Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar (born August 1, 1973) is a Basque Spanish mountaineer, from Tolosa, in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country, Spain. On May 17, 2010, she became the 21st person and the first woman to climb all of the fourteen eight… Baca selengkapnya »
Poland (/ˈpoÊŠlÉ™nd/; Polish: Polska [ˈpÉ"lska]), officially the Republic of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska,  listen ), is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine a… Baca selengkapnya »
Juan Eusebio Oiarzabal Urteaga (born 30 March 1956) commonly known as Juanito Oiarzabal is a noted Spanish Basque mountaineer and has written four books on the subject. He was the sixth man to reach all 14 eight-thousander summits, and the third one … Baca selengkapnya »
Phurba Tashi Sherpa Mendewa (Nepali: फूरà¥à¤µà¤¾ तासी शेरà¥à¤ªà¤¾) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer, born 1971, known for his numerous ascents of major Himalayan peaks. He holds the record for the most total ascents of eight-tho… Baca selengkapnya »
Erhard Loretan (28 April 1959 â€" 28 April 2011) was a Swiss mountain climber, often described as one of the greatest mountaineers of all times. Loretan was born in Bulle in the canton of Fribourg. He trained as a cabinet-maker (1979) and mountain g… Baca selengkapnya »
Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table and is a highly reactive nonmetallic element and oxidizing agent that readily forms compounds (notably oxides) with most ele… Baca selengkapnya »
Jerzy Kukuczka (24 March 1948 in Katowice â€" 24 October 1989 Lhotse) - was a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber. Born in Katowice, his family origin is Goral. On 18 September 1987, he became the second man, after Reinhold Messner, to climb all … Baca selengkapnya »
Reinhold Messner (born 17 September 1944) is a mountaineer, adventurer, explorer, and author from the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol. He is renowned for making the first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen along with Pete… Baca selengkapnya »
Maurice Herzog (15 January 1919 â€" 13 December 2012) was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal.… Baca selengkapnya »
An avalanche (also called a snowslide or snowslip) is a rapid flow of snow down a sloping surface. Avalanches are typically triggered in a starting zone from a mechanical failure in the snowpack (slab avalanche) when the forces on the snow exceed its… Baca selengkapnya »
The Gurkhas (Nepali : गोरà¥à¤–ा) (/ˈɡɜrkÉ™/ or /ˈɡʊərkÉ™/… Baca selengkapnya »
John Norman Collie FRS (10 September 1859 â€" 1 November 1942), commonly referred to as J. Norman Collie, was a British scientist, mountaineer, and explorer. Life and work He was born in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, the second of four sons. In 1870 t… Baca selengkapnya »
Albert Frederick Mummery (10 September 1855, Dover, Kent, England â€" 24 August 1895, Nanga Parbat), was an English mountaineer and author. Although most notable for his many and varied first ascents put up in the Alps, Mummery, along with J. Norman … Baca selengkapnya »
Earth, also called the world and, less frequently, Gaia (and Terra in some works of science fiction) is the third planet from the Sun, the densest planet in the Solar System, the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets, and the only as… Baca selengkapnya »
Khumbu (also known as the Everest Region) is a region of northeastern Nepal on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. It is part of the Solukhumbu District, which in turn is part of the Sagarmatha Zone. Khumbu is one of three subregions of the main Kham… Baca selengkapnya »
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. It is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998. Now the largest artificial body in orbit, it can often be seen wi… Baca selengkapnya »
This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence. Terminology The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest … Baca selengkapnya »
This is a list of mountain passes. Africa Egypt Halfaya Pass (near Libya) Lesotho Moteng Pass Mahlasela pass Sani Pass Morocco Tizi n'Tichka South Africa Eastern Cape Passes Western Cape Passes Northern Cape Passes KwaZulu Natal Pas… Baca selengkapnya »
This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent. Ranges on other astronomical bodies are listed afterward. Earth By length Andes - 7,000Â km (4,300Â mi) Rocky Mountains - 4,830Â km (3,000Â mi) Great Dividing Range - 3,5… Baca selengkapnya »
The Comoros (/ˈkÉ'mÉ™roÊŠz/; Arabic: جزر القمر‎, Juzur al-Qumur / Qamar), officially the Union of the Comoros (Comorian: Udzima wa Komori, French: Union des Comores, Arabic: الاتØاد القمري‎ al-IttiḥÄd al-QumurÄ«Â / Q… Baca selengkapnya »
