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Annapurna) A valley in Nepal with terraced hillsides for growing rice, and the Annapurna range in the distance. The highest of the Annapurna peaks, Annapurna 1, was first climbed in 1950 by a French expedition led by Maurice Herzog. ) Windswept peak of Annapurna III in the central Himalayas, Nepal. This is the third highest peak in the Annapurna range, at 7556 m/24,790 ft. ) The Himalayan peak Annapurna, as seen from a lowland village in Nepal. The Nepalese government has designated the area around the whole Annapurna range a conservation area. Mountain 8,075 m/26,502 ft in the Himalayas, Nepal. The north face was first climbed by a French expedition (Maurice Herzog) in 1950 and the south by a British team in 1970. |
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The magical panorama includes some of the highest mountains on the planet, 20,000-plus-footers like Annapurna South, Annapurna I and III and Machapuchare, the so-called "Matterhorn of Nepal. |
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Annapurna South
