Makalu

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eight-thousander mountain

Makalu is the fifth-highest mountain in the world, a prominent 8,485-meter peak on the border between Nepal and China known for its steep faces and challenging climbing routes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kangchungtse 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf eight-thousander ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Makalu II ⓘ
climbingDifficulty very difficult ⓘ
climbingSeason autumn ⓘ
spring ⓘ
countryOnNorthSide China ⓘ
countryOnSouthSide Nepal ⓘ
distanceFromEverest about 19 km southeast ⓘ
drainage Barun River ⓘ
elevation 27838 feet ⓘ
7678 meters ⓘ
8485 meters ⓘ
firstAscentBy Jean Couzy ⓘ
Lionel Terray ⓘ
firstAscentDate 1955-05-15 ⓘ
firstAscentExpedition French expedition ⓘ
firstAscentLeader Jean Franco ⓘ
firstAscentRoute north face and northeast ridge ⓘ
hasCoordinates 27.8897°N 87.0883°E ⓘ
hasGlacier Barun Glacier ⓘ
hasNotableFeature sharp ridges and steep pitches ⓘ
hasParentRange Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Mahalangur Himal
hasProminence 2386 meters ⓘ
7828 feet ⓘ
hasSubpeak Kangchungtse ⓘ
hasSummitShape four-sided pyramid ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
knownFor challenging ascent ⓘ
pyramid-shaped peak ⓘ
steep faces ⓘ
technical climbing routes ⓘ
liesIn Sankhuwasabha District ⓘ
border region of Nepal and Tibet ⓘ
locatedIn Himalayas ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Mahalangur Himal

Nepal ⓘ
Province No. 1, Nepal ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
locatedInNationalPark Makalu Barun National Park ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween China ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
near Lhotse ⓘ
Mount Everest ⓘ
partOf Greater Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Great Himalaya Range
ranking fifth-highest mountain in the world ⓘ
standardRoute via northwest ridge ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greater Himalayas → contains → Makalu ⓘ
Himalayas → contains → Makalu ⓘ
K2 → isHigherThan → Makalu ⓘ