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Mt. Everest
Height: 8,848 m (29,028 ft)
Location: Sagarmatha Zone,Nepal Tibet, China
Range: Mahalangur Himal
Rank: Highest Mountain in the World
Latitude: 27°59'17"
Longitude: 86°55'31"
Mt. Ama Dablam
Height: 6,812 m (22,350 ft)
Location: Khumbu Himal
Country: Nepal
Latitude: 27°51'42"
Longitude: 86°51'50"
Mt. Manaslu
Height: 8.163 m (26,782 ft)
Location: Mansiri Himal
Country: Nepal
Range: Mansiri Himal
Rank: 8th Highest
Latitude: 28.32.58
Longitude: 84.33.43
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Lobuche East Peak
Height: 6,119 m (19,893 ft)
Location: Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha
Country: Nepal
Range: Mahalangur Himal
Latitude: 27°58'08"
Longitude: 86°47'05"
Machhermo Peak
Height: 6,273 m (20,581 ft)
Location: Khumbu-Mahalangur Himal
Country: Nepal
Latitude: 28°04'35"
Longitude: 86°43'01"
Mera Peak
Height: 6,654 m (21,825 ft)
Location: Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha,Nepal
Country: Nepal
Range: Khumbu Himal
Latitude: 27°46'27"
Longitude: 86°54'40"
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Mt. Annapurna
Height: 8.091 m (26,547 ft)
Location: Annapurna Himal
Country: Nepal
Rank: 10th Highest Peak in the world
Latitude: 28°35'45
Longitude: 83°49'20
Mt. Annapurna IV
Height: 7525 m (24682 ft)
Location: Annapurna Range
Country: Nepal
Range: Annapurna Range
Latitude: 28°32'14
Longitude: 84°05'02
Mt. Baruntse
Height: 7.129 m (23,390 ft)
Location: Situated between Everest and Makalu
Latitude: 27°52'19
Longitude: 86°58'55
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Mt. Cho Oyu
Height: 8,201 m (26,906 ft)
Location: Khumbu
Country: Tibet
Range: Mahalangur Himal
Rank: 6th Highest Mountain in the world
Latitude: 28°05'37
Longitude: 86°39'43
Mt. Dhaulagiri
Height: 8,167 m (26,796 ft)
Location: Dhaulagiri Zone
Country: Nepal
Range: Daulagiri Range
Rank: Seventh Highest Peak
Latitude: 28°46'49
Longitude: 83°27'46
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Mt. Gyachung Kang
Height: 7,952m m (26090 ft)
Location: Khumbu Himal
Country: Nepal
Latitude: 28°05'53
Longitude: 86°44'32
Mt. Himlung
Height: 7126 m (23373 ft)
Location: Manaslu Range
Country: Nepal
Range: Manaslu Range
Latitude: 28°50'34
Longitude: 83°25'19
Mt. Kanchenjunga
Height: 8,586 m (28,170 ft)
Location: North East Nepal
Country: Nepal
Rank: 3rd highest Mountain in the World
Latitude: 27°42'09
Longitude: 88°09'25
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Mt. Langtang Lirung
Height: 7,234 m (23,735 ft)
Location: Langtang Himal,
Country: Nepal
Range: Langtang Himal
Latitude: 28°15'22
Longitude: 85°31'10
Mt. Lhotse
Height: 8,516 m (27,940 ft)
Location: Khumbu
Country: Nepal
Range: Mahlangur
Rank: 4th highest Mountain in the World
Latitude: 27°57'45
Longitude: 86°56'03
Mt. Lhotse Middle
Height: 8,413 m (27,603 ft)
Location: Khumbu 27‹57Œ45N
Country: Nepal
Range: Mahalangur
Latitude: 27°57'45"
Longitude: 86°56'03"
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Mt. Lhotse Shar
Height: 8,282 m (27,206 ft)
Location: Khumbu
Country: Nepal
Range: Mahalangur Himal
Latitude: 27‹57Œ30N
Longitude: 86‹56Œ35E
Mt. Makalu
Height: 8463 m (27,767 ft)
Location: Mahalangur Himal
Country: Nepal
Range: 5th highest Mountain in the World
Latitude: 87.05,E
Longitude: 27.53 N
Island Peak
Height: 6160 m (20210 ft)
Location: Khumbu Himal
Country: Nepal
Range: Mahalangur Himal
Latitude: 27°55'15"
Longitude: 86°56'14"
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Larkya Peak
Height: 6,249 m (20,621 ft)
Location: Manaslu Himal, Gorkha,Mid Weast Nepal
Country: Nepal
Range: Manaslu Himal
Latitude: 28°13'01"
Longitude: 85°43'01"
Mt. Naya Kanga
Height: 5,844 m (19,150 ft)
Location: Langtang Himal-Formerly known as Ganja La Chuli, Naya Kanga (5,844m) rises to the west of Ganja La.
