468m. The official name of this peak is Kumbhakarna, but the designation Jannu is still better known. It is called Phoktanglungma by the native population, literally "mountain with shoulders" (''phoktang'' means "shoulder" and ''lungma'' means "mountain"), in the Limbu language, and is sacred in the yuma religion. Location Kumbhakarna is the highest peak of the Kumbhakarna Section of the Kangchenjunga Himal (using H. Adams Carter's classification H. Adams Carter, "Classification of the Himalaya", '' American Alpine Journal'' 59 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nuptse
Nuptse or Nubtse (Sherpa: नुबचे, Wylie: Nub rtse, ) is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, in the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies WSW of Mount Everest. The main peak, Nuptse I at an elevation of , was first climbed on May 16, 1961, by Dennis Davis and Sherpa Tashi. After a hiatus of almost 20 years, Nuptse again became the objective of mountaineers, with important routes being put up on its west, south, and north faces. Name Nuptse is Tibetan for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nuptse massif. Geography Nuptse lies WSW of Mount Everest. It is a dramatic peak when viewed from the south or west, and it towers above the base camp for the standard south col route on Everest. However, it is not a particularly independent peak: its topographic prominence is only . Hence it is not ranked in the list of highest mountains. The main Nuptse ridge contains 7 summits: Climbing Nuptse was first climbed in 1961 and a f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ngadi Chuli
Ngadi Chuli (also known as Harka Gurung Chuli, Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, or Dunapurna) is a mountain in the Mansiri Himal (or Manaslu Himal), also known as the Gurkha Massif, in Nepal. With an elevation of above sea level, it is the 20th-highest mountain on Earth. Features Flanked by Manaslu to the north and Himalchuli to the southeast, Ngadi Chuli is the middlemost and third-highest mountain of the massif. Though shorter and somewhat rounder than its immediate neighbors when viewed from the more common eastern approaches, it is difficult to access due to snow danger and being flanked by active glaciers in all directions. The steep western side, recessed behind outlying peaks and glacial valleys, rises over above the Thulagi glacier. It is crowned by a steep, technical rock headwall with five summits across its length; only the highest of these is named. Climbing history Despite its top 20 height, Ngadi Chuli has only been climbed once or twice. The probable first ascent occurr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |