Makalu

Makalu
Makalu from the southwest
Highest point
Elevation8,485 m (27,838 ft)[1][2][notes 1]
Ranked 5th
Prominence2,386 m (7,828 ft)
ListingEight-thousander
Ultra
Coordinates27°53′23″N 87°05′20″E / 27.88972°N 87.08889°E / 27.88972; 87.08889[1]
Geography
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The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).[3]
Legend
  • 1:Mount Everest
  • 2:Kangchenjunga
  • 3:Lhotse
  • 4:Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West
  • 5:
  • 6:Kangchenjunga South
  • 7:Kangchenjunga Central
  • 8:Cho Oyu
  • 9:Dhaulagiri
  • 10:Manaslu (Kutang)
  • 11:Nanga Parbat (Diamer)
  • 12:Annapurna
  • 13:Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma)
  • 14:Manaslu East
  • 15:Annapurna East Peak
  • 16: Gyachung Kang
  • 17:Annapurna II
  • 18:Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri)
  • 19:Kangbachen
  • 20:Himalchuli (Himal Chuli)
  • 21:Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna)
  • 22:Nuptse (Nubtse)
  • 23:Nanda Devi
  • 24:Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho)
  • 25:Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa)
  • 26:Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak)
  • 27:Kamet
  • 28:Dhaulagiri II
  • 29:Ngojumba Kang II
  • 30:Dhaulagiri III
  • 31:Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu)
  • 32:Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan)
  • 33:Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III)
  • 34:Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen)
  • 35:Dhaulagiri IV
  • 36:Annapurna Fang
  • 37:Silver Crag
  • 38:Kangbachen Southwest
  • 39:Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum)
  • 40:Annapurna III
  • 41:Himalchuli West
  • 42:Annapurna IV
  • 43:Kula Kangri
  • 44:Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri)
  • 45:Ngadi Chuli South
Location in Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region
LocationKoshi Province (Khumbu), Nepal / Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Parent rangeMahalangur Himalayas
Climbing
First ascentMay 15, 1955, by Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy
Easiest routesnow/ice climb

Makalu[4] (Nepali: मकालु हिमाल, romanized: Makālu himāl; Chinese: 马卡鲁峰; pinyin: Mǎkǎlǔ Fēng) is the fifth-highest mountain on Earth, with a summit at an elevation of 8,485 metres (27,838 ft) AMSL. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Mount Everest, on the ChinaNepal border. One of the eight-thousanders, Makalu is an isolated peak shaped like a four-sided pyramid.

Makalu has two notable subsidiary peaks. Kangchungtse, or Makalu II (7,678 m (25,190 ft)), lies about three kilometres (two miles) north-northwest of the main summit. Rising about 5 km (3 mi) north-northeast of the main summit across a broad plateau, and connected to Kangchungtse by a narrow, 7,200 m (23,600 ft) saddle, is Chomo Lonzo (7,804 m (25,604 ft)).

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NepalFF2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Makalu, China/Nepal". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  3. ^ "Peak Bagger:Himalaya, Central Nepal Himalaya, Khumbu, Ghurka Himal, Annapurna Himal, Xishapangma Area, Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya, Western Nepal Himalaya, Assam Himalaya, Punjab Himalaya, Bhutan Himalaya, Garwhal Himalaya, Ganesh Himal". Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  4. ^ Searle, Mike (March 2013). "Mapping the Geology of Everest and Makalu". Colliding Continents. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780199653003.003.0013. ISBN 978-0-19-965300-3. Retrieved 2021-01-29.


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