Grande Comore, (in Swahili: Ngazidja,) is an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is the largest island in the Comoros nation. Most of its population is of the Comorian ethnic group. Its population as of 2006 is about 316,600. The i… Baca selengkapnya »
Mount Karthala or Karthola is an active volcano and the highest point of the Comoros at 2,361Â m (7,746Â ft) above sea level. It is the southernmost and larger of the two shield volcanoes forming Grande Comore island, the largest island in the nation… Baca selengkapnya »
Réunion (French: La Réunion, IPA: [la ÊeynjÉ"̃]; previously ÃŽle Bourbon) is a French island with a population of 840,974 inhabitants (as of January 2013) located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) southwest … Baca selengkapnya »
The Piton des Neiges (Snow Peak) is a massive 3,069 m (10,069 ft) shield volcano on Réunion, one of the French volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is located about 800 kilometres (500 mi) east of M… Baca selengkapnya »
The Falkland Islands (/ˈfÉ"ËlklÉ™nd/; Spanish: Islas Malvinas [malˈβinas]) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 miles (480 km) east of South America's southern Patagonian coa… Baca selengkapnya »
East Falkland (Spanish: Isla Soledad) is the largest island of the Falklands in the South Atlantic having an area of 6,605Â km2 (2,550 square miles) or 54% of the total area of the Falklands. The island consists of two main land masses, the more sout… Baca selengkapnya »
Mount Usborne Spanish: Cerro Alberdi is a mountain on East Falkland. At 705 metres (2,313Â ft) above sea level, it is the highest point in the Falkland Islands. The mountain is referenced by Charles Darwin in Chapter 9 of the Zoology of the Voyage o… Baca selengkapnya »
São Tomé Island, at 854 km2 (330 sq mi), is the largest island of São Tomé and PrÃncipe and is home in 2009 to about 157,000 or 96% of the nation's population. This island and smaller nearby islets make up São Tomé Province, which is divide… Baca selengkapnya »
Pico de São Tomé is the highest mountain in São Tomé and PrÃncipe at 2,024 metres. It lies just west of the centre of São Tomé Island in the Obo National Park. The second highest point, Pico Ana Chaves, lies to its south east. The mountain is … Baca selengkapnya »
Queen Mary's Peak is the summit of the island of Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean. It has an elevation of 2,062 metres (6,765Â ft) above sea level. It is named after Mary of Teck, the Queen consort of King George V. It is the highest poi… Baca selengkapnya »
Mount Pico (Portuguese: Montanha do Pico) is a stratovolcano and the highest mountain of Portugal, located on the island of Pico, in the mid-Atlantic archipelago of the Azores. It is situated at 2,351 metres (7,713Â ft) above sea level, it is one of … Baca selengkapnya »
Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is the most prominent island of the Sotavento group of Cape Verde: it rises to nearly 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level at its summit, Pico do Fogo. History Fogo was discovered in 1460 by a Genovese captain Antóni… Baca selengkapnya »
Mount Teide (Spanish: Pico del Teide, IPA: [ˈpiko ðel ˈteiðe], "Teide Peak") is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Its 3,718-metre (12,198 ft) summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands o… Baca selengkapnya »
Monte Sarmiento is a pyramidal peak with a glaciated saddle-shaped summit located within Alberto de Agostini National Park, in the Chilean portion of Tierra del Fuego. It rises abruptly from the east shore of the Magdalena Channel and marks the weste… Baca selengkapnya »
Villarrica (/ËŒviËəˈriËkÉ™/ VEE-É™-REE-kÉ™) (Spanish: Volcán Villarrica, Mapudungun: … Baca selengkapnya »
Cerro Torre is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in the border between Argentina and Chile, west of Cerro Chaltén (also known as Fitz Roy). The peak is the highest in a four mountain chain: the… Baca selengkapnya »
Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain located near El Chaltén village, in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile. First climbed in 195… Baca selengkapnya »
Tronador is an extinct stratovolcano in the southern Andes, located along the border between Argentina and Chile, near the Argentine city of Bariloche. The mountain was named Tronador (Spanish for Thunderer) by locals in reference to the sound of fal… Baca selengkapnya »
Cerro El Plomo is a mountain located in the Andes near Santiago, Chile. With an elevation of 5,434 m (17,783Â ft), it is the largest peak visible from Santiago on clear days. The adequate season to climb this mountain is between November and March. I… Baca selengkapnya »
Llullaillaco is a potentially active stratovolcano at the border of Argentina (Salta Province) and Chile. It lies in the Puna de Atacama, a region of very high volcanic peaks on a high plateau within the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places in th… Baca selengkapnya »