Mt. Nuptse
Height: 7,855 m (25,772 ft)
Location: Khumbu Himal
Country: Nepal
Range: Mahalangur Himal
Rank: Nuptse is situated in Khumbu just southwest of Mou
Latitude: 27.96° N
Longitude: 86.88° E
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Mt. Pumori
Height: 7.161 m m (23,495 ft)
Location: Khumbu Himal
Country: Nepal
Range: Mahalangur Himal
Latitude: 28.00.53
Longitude: 86.49.41
Mt. Shisapangma
Height: 8013 m (26282 ft)
Location: Jugal(Tibet-China)
Country: Tibet
Range: Jugal
Rank: 14th Highest Eight Thousander
Latitude: 28*21'N
Longitude: 85*47'E
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Mt.Gangapurna
Height: 7,455 m (24,452 ft)
Location: Annapurna Himal
Country: Nepal
Range: Annapurna Range
Latitude: 28*36*18
Longitude: 83*57*00
Mt.Lhotse
Height: 8,282 m m (27,206 ft)
Location: Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha
Country: Nepal
Latitude: 27??57??45??N
Longitude: 86??56??03??E
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Nirekha Peak
Height: 6,159 m (20,208 ft)
Location: Mahalangur, Solu Khumbu
Country: Nepal
Latitude: 27°46'27''
Longitude: 86°54'40''
Paldor Peak
Height: 7,234m m (23,728 ft)
Location: Langtang Himal
Range: :amgtamg Himal
Latitude: 28*15*22
Longitude: 85*31*10
Pisang Peak
Height: 6,091 m (19,978 ft)
Location: Manang Himal, Gandaki Region
Country: Nepal
Latitude: 26*38*57
Longitude: 84*11*25
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Pokhalde Peak
Height: 5,806 m (19,049 ft)
Location: Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha
Country: Nepal
Latitude: 27 56’ 15’’ N
Longitude: 86 50 ’09’’ E
Mt. Everest
Mountain Facts:
Height: 8,848 m (29,028 ft) Location: Sagarmatha Zone,Nepal Tibet, China Range: Mahalangur Himal Rank: Highest Mountain in the World Latitude: 27°59'17" Longitude: 86°55'31"Mount Everest is the tallest point on Earth, standing at 8.848m / 29,028ft tall. Named after George Everest, the British surveyor-general of India, Everest is known in Tibet as Chomolungma and the Nepalese call it Sagarmatha. Mount Everest is located half in Nepal and half in Tibet.
Mt. Everest has two main climbing routes, the southeast ridge from Nepal and the northeast ridge from China, as well as many other less frequently climbed routes. Of the two main routes, the southeast ridge is technically easier and is the more frequently-used route. It was the route used by Hillary and Tenzing in 1953 and the first recognized of fifteen routes to the top by 1996.
Tenzin Norgay Sherpa (Nepal )and Sir Edmund Hillary New Zealand) were the first climbers of Everest , via the South-East Ridhge Route on 29th May 1953. In 1975, the first woman ever, Ms.Junko tabei (Japan) summitted, via the South-East Ridge.
Mr. Appa Sherpa from thame, Solu Khumbu holds the record for the most Everest ascents: Thirteen in total. Ms. Lakpa Sherpa, form Balakharka, Makalu Region is the only women to summit Everest three times. Mr.Reinhold Messner (Italy) 8/20/1980 was the first solo climber, via the North Col to the North Face. Mr. Peter Habeler (Austria) and Mr. Reinhold Messner (Italy) 5/8/1987 were the first climbers who made the ascent without bottled oxygen.
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