Dhaulagiri II () is a

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Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. It is part of the Dhaulagiri mountain range in north-central Nepal at an elevation of and with the

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of . Dhaulagiri II is the second highest mountain in the Dhaulagiri mountain range and it was first climbed by an Austrian-American expedition from its northwest side.

Geography

Dhaulagiri II is located at the border of Chharka Tangsong Rural Municipality,

Dolpa Dolpa District ( ne, डोल्पा जिल्ला), is a district, located in Karnali Province of Nepal, It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and one of ten district of Karnali. The district, with Dunai as its district h ...

, and Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality,

Myagdi Myagdi District ( ne, :ne:म्याग्दी जिल्ला, म्याग्दी जिल्ला ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Beni, Dhawalagiri, Beni as its dis ...

at above

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and its

is . It is part of the Dhaulagiri mountain range in north-central Nepal, and Dhaulagiri II is the second highest mountain in the mountain range. The main peak of the mountain range, Dhaulagiri, is the seventh highest mountain in the world at above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country.

Climbing history

In 1955, Dhaulagiri II was approached by

J. O. M. Roberts Lieutenant Colonel James Owen Merion Roberts MVO MBE MC (21 September 1916 – 1 November 1997) was one of the greatest Himalayan mountaineer-explorers of the twentieth century; a highly decorated British Army officer who achieved his grea ...

and others. In 1963, an Austrian expedition attempted to ascend Dhaulagiri II from

Dhaulagiri V The Dhaulagiri massif in Nepal extends from the Kaligandaki River west to the Bheri. This massif is bounded on the north and southwest by tributaries of the Bheri River and on the southeast by the Myagdi Khola. Toponymy Dhaulagiri (ध� ...

which were among the last unclimbed seven-thousanders. However, they only managed to reach . Two years later, a Japanese expedition was also unsuccessful due to a avalanche. On 18 May 1971, Dhaulagiri II was first climbed by Adolf Huber, Ronald Fear, Adi Weissensteiner, and Jangbu Sherpa during an Austrian-American expedition via its northwest side. On 8 May 1975, the second successful climb was made by ten Japanese men by using a new route from the Tsaurabong Glacier. In 1982, a French expedition led by François Imbert using a new route, however, they abandoned the mountain after reaching on 19 October due to heavy snow which posed a threat for an avalanche.

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External links

Dhaulagiri II
at Nepal Himal Peak Profile Seven-thousanders of the Himalayas Mountains of the Gandaki Province