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Friday, April 17, 2009

Mountains of Nepal


Nepal contains part of the Himalaya, the highest mountain range in the world. Eight of the fourteen eight-thousand are located in the country, either in whole or shared across a border with Tibet or India.

Mountain/Peak ↓

metres ↓

feet ↓

notes ↓

Mount Everest

8,848

29,028

Highest mountain in the world

Kanchenjunga

8,586

28,169

#3 in the world

Lhotse

8,516

27,939

#4 in the world

Makalu

8,462

27,765

#5 in the world

Cho Oyo

8,201

26,906

#6 in the world

Dhaulagiri

8,167

26,794

#7 in the world

Manaslu

8,156

26,758

#8 in the world

Annapurna

8,091

26,545

#10 in the world

Gyachung kang

7,952

26,089

Ngadi Chuli

7,871

25,823

Nuptse

7,861

25,790

Chamlang

7,319

24,152

Langtang Lirung

7,227

23,711

Baruntse

7,220

23,688

Chamar

7,187

23,326

Melungtse

7,181

23,555

Pumori

7,161

23,494

Gauri Sankar

7,134

23,405

Api

7,132

23,399

Tilicho Peak

7,134

23,405

Salasungo

7,110

23,326

Machapuchare

6,993

22,943

Sacred mountain, unclimbed

Kang Guru

6,981

22,904

2005 avalanche kills 18

Dorie Lakpa

6,966

22,854

Kanjiroba

6,883

22,580

Ama Dablam

6,812

22,349

"Mother and her necklace"

Cho Polu

6,735

22,096

Num Ri

6,677

21,906

Thamserku

6,623

21,729

Khumbutse

6,640

21,725

First mountain west of Everest

Taboche

6,501

21,329

Mera Peak

6,476

21,246

Trekking peak

Hiunchuli

6,441

21,132

Difficult treakking peak

Cholatse

6,440

21,128

Kusum Kangguru

6,367

20,888

Difficult trekking peak

Kongde Ri

6,187

20,298

Trekking peak

Imia Tse

6,160

20,210

Popular trekking peak

Pokalde

5,745

18,848

Kala Pattar

5,545

18,192

Popular hiking peak below Pumori

Nirekha

6,069

19 911

New trekking peak

Baden-Powell Peak

5,825

19,111

Formerly known as Urkema Peak



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