Winds of Himalayas

  The Fourth highest Peak of Himalayas,"  Lhoste " Fourth Highest Peak of Himalayas  Lhoste  The Himalayas 's fourth highest peak in the world is 'Lhoste ' .   It is 8516 metres above mean sea level. In feets it is 27940 feet .  The Lhoste peak is situated on the border between Tibet in the Autonomous region of China and Nepal in Khumbu region . Snow cladded Lhoste Mountains  It is called South Peak as it is connected With South valley from the Everest . It is first ascent by Fritz Luchsinger and Ernst Reiss in 18 May 1956 and in winter in 31 December 1988 by Krzysztof Wielicki . View of Himalayas Lhoste peak  This peak was attempted to climb in ,1955 by International Himalayan Expedition , headed by Norman Dyhrenfurth  but due to unexpected strong winds they could not succeed and turned to North West face of Lhoste about 8100 metres above mean sea level.

  The 3rd highest  peak  in the world:- The 3rd Highest peak in the world "Kangchenjunga is also spelled Kanchenjunga is 8586 metres above mean sea level . In feets it is 28169 feet . Kangchenjunga Peak of Himalayas  We find this peak in in the Eastern Himalayas on the border of Sikkim , North Eastern India and Eastern Nepal . This mountain comes in Greater Himalayas. View of Himalayas Kangchenjunga The rocks of this Himalayan range is of Neoproterozoic to Ordovician age. This period is about 445 million to one billion years old . It's name is combination of four words of Tibetan origin. These are :- Kang - Chen - dzo - nga . It means " Five Treasure of Great Snow ." The mountain range of Kangchenjunga experiences heavy snowfall in summer and Monsoon and lighter snow fall in winter . Kangchenjunga Peak Experiences snowfall.

  Karakoram -K2 Peak of Himalayas:- We know it as Austin Goodwin. K2 is also named Austin Goodwin. An English photographer explored this Himalayan peak who's name was Austin Goodwin so it is named after his name . View of Karakoram -K2 Peak , Himalayas  In local language , they call it " Chogo Ri " , it means The Great Mountain. Karakoram K2 is the second highest peak in the world. Karakoram -K2 Second highest peak in the world  The K 2 is at an elevation of 8611 metres above mean sea level .  In feet it is 28250 feet . First is Mount Everest 29032 feet .

  Peaks of Himalayas Beautiful View of Mount Everest  :-- In this post we are taking the peaks of Himalayas one by one . The highest peak of Himalayas is Mount Everest . This peak is 8848.86 metres high above mean sea level . In feets it is 29032 metres above mean sea level . It is also named Sagarmatha and Chomolungma. Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world . The Mount Everest falls in Nepal and Tibet . Mount Everest was first climbed by Tenzing and Hillary in 1953. The range in which it comes is Khumbu Himal range. Initially Mount Everest was named peak XXV but later it was named after the name of British Surveyor General to India. Sir George Everest was a British Surveyor and Geographer . He served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. Mount Everest View  He wad born on 4 th July and passed away on December 1st 1866. He was educated in Marlow and received his military education then joined the East India company and arrived in India when he was of 16. Beautiful Vie

  Himalayas  ,Indian Himalayan Region :- This is the Portion of Himalayas which in Indian territory.  Indian Ranges of Himalayas traverses in thirteen states and Union Territories. Let's see the names of these states . 1 . Ladakh 2. Jammu and Kashmir , both Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir are two separate Union Territories . 3.Himachal Pradesh  4 Utrakhand 5 . Sikkim 6 . West Bengal 7 . Manipur 8. Meghalaya 9 . Mizoram 10. Nagaland 11.Tripura 12. Assam 13. Arunachal Pradesh The Himalayas in Indian Region traverses covering these states and Union Territories . This Himalayan region is serving water to the large part of Indian subcontinent . This Himalayan ranges have varieties of flora and fauna The Himalayas start from the foothills of Shivalik and stretch up to the Tibetan Plateau on the North up to Trans-Himalayas ..

  Outer Himalayas,  States in Shiwalik  Hills :- Shukhna Lake in foot hills of Harayana Shiwalik Hills  We have studied about outer Himalayas now let's know that in which states the Shiwalik Hills traverse. Jammu and Kashmir Shiwalik Hills From West these hills start from Jammu and Kashmir and traverse to Uttaranchal in the East covering Himachal Pradesh and parts of Punjab and Haryana. Jammu Kashmir Shiwalik Hills  From West these hills start from Jammu and Kashmir and traverse to Uttaranchal in the East  covering Himachal Pradesh and parts of Punjab and Haryana .