Makalu
a mountain in the Himalayas, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet. 27,790 feet (8,470 meters).
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How to use Makalu in a sentence
The morning was crisp as the sun rose over Makalu, eight miles to the east.
A 237-Hour Nightmare: Inside this Terrifying, Frostbitten First Ascent of Nepal’s Baruntse | cobrien | January 30, 2022 | Outside OnlineLakpa was born in Makalu, a village in southeast Nepal near a 27,766-foot mountain by the same name.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling | Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer first job was as a “kitchen boy,” carrying pots and pans to Makalu.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling | Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy ambition was to reach the ridge between Makalu and Everest, and from it to have a look right down into Nepal.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryWe thought that this would be our last chance of a view of the Everest and Makalu group, but it turned out not to be so.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
It was easy to conclude that one valley, this one, must come up on the North side of Makalu all the way to Everest.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryLater he visited another pass on the ridge that connects Mount Everest with Makalu.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryTo the South-east towered up the immense cliffs of Makalu, far the more beautiful mountain of the two.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
British Dictionary definitions for Makalu
/ (ˈmʌkəˌluː) /
a massif in NE Nepal, on the border with Tibet in the Himalayas
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