Anthropology of High Altitude Environments

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Anthropology of High Altitude Environments
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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
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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
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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
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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-Chi
na-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.
Worlds 10 Highest Peaks
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Mountain Statistics 1/8 (one-eighth) of the
world's people live in the mountains. 1/4
(one-fourth) of the worlds landscape is
mountainous. 1/4 (one-fourth) of the worlds
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 worlds countries have
mountain ranges or high plateaus.1,000s
(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.
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Mount Kailash (6,638m / 21,778 ft) Located in
China (Tibet)
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People and Cultures of High Altitudes
Places and Landscapes of High Altitude
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Andes
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Himalaya and Korakoram
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Alps
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Rocky Mountains
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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."