Aug 26 2023
Jomolhari | Chomo Lhari (ཇོ་མོ་ལྷ་རི, jo mo lha ri, 绰莫拉日峰, Chuòmòlārì Fēng) Jomolhari is one of the great mountains of the eastern Himalayas, rising to approximately 7,326 meters (24,035 feet) along the border between Bhutan and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Also written Chomolhari, Chomo Lhari, Jhomolhari, and Jumolhari, the mountain is immediately recognizable …
Aug 26 2023
Kula Kangri Kula Kangri is a spectacular 7,538-meter (24,730-foot) mountain in the eastern Himalayas of Tibet, China, rising immediately north of Bhutan. Its broad, heavily glaciated massif contains several summits above 7,000 meters and dominates a remote corner of the Himalayas where the high Tibetan plateau meets the deep valleys of Bhutan. For many years, …
Aug 26 2023
Chura Kang Chura Kang is a remote, glaciated mountain on the Bhutan–Tibet border in the eastern Himalayas. Rising to roughly 6,400–6,650 meters (about 21,000–21,800 feet) depending on the source, it forms part of a little-known chain of high peaks east of Gangkhar Puensum and south of the Kula Kangri massif. Unlike many Himalayan mountains of …
Aug 26 2023
Gangkhar Puensum (གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ་, Kangkar Punsum, Gangkar Punsum, Gankar Punzum) Gangkhar Puensum is a towering 7,570-meter (24,835-foot) mountain in the eastern Himalayas along the remote frontier between Bhutan and Tibet. Widely recognized as Bhutan’s highest mountain and the highest unclimbed independent mountain on Earth, it occupies an unusual place in mountaineering history: several expeditions attempted it …
Aug 26 2023
Putha Hiunchuli (Dhaulagiri VII) Putha Hiunchuli is a 7,246-meter (23,772-foot) mountain at the western end of Nepal’s Dhaulagiri Himal. Also known as Dhaulagiri VII, the mountain rises above one of the most remote landscapes in western Nepal, where the great snow peaks of the Dhaulagiri massif gradually give way to the high, arid country of …
Aug 26 2023
Annapurna Dakshin (Annapurna South, Moditse) Annapurna Dakshin Annapurna Dakshin, better known internationally as Annapurna South, is a 7,219-meter (23,684-foot) mountain in Nepal’s Annapurna Himal. Rising dramatically above the Modi Khola valley and the famous Annapurna Sanctuary, it forms one of the most recognizable parts of the skyline seen from Pokhara, Ghandruk, Poon Hill, and the …
Aug 26 2023
Langtang Lirung Langtang Lirung is the highest mountain of Nepal’s Langtang Himal, rising dramatically above the Langtang Valley north of Kathmandu. Modern topographic data place its summit at approximately 7,227 meters (23,711 feet), although elevations of 7,234 and 7,245 meters remain common in mountaineering and Nepalese government sources. What Langtang Lirung lacks in comparison with …
Aug 26 2023
Yangra (Ganesh I) Yangra is the highest mountain of Nepal’s Ganesh Himal, rising on the Nepal–Tibet frontier northwest of Kathmandu. Also known as Ganesh I and Yangra Kangri, the mountain reaches approximately 7,429 meters (24,373 feet) according to several modern topographic sources, although the official Nepalese peak list and other mapping sources also use 7,422 …
Aug 26 2023
Chamlang Chamlang is a 7,319-meter (24,012-foot) mountain in eastern Nepal, rising south of Makalu in the Mahalangur Himal of the central Himalayas. Some recent mountaineering literature gives its elevation as 7,321 meters, but 7,319 meters remains the figure used by Nepalese government records and modern topographic databases. The mountain is immediately recognizable for its unusual …
Aug 26 2023
Gangapurna Gangapurna is a 7,455-meter (24,458-foot) mountain in Nepal’s Annapurna Himal, rising between Annapurna III and the high ridges extending eastward from Annapurna I. From the village of Manang on the mountain’s northern side, Gangapurna forms an enormous pyramid above its namesake glacier and the turquoise glacial lake at the foot of the valley. Although …
