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Annapurna Mountain Annapurna

Elevation: 8,091 metres (26,545 feet)
Ranked: 10th
Location: Central Nepal
Range: Himalaya
Prominence: 2,894 metres
Coordinates: 28°35′43″N, 83°49′11″ECoordinates: 28°35′43″N, 83°49′11″E
First ascent: 1950 by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal
Easiest route: snow/ice climb

About Annapurna

The tenth highest mountain in the world

Annapurna (Sanskrit, Nepali, Nepal Bhasa: अन्नपूर्ण) 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 14 "eight-thousanders". It is located east of a great gorge cut through the Himalaya by the Kali Gandaki River, which separates it from the Dhaulagiri massif. (Dhaulagiri I lies 34km (21 mi) west of Annapurna I.) Annapurna is a Sanskrit name which is translated as Goddess of the Harvests.

The Annapurna massif contains six major peaks over 7,200 m:

Annapurna I 8,091 m (26,545 ft.) Ranked 10th; Prominence=2,894 m 28.595° N 83.819° E
Annapurna II 7,937 m (26,040 ft.) Ranked 16th; Prominence=2,437 m 28.539° N 84.137° E
Annapurna III 7,555 m (24,786 ft.) Ranked 42nd; Prominence=703 m 28.585° N 84.000° E
Annapurna IV 7,525 m (24,688 ft.) (not a separate mountain) 28.539° N 84.087° E
Gangapurna 7,455 m (24,457 ft.) Ranked 59th; Prominence=563 m 28.606° N 83.965° E
Annapurna South 7,219 m (23,684 ft.) Ranked 101st; Prominence=775 m 28.518° N 83.806° E

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. (See the documentary of the expedition "Victoire sur l'Annapurna" by Marcel Ichac).

The south face of Annapurna was first climbed in 1970 by Don Whillans and Dougal Haston, members of a British expedition led by Chris Bonington which included the alpinist Ian Clough, who was killed by a falling ice-pillar during the descent.

In 1978 an expedition led by Arlene Blum became the first American team to climb Annapurna I. The expedition was also remarkable for being composed entirely of women. Sadly, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz and Vera Watson died during this climb.

On 3 February 1987, Polish climbers Jerzy Kukuczka and Artur Hajzer made the first winter ascent of Annapurna I.

The Annapurna peaks are among the world's most dangerous mountains to climb, with a fatality rate of 40%.[1] As of 2005, only 103 successful summits have been made, for the loss of 56 lives, many to the avalanches for which the mountain is known. Climbers killed on the peak include famed Russian climber Anatoli Boukreev in 1997 and Christian Kuntner in 2005.

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