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Dhaulagiri

Also known as Dhwalagiri, Dhaulagiri I

Dhaulagiri, located in Nepal, is the seventh highest mountain in the world at above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country. Dhaulagiri I is also the highest point of the Gandaki river basin. It was first climbed on 13 May 1960 by a Swiss-Austrian-Nepali expedition. Annapurna I () is east of Dhaulagiri. The Kali Gandaki River flows between the two in the Kali Gandaki Gorge, the world's deepest. The town of Pokhara is south of the Annapurnas, an important regional center and the gateway for climbers and trekkers visiting both ranges as well as a tourist destin

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Dhaulagiri is Nepal's seventh-highest mountain in the world and the tallest mountain contained entirely within a single country's borders. It holds significance both as a major mountaineering objective—first summited in 1960—and as the highest point of the Gandaki river basin, located in a dramatic region between deep gorges and popular trekking destinations.

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Mountain.name: Dhaulagiri
Mountain.photo: Dhaulagiri - view from aircraft.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption: Aerial view of Dhaulagiri I from the southwest.
Mountain.elevation_m: 8167
Mountain.elevation_ref: Ranked 7th
Mountain.prominence_m: 3357
Mountain.prominence_ref: Ranked 55th
Mountain.parent_peak: K2
Mountain.range: Dhaulagiri Himal
Mountain.listing: Eight-thousanderUltra
Mountain.location: Nepal
Mountain.first_ascent: 13 May 1960 by Kurt Diemberger, A. Schelbert, E. Forrer, Nawang Dorje, Nyima Dorje(First winter ascent 21 January 1985 Jerzy Kukuczka and Andrzej Czok)
Mountain.easiest_route: Northeast ridge

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Toponymy
Geography
History
Climbing history
Partial timeline
See also
Sources
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== Toponymy == Dhaulagiri (धौलागिरी) is the Nepali name for the mountain which comes from Sanskrit where धवल (dhawala) means dazzling, white, beautiful and गिरि (giri) means mountain.

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