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Himalaya

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Mount Everest (8849 m/29,032 ft)
Countries	India (53%), China (16%), Nepal (14%), Pakistan (11%), Bhutan (4%), Bangladesh (3%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	1,089,134 sq km / 420,515 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,335 km / 830 mi North-South 2,330 km / 1,448 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	29° 49' N; 83° 23' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Himalaya
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Asia	Level 1 (Parent)
Anatolia	Level 2 (Sibling)
Levant Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
Zagros Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Iranian Plateau	Level 2 (Sibling)
Arabian Peninsula	Level 2 (Sibling)
Central Asia Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
Tien Shan	Level 2 (Sibling)
Tibet and Central China	Level 2 (Sibling)
Himalaya	Level 2
Punjab Himalaya	Level 3 (Child)
Garwhal Himalaya	Level 3 (Child)
Western Nepal Himalaya	Level 3 (Child)
Central Nepal Himalaya	Level 3 (Child)
Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya	Level 3 (Child)
Bhutan Himalaya	Level 3 (Child)
Assam Himalaya	Level 3 (Child)
Indian Subcontinent	Level 2 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Himalaya

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Mount Everest	8849	29,032	Central Nepal Himalaya
2.	Kangchenjunga	8586	28,169	Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya
3.	Lhotse	8516	27,940	Central Nepal Himalaya
4.	Yalung Kang	8505	27,904	Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya
5.	Makalu	8485	27,838	Central Nepal Himalaya
6.	Kangchenjunga South	8476	27,808	Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya
7.	Kangchenjunga Central	8473	27,799	Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya
8.	Cho Oyu	8188	26,864	Central Nepal Himalaya
9.	Dhaulagiri	8167	26,795	Western Nepal Himalaya
10.	Manaslu	8163	26,781	Central Nepal Himalaya
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Mount Everest	8849	29,032	Central Nepal Himalaya
2.	Kangchenjunga	8586	28,169	Sikkim-Eastern Nepal Himalaya
3.	Dhaulagiri	8167	26,795	Western Nepal Himalaya
4.	Nanga Parbat	8125	26,657	Punjab Himalaya
5.	Nanda Devi	7816	25,643	Garwhal Himalaya
6.	Namcha Barwa	7782	25,531	Assam Himalaya
7.	Gangkar Punsum	7570	24,836	Bhutan Himalaya

Photos of Peaks in the Himalaya

Mount Everest Mount Everest as viewed from the Khumbu, March 15, 2013 (2013-03-15). Photo by Adam 🌋 Walker. Click here for larger-size photo.	Lhotse Mt.Everest on the left and Lhotse on the right in this view from the route to Everest basecamp. November, 1972 Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.
Makalu NW Face of Makalu from Baruntse basecamp (1999-10). Photo by Robert Garneau. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cho Oyu The south face of Cho Oyu, 6th highest peak on earth, photographed at 4900 meters on Gokyo Ri (2013-03-19). Photo by Adam 🌋 Walker. Click here for larger-size photo.
Annapurna Annapurna and Machapuchare viewed from the summit of Sarangkot. We rented a motorcycle in Pokhara and rode up before dawn, to experience the early morning view (2013-04-05). Photo by Adam 🌋 Walker. Click here for larger-size photo.	Annapurna III Awesome scenery in the Nepal Himalaya: Machhapuchare (Fishes Tail) and Annapurna III. Photo by Tom Sewell. Click here for larger-size photo.
Pumori Pumori from Kala Pattar North (1986-02-15). Photo by John Stolk. Click here for larger-size photo.	Himlung Himal 7126 m - Himlung Himal (2017-10-11). Photo by Jan Matiášek. Click here for larger-size photo.
Trisul In the wilderness near the village of Kanol, the snowy summit of Trisul rises above the forests of the Kuoman Himalaya of India (1993-09-24).	Machapuchare Awesome scenery in the Nepal Himalaya: Machhapuchare (Fishes Tail) and Annapurna III. Photo by Tom Sewell. Click here for larger-size photo.

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