Nepal's Sagarmatha National Park bears the local name of this peak which it surrounds
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Nepal Tourism Facts | USA Today  The Great Himalaya Range forms the backbone of Nepal, a small country bordered by ... Many peaks exceed 25,000 feet, including Mt. Everest, the world's highest ... A palace complex surrounds the square, including the Hanuman Dhoka ... Chitwan National Park lies south of Kathmandu, and the 100-mile overland trip to...
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Sagarmatha National Park - Beautiful World  Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal covers 443 square miles, and holds the record ... (1148 sq. km) in Nepal's Khumbu region, and features the tallest peak in the world, ... The name 'Sagarmatha' is derived from Nepali  'sagar' meaning 'sky' and ... likely to spot are the Himalayan tahr, ghoral, musk deer, and black bears.
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Sagarmatha National Park - Wikipedia  The Sagarmth National Park (sagaramth rriya nikuja) is a protected area in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal that is dominated by Mount Everest. ... Other peaks above 6,000 m (20,000 ft) are Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Thamserku, Nuptse, ... Himalayan black bears go into hibernation in caves during the winter when there is...
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Mount Everest | mountain, Asia | Britannica.com  Mar 31, 2016 ... Mount Everest, Sanskrit and Nepali Sagarmatha, Tibetan ... Its most common Tibetan name, Chomolungma, means Goddess Mother of the World or ... In 1865 the mountainpreviously referred to as Peak XVwas renamed for .... mountain and its surrounding valleys lie within Sagarmatha National Park,...
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Sagarmatha National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre  Criteria (vii): Sagarmatha National Parks' superlative and exceptional natural beauty ... majestic peaks including the Worlds' highest, Mount Sagarmatha (Everest) (8,848 m.) ... The involvement of local communities in the buffer zone management ... Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of Forests., Government of Nepal.
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Mount Everest - Wikipedia  Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmth and in China as Chomolungma/, is Earth's highest mountain. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft)...
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Mount Everest - Wikipedia  Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmth and in China as Chomolungma/ ..... Each formation is separated from the other by low-angle faults, called detachments, along which they have been thrust southward over each other.
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Ghats | mountain ranges, India | Britannica.com  Aug 19, 2016 ... Ghats, two mountain ranges forming the eastern and western edges, ... The Western Ghats (a mountain range at the western edge of the Deccan plateau; ghat ... lies at the extreme southwestern end of the range and is the highest peak ... of southern Asia that lies on the border between Nepal and the Tibet...
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CONSERVATION IN NEPAL II, THE ROYAL CHITWAN NATIONAL ...  Tony Schilling. The Royal Chitwan National Park, which lies approximately 97 km ... It also boasts one of the largest concentrations of tiger in the country as well...
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Annapurna Massif - Wikipedia  Annapurna (Sanskrit, Nepali, Newar: ) is a massif in the Himalayas in ... Annapurna I Main is the tenth highest mountain in the world at 8,091 metres ... the Annapurna peaks are among the world's most dangerous mountains to climb, .... attained for three years, until the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.
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List of Himalayan peaks and passes - Wikipedia  Overall, the Himalayan mountain system is the world's highest, and is home to the world's highest peaks, the Eight-thousanders. There are 14 Himalayan peaks with elevation over 8,000 metres (26,000 ft). ... Everest, Sagarmatha (Nepali), "Head of the World",, 8,848, 29,029, 1 ... Part of Everest massif. Makalu, "The Great...
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Kangchenjunga - Wikipedia  Kangchenjunga sometimes spelled Kanchenjunga, is the third highest mountain in the world, .... Kangchenjunga and its satellite peaks form a huge mountain massif. ... anchors of the Himalaya, Nanga Parbat and Namcha Barwa, respectively. ..... at High Altitudes, "Climbing on the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges",...
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Himalaya Mountains  Jan 3, 2013 ... The Himalaya system is the most common type of mountain .... Some geographers have held that peaks higher than Mount Everest were ... Range: Karakoram -- Coordinates: 355257N 763048E ..... Owing to its immense bulk and height3000 feet above any peak within ...... 25,000 Biographies.
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Nepal | Britannica.com  mountain on the crest of the Great Himalayas of southern Asia that lies on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, ... The Himalayas include the highest mountains in the world, with more than 110 peaks rising to...
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Mount Everest | mountain, Asia | Britannica.com  Mar 31, 2016 ... Like other high peaks in the region, Mount Everest has long been revered by local peoples. ... The peak of Changtse (24,803 feet [7,560 metres]) rises to the north. ... key features of this side of the mountain include the Great and Hornbein ... of ice between Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse Ridge to the south.
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The National Parks: Grand Teton - In Wanderlust  Apr 5, 2016 ... Grand Teton National Park is named for the tallest peak in the park ... three of its compatriots: Middle Teton, South Teton and Mount Owen. ... The park is home to some of the most ancient rocks found in any ... Artifacts recovered from these early peoples include evidence of fire pits, tools and fishing weights.
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Mount Everest - Wikipedia  Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmth and in China as Chomolungma/, is Earth's highest mountain. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. Mount Everest is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal. The international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region) and ... There are two main climbing routes: one approaching the summit from the...
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Grand Teton National Park - Wikipedia  Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Wyoming. ... Grand Teton National Park is named for Grand Teton, the tallest mountain in the .... From the mid-1840s until 1860, Jackson Hole and the Teton Range were ..... In the northern section of the park lies Jackson Lake, the largest lake in the...
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K2 - Wikipedia  K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori (Balti: ), is the second highest ... K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both .... In places, the paragneisses include clinopyroxene-hornblende-bearing .... This is the southeast ridge of the peak, rising above the Godwin Austen...
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Himalayan Peaks  Nanga Parbat - 8125 - Pak. occupied Kashmir 10. Annapurna - 8091 - Nepal ... K2 is called so because it was the second peak in the Karakoram Range of the ... is permitted to climb to the summit of Kanchenjunga since it is a holy mountain.
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K2 - Wikipedia  K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori (Balti: ), is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level.