Anthropology of High Altitude Environments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Highest Mountain in the World:

Mount Everest, Tibet and Nepal, 29,035ft, 8,850m

Highest Mountain in Western EuropeMont Blanc, France-Italy: 15,771 feet / 4807 meters

Highest Mountain in North AmericaMcKinley (Denali), Alaska: 20,320 feet / 6194 meters

Highest Mountain in the 48 Contiguous United StatesWhitney, California: 14,494 feet / 4418 meters

Highest Mountain in AfricaKilimanjaro, Tanzania: 19,340m / 5895m

Highest Mountain in South AmericaAconcagua, Argentina: 22,834 feet / 6960 meters

Highest Mountain in EuropeElbrus, Russia (Caucasus): 18,510 feet / 5642 meters

Highest Mountain in AntarcticaVinson Massif: 16,066 feet / 4897 meters

Second Highest Mountain in the World:K2 or Mt. Austin Goodwin, Korakoram Range Pakistan-China Border, 28,251ft / 8,611m

Mount Everest-Tibet and Nepal :29,035ft, 8,850m

K2 or Mt. Austin Goodwin- Korakoram Range Pakistan-China Border: 28,251ft, 8,611m

Kangchenjunga- Eastern Himalaya Tibet-Nepal Border: 28,169ft, 8586m

Lhotse- China-Nepal Border: 8516m, 28,000ft

Makalu-China-Nepal Border: 8,463, 27,800ft.

Cho Oyu- Eastern Nepal-Tibet Border: 8,201 m., 26,906

Dhaulagiri- Eastern Nepal-Tibet Border: 8,201m, 26,906 ft.

Manaslu- Nepal: 8,156m, 26,758ft.

Nanga Parbat Peak-Gilgit, Baldistan, Korakoram Range, Pakistan: 8,126m, 26,660ft.

Annapurna: Central Nepal: 8,091m, 26,545ft.

World’s 10 Highest Peaks

Mountain Statistics 1/8 (one-eighth) of the world's people live in the mountains.

1/4 (one-fourth) of the world’s landscape is mountainous.

1/4 (one-fourth) of the world’s tourists choose mountains to play or relax in.

1/2 (one-half) of the world's people rely on mountain watersheds for fresh water.

3/4 (three-fourths) of the world’s countries have mountain ranges or high plateaus.

1,000’s (thousands) of different languages are spoken in mountain regions.

1,000,000,000 (one billion) people consider Mt. Kailash (in Asia) to be a sacred mountain.

2,000,000,000 (two billion) people depend on mountains for food, hydroelectricity, timber, or mineral resources.

Mount Kailash (6,638m / 21,778 ft)Located in China (Tibet)

People and Cultures of High Altitudes

Places and Landscapes of High Altitude

Andes

Himalaya and Korakoram

                                                      

                                                                                                                              

                                                                   

                                                                             

Alps

Rocky Mountains

Dr. Pitambar Sharma, Geographical Development Expert: "Mountain culture is different from other cultures. If you go to  mountain regions of other parts of the world, say to Bolivia or Ecuador in South America, and come back to the mountains of Nepal, you sense some commonalities. People's capacity to adapt to mountain environment - coping mechanism - is more or less similar no matter which mountain regions of the world they come from."