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  2. File:Annapurna region based on 1951 Herzog map.svg

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    Download QR code; In other projects Appearance. ... English: Sketch map of Dhaulagiri and Annapurna region, based on (but not incorporating) map in Herzog, Maurice ...

  3. Annapurna (mountain range) - Wikipedia

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    The Annapurna Conservation Area (7,629 km 2) is a well known trekking region. There are three major trekking routes in the Annapurna region: the Jomson Trek to Jomsom and Muktinath (increasingly disturbed by a road-building project [ 8 ] ); the Annapurna Sanctuary route to Annapurna base camp; and the Annapurna Circuit , which circles the ...

  4. Annapurna - Wikipedia

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    Annapurna (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ p ʊər n ə ˌ-ˈ p ɜːr-/; [5] [6] Nepali: अन्नपूर्ण) is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the 10th highest mountain in the world at 8,091 metres (26,545 ft) above sea level and is well known for the difficulty and danger involved ...

  5. Annapurna Conservation Area - Wikipedia

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    It ranges in elevation from 790 m (2,590 ft) to the peak of Annapurna I at 8,091 m (26,545 ft). The conservation area stretches across Manang, Mustang, Kaski, Myagdi, and Lamjung Districts. [1] Annapurna Conservation Area encompasses Annapurna Sanctuary and is known for several trekking routes including the Annapurna Circuit.

  6. Annapurna Circuit - Wikipedia

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    The Annapurna Circuit is a trek within the mountain ranges of central Nepal. The total length of the route varies between 160–230 km (100-145 mi), depending on where motor transportation is used and where the trek is ended. This trek crosses two different river valleys and encircles the Annapurna Massif.

  7. Himalayas - Wikipedia

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    Geologic map showing the regions and major features of the Himalayas. The Himalayas consist of four parallel mountain ranges from south to north: the Sivalik Hills on the south; the Lower Himalayas ; the Great Himalayas , which is the highest and central range; and the Tibetan Himalayas on the north.

  8. Thorong La - Wikipedia

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    Thorong La or Thorung La is a mountain pass with an elevation of 5,416 metres (17,769 ft) above sea level in the Damodar Himal, north of the Annapurna Himal, in central Nepal. Thorong Ri is on the slope of Khatung Kang and Yakawa Kang are the mountains forming Thorong La.

  9. 1950 French Annapurna expedition - Wikipedia

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    Annapurna is in the Eastern Himalaya in Nepal, and no one had attempted to climb the mountain before 1950. All pre–World War II Himalayan mountaineering expeditions had avoided Nepal and had travelled via Tibet or India, but in 1949, alarmed that the communists seemed to be gaining control in China, Tibet expelled all Chinese officials and closed its borders to foreigners.