Mount Everest Nepali: Sagarmatha सगरमाथा; Tibetan: Chomolungma ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ; Chinese: Zhumulangma 珠穆朗玛 is Earth’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The international border between Nepal (Province No. 1) and China (Tibet Autonomous Region) runs across its summit point. The current official elevation of Continue Reading
TIBET : RONGBUK MONASTERY – THE WORLDS HIGHEST MONASTERY
Where is the Rongbuk Monastery located ? At the Base of Mount Everest ? Rongbuk monastery lies near the base of the north side of Mount Everest at 4980 metres (16340 ft) above sea level, at the end of the Dzakar Chu valley Rongbuk is claimed to be the highest-elevation Continue Reading
TIBET : THE ROOF OF THE WORLD : LHASE XIGATZE ROUTE & YAMDROK LAKE
Tibet (Tibetan : བོད་, Chinese : 西藏 : pinyin: Xīzàng) is a region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) China.Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 5000 m (16000 ft).The highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth’s highest mountain Continue Reading