Dhaulagiri
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Dhaulagiri, located in Nepal, is the seventh highest mountain in the world at 8,167 metres (26,795 ft) above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country. It was first climbed on 13 May 1960 by a Swiss-Austrian-Nepali expedition.
Annapurna I is 34 km (21 mi) east of Dhaulagiri. The Kali Gandaki River flows between the two in the Kaligandaki Gorge, said to be the world's deepest. The town of Pokhara is south of the Annapurnas, an important regional center and the gateway for climbers and trekkers visiting both ranges as well as a tourist destination in its own right.
Aerial view of Dhaulagiri I from the southwest.
The unclimbed South Face of Dhaulagiri, seen from Poon Hill
Dhaulagiri I in October 2002. The northeast ridge is the left skyline.
Cho Oyu
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Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres (26,864 ft) above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 km west of Mount Everest. The mountain stands on the China Tibet–Nepal Koshi Pradesh border.
Viewing Cho Oyu via Tingri
Southern and northern climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. (The names on the photo are links to corresponding pages.)
Ascent by a team from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) on 2 October 2008