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Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman and the third Pakistani to climb Mount Everest on 19 May 2013

All about Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the Highest peak in the world.

Explanation

Mount Everest is the Highest peak in the world.

The highest part of the Earth is Mount Everest

It is located in Nepal.

The new height of Mount Everest is 8,848.86m (29,032 feet).

Mount Everest was named after George Everest in 1856

First time Mount Everest expedition in 1953

Mount Everest is present in the range of mountains: the Himalayas

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the first person to reach Mount Everest: 

Sherpa Tenzing and Edmund Percival Hillary

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The first man to climb Mount Everest twice was: 

Nawang Gombu

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The first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest is:

Samina Baig

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 the first blind man in Asia and the third in the world to climb Mount Everest:

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The world's third-largest mountain is Kangchenjunga.

It is located on the border between Nepal and India (Himalayas).

It stands at 8,586 meters (28,169 feet) tall.

1st largest mountain: Mount Everest at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet).

It is located on the border of Nepal and China (Himalayas).

2nd largest mountain: K2 at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet).

It is located on the China-Pakistan border (Karakoram).

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Following glaciers located in the Himalayas range.

1.      the Gangotri and Yamunotri (Uttarakhand)

2.      Khumbu glaciers (Mount Everest region),

3.      Langtang glacier (Langtang region)

4.      Zemu (Sikkim).

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Takht-e-Sulaiman is a peak of the Sulaiman Mountains.

It is close to Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision's borders with both South Waziristan and Zhob, Balochistan.

Elevation: 3,487 m

Location: Pakistan

Mountain range: Sulaiman Mountains

First ascender: George White

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The Sudirman Range, also known as the Snow Mountains,

It is a mountain range in Central Papua province, Indonesia.

It is named after the first armed forces commander-in-chief and Indonesian national hero Sudirman.

It comprises a western portion of the Maoke Mountains. 

Peaks of the Sudirman Range are:

• Sumantri (4,870 m)
• Ngga Pulu (4,863 m)
• Carstensz East (4,820 m or 4,808 m)

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Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the African continent's highest peak at 5,895 meters..

List of longest mountain chains on Earth:

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K-2 is Also Known As Godwin Austin

'K' standing for Karakoram.

Mount K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth.

 after the world's highest peak Mount Everest.

Mount K2 is part of the Karakorum Range located on the border of Pakistan and China.

K2 height 8,611 meters

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At 8,611 m K2 is the tallest mountain in the region, and three others within 20 km top 8,000 m.

The Karakoram is a mountain range spanning the borders of China, India, and Pakistan.

Extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan also.

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The Margalla Hills are part of the Himalayan foothills. 

The Margalla Hills is a hill range located north of Islamabad and south of Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Margalla Hills within the Margalla Hills National Park 

The Margalla range has an area of 12,605 hectares.

The highest peak of Margalla Hills is Tilla Charouni

Elevation: 1,604 m (5,262 ft)

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related question

Which country's capital is situated near the Margalla Hills?
Margalla Hills in and around Islamabad is a branch of the?

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