Oct 12 2024
🏔️ Overview The Stanovoy Range is a long, remote mountain chain stretching across the Russian Far East, primarily along the boundary between the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Amur Oblast. Extending for roughly 720 kilometers (450 miles), the range forms one of northeastern Asia’s great natural divides. Its importance is not simply a matter of height. …
Oct 11 2024
Skalisty Golets | Mount Skalisty Skalisty Golets is the name traditionally given to the highest point of the Stanovoy Range, a vast and little-visited mountain system stretching across the Russian Far East. Most geographic references give the summit an elevation of 2,412 meters (7,913 feet) and place it in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), close …
Aug 23 2024
Annapurna II Annapurna II rises to 7,937 meters (26,040 feet) in north-central Nepal, making it one of the highest mountains on Earth and the second-highest summit of the Annapurna massif. Although its name can make it sound like a subsidiary summit of Annapurna I, Annapurna II is a major independent mountain with more than 2,400 …
Aug 19 2024
Ngadi Chuli (Manaslu II, Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna) Ngadi Chuli is one of the great high mountains of Nepal, rising to 7,871 meters (25,823 feet) in the Mansiri Himal, the same spectacular Himalayan massif that contains Manaslu and Himalchuli. Also known historically as Peak 29, the mountain is generally ranked as the 20th-highest independent …
Aug 19 2024
Himalchuli (Himal Chuli) 🏔️ Overview Himalchuli, also written Himal Chuli, is one of the great high mountains of Nepal. Rising to 7,893 meters (25,896 feet), it is the second-highest mountain in the Mansiri Himal, surpassed only by neighboring Manaslu. By the commonly used rankings of independent mountains, Himalchuli is the 18th-highest mountain in the world. …
Aug 19 2024
Gyachung Kang (ग्याचुङ्काङ, Gyāchung Kāng, 格重康峰, Gézhòngkāng Fēng) 🏔️ Overview Gyachung Kang is one of the great overlooked giants of the Himalayas. Rising to 7,952 meters (26,089 feet) on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, it is generally ranked as the 15th-highest independent mountain in the world and the highest …
Aug 05 2024
K5 (Gasherbrum I, گاشر برم -1, 加舒尔布鲁木I峰, 加舒爾布魯木I峰, Jiāshūěrbùlǔmù I Fēng) 🏔️ Overview Gasherbrum I, historically designated K5 and widely known as Hidden Peak, is one of the great giants of the Karakoram. Rising to 8,080 meters (26,509 feet) on the border between Pakistan and China, it is the 11th-highest mountain on Earth and the …
Aug 05 2024
Broad Peak (بروڈ پیک) Broad Peak is one of the great giants of the Karakoram, rising to 8,051 meters (26,414 feet) on the border between Pakistan and China. It is the 12th-highest mountain on Earth and one of the 14 generally recognized peaks exceeding 8,000 meters. The mountain stands only a short distance from K2, …
Aug 04 2024
Koh-i-Chiltan | Chiltan Koh-i-Chiltan is a rugged mountain rising near Quetta in Balochistan, western Pakistan. Part of the Chiltan mountain group associated with the Sulaiman mountain system, the peak is known for steep limestone slopes, sparse highland vegetation, nearby wildlife habitat, and one of Balochistan’s most enduring mountain legends. Most commonly cited sources give Koh-i-Chiltan …
Aug 03 2024
🏔️ Overview Wadi Al-Disah is one of Saudi Arabia’s most spectacular desert valleys, a dramatic landscape of towering sandstone walls, narrow canyons, freshwater springs, palm groves, and archaeological remains hidden among the mountains of Tabuk Province. Located in northwestern Saudi Arabia within the wider landscape of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve, the wadi …
