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Broad Peak: Height, Location, Climbing Routes & History

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, …

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Dhaulagiri

Dhaulagiri (धौलागिरी) Dhaulagiri is an 8,167-meter (26,795-foot) mountain in western Nepal and the seventh-highest mountain on Earth. Usually called Dhaulagiri I to distinguish it from the many other high summits of the Dhaulagiri Himal, it rises in extraordinary isolation west of the Kali Gandaki Valley and directly across that immense river system from Annapurna. The …

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