Manaslu

Manaslu
Manaslu
	Manaslu at sunrise. The lower eastern summit appears taller due to foreshortening.
Highest point
Elevation	8,163 m (26,781 ft); Ranked 8th
Prominence	3,092 m (10,144 ft); Ranked 80th
Listing	Eight-thousander; Ultra
Coordinates	28°32′58″N 84°33′43″E / 28.54944°N 84.56194°E
Naming
Native name	मनास्लु (Nepali)
English translation	Mountain of the spirit
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 of Manaslu
Location	Gorkha District, Manang-Gandaki Province, Nepal
Parent range	Mansiri Himal, Himalayas
Climbing
First ascent	May 9, 1956, by a Japanese team; (First winter ascent 12 January 1984 Maciej Berbeka and Ryszard Gajewski)
Easiest route	snow/ice climb on NE face

Manaslu (/məˈnɑːsluː/; Nepali: मनास्लु, also known as Kutang) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at 8,163 metres (26,781 ft) above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in west-central Nepal. Manaslu means "mountain of the spirit" and the word is derived from the Sanskrit word manasa, meaning "intellect" or "soul". Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956, by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition. It is said that, given the many unsuccessful attempts by the British to climb Everest before Nepali Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary, "just as the British consider Everest their mountain, Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain".

Manaslu is the highest peak in the Gorkha District and is about 64 km (40 mi) east of Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain in the world at 8,091 metres (26,545 ft) above sea level. Manaslu's long ridges and valley glaciers offer feasible approaches from all directions and culminate in a peak that towers steeply above its surrounding landscape and is a dominant feature when viewed from afar.

The Manaslu region offers a variety of trekking options. The popular Manaslu trekking route of 177 kilometres (110 mi) skirts the Manaslu massif over the pass down to Annapurna. The Nepalese Government only permitted trekking on this circuit in 1991. The trekking trail follows an ancient salt-trading route along the Budhi Gandaki River. En route, 10 peaks over 6,500 metres (21,325 ft) are visible, including a few over 7,000 metres (22,966 ft). The highest point reached along the trek route is Larkya La at an elevation of 5,106 metres (16,752 ft). As of May 2008, the mountain has been climbed 297 times with 53 fatalities.

The Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP) was established in 1997 with the primary objective of achieving conservation and sustainable management of the delimited area, which also includes Manaslu.