| elevation: |
8,091 metres (26,545 feet) |
| location: |
Nepal |
| range: |
Himalaya |
| coordinates: |
s: 28°35' N 83°57' E |
| first ascent: |
1950 by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal |
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Annapurna is a series of peaks in the Himalaya, a 55-km-long
massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making
it the 10th-highest summit in the world and one of the "eight-thousanders".
Annapurna is a Sanskrit name which is translated as Goddess of the Harvests.
The Annapurna massif contains six major peaks:
Annapurna I 8,091 m. 26,545 ft.
Annapurna II 7,937 m. 26,040 ft.
Annapurna III 7,555 m. 24,786 ft.
Annapurna IV 7,525 m. 24,688 ft.
Gangapurna 7,455 m. 24,457 ft.
Annapurna South 7,219 m. 23,684 ft.
Annapurna I was the first 8,000 metre peak to be climbed. Maurice Herzog and
Louis Lachenal, of a French expedition, reached the summit on June 3, 1950.
The south face of Annapurna was first climbed in 1970 by a British expedition
led by Chris Bonington and including the alpinist Ian Clough, who was killed
by a falling ice-pillar during the descent.
On 3 February 1987, Jerzy Kukuczka and Artur Hajzer, a Polish climber, made
the first ascent of a eight-thousander in winter.
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