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Deutsch: Der Himalaya (auch: Himalaja) ist ein Hochgebirgssystem in Asien, nördlich des indischen Subkontinents und südlich des Tibetischen Hochlands.

English: The Himalaya Range (Sanskrit: literally, "abode of snow", हिमालय, IPA pronunciation: [hɪ'mɑlijə]), or Himalayas for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

日本語: ヒマラヤ山脈

தமிழ்: பனியின் உறைவிடம் எனும் பொருளுடைய இமாலயா என்பது, ஆசியாவில், இந்திய உபகண்டத்தை சீனாவின் திபெத்துப் பீடபூமியிலிருந்துப் பிரிக்கும் மலைத்தொடர் ஆகும்

Himalayas

mountain range in Asia

A section of the Himalayan mountain range showing Mount Everest and surrounding peaks as seen from the International Space Station looking south-south-east over the Tibetan Plateau. Four of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders, mountains higher than 8000 metres, can be seen, Makalu (8462 m), Everest (8849 m), Kanchenjunga (8586 m), and Lhotse (8516 m).

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Instance of

mountain system

Part of

Alpide belt
Larger Himalaya

Location

Nepal
Myanmar
People's Republic of China
Pakistan
India
Afghanistan
Bhutan

Width

250 km

Length

2,400 km

Highest point

Mount Everest

Area

600,000 km²

Elevation above sea level

8,848.86 m

29° 00′ 00″ N, 84° 00′ 00″ E

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Himalayan mountains from air. Near K2, Pakistan
The termini of the glaciers in the Bhutan-Himalaya.
Eastern Himalaya: white-on-red patchwork between rivers in south-western China
from a plane, Dhaulagiri Himal
Aerial view of Himalaya From Delhi Leh Flight
Chamlang, Baruntse, Hunku Glacier and Barun Glacier from ISS
Lhonak glacier
Saldim - Yaupa - Sherson from above (some unvisited, unclimbed steep summits ...)

Mount Everest (8848 m), the highest peak of the Himalayas
Mount Everest north face
Mount Everest south face
K2
8,611 m
K2, on the border of Pakistan and China
Kangchenjunga (8586 m), on the border of Nepal and Sikkim, India
Nanda Devi, the highest peak entirely within India
North Sikkim, Kangchengyao satellite, India

Other peaks and views

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Approaching base camp of Nanga Parbat
Dhauladhar range
Mahabharat Range, Lesser Himalayas, Nepal
Damodar Himal, Nepal
Nilgiri Himal
Thorong La, Muktinath Valley
Muktinath Valley and Kali Gandaki Valley
Kunzum Pass
Cho La Pass, Solukhumbu, Nepal
Dhawalagiri Range
Pilgrimage
View of Kangchenjunga from Sikkim
View from Kathmandu airport
Ganchenpo, Nepal
Tibet
A lake in Leh-Ladakh
Jigme Dorji National Park, Bhutan
Mount Machapuchare (Mount Fishtail), Annapurna II and Phewa Lake seen from Pokhara, Nepal
Garhwal Himalaya from "Camels Back", Uttarakhand, India
Panoramic view of Langtang Range in Nepal
Nepal