Makalu

Makalu
Makalu
	Makalu from the southwest
Highest point
Elevation	8,485 m (27,838 ft); Ranked 5th
Prominence	2,386 m (7,828 ft)
Listing	Eight-thousander; Ultra
Coordinates	27°53′23″N 87°05′20″E / 27.88972°N 87.08889°E
Geography
	60km; 37miles Bhutan Nepal Pakistan India China 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 🌍 The major peaks (not mountains) above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) height in Himalayas, rank identified in Himalayas alone (not the world).; Legend 1：Mount Everest ; 2：Kangchenjunga ; 3：Lhotse ; 4：Yalung Kang, Kanchenjunga West ; 5：Makalu ; 6：Kangchenjunga South ; 7：Kangchenjunga Central ; 8：Cho Oyu ; 9：Dhaulagiri ; 10：Manaslu (Kutang) ; 11：Nanga Parbat (Diamer) ; 12：Annapurna ; 13：Shishapangma (Shishasbangma, Xixiabangma) ; 14：Manaslu East ; 15：Annapurna East Peak ; 16： Gyachung Kang ; 17：Annapurna II ; 18：Tenzing Peak (Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang, Ngojumba Ri) ; 19：Kangbachen ; 20：Himalchuli (Himal Chuli) ; 21：Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29, Dakura, Dakum, Dunapurna) ; 22：Nuptse (Nubtse) ; 23：Nanda Devi ; 24：Chomo Lonzo (Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, Lhamalangcho) ; 25：Namcha Barwa (Namchabarwa) ; 26：Zemu Kang (Zemu Gap Peak) ; 27：Kamet ; 28：Dhaulagiri II ; 29：Ngojumba Kang II ; 30：Dhaulagiri III ; 31：Kumbhakarna Mountain (Mount Kumbhakarna, Jannu) ; 32：Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi, Namu Nan) ; 33：Hillary Peak (Ngojumba Kang III) ; 34：Molamenqing (Phola Gangchen) ; 35：Dhaulagiri IV ; 36：Annapurna Fang ; 37：Silver Crag ; 38：Kangbachen Southwest ; 39：Gangkhar Puensum (Gangkar Punsum) ; 40：Annapurna III ; 41：Himalchuli West ; 42：Annapurna IV ; 43：Kula Kangri ; 44：Liankang Kangri (Gangkhar Puensum North, Liangkang Kangri) ; 45：Ngadi Chuli South ; Location in Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region
Location	Koshi Province (Khumbu), Nepal / Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Parent range	Mahalangur Himalayas
Climbing
First ascent	May 15, 1955, by Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy
Easiest route	snow/ice climb

Makalu (Nepali: मकालु हिमाल, romanized: Makālu himāl; Chinese: 马卡鲁峰; pinyin: Mǎkǎlǔ Fēng) is the fifth-highest mountain on Earth, with a summit at an elevation of 8,485 metres (27,838 ft) AMSL. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Mount Everest, on the China–Nepal border. One of the eight-thousanders, Makalu is an isolated peak shaped like a four-sided pyramid.

Makalu has two notable subsidiary peaks. Kangchungtse, or Makalu II (7,678 m (25,190 ft)), lies about three kilometres (two miles) north-northwest of the main summit. Rising about 5 km (3 mi) north-northeast of the main summit across a broad plateau, and connected to Kangchungtse by a narrow, 7,200 m (23,600 ft) saddle, is Chomo Lonzo (7,804 m (25,604 ft)).