Makalu

/muk"euh looh'/, n.

a mountain in the Himalayas, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet. 27,790 ft. (8470 m).

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Peak in the Himalayas, on the Nepalese-Tibetan border.

Located east-southeast of Mount Everest, it reaches 27,766 ft (8,463 m), making it one of the world's highest mountains. Attempts to ascend its steep, glacier-covered sides did not begin until 1954. On May 15, 1955, two French climbers

Jean Couzy and Lionel Terray

reached the summit, and seven more members of their party arrived within two days.

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▪ mountain, Asia

      one of the world's highest mountains (27,766 feet [8,463 m]), in the Himalayas on the Nepalese-Tibetan (Chinese) border. It lies 14 miles (23 km) east-southeast of Mount Everest. Makālu had been observed by climbers of Mount Everest, but attempts to ascend its steep, glacier-covered sides did not begin until 1954. On May 15, 1955, two members—Jean Couzy and Lionel Terray—of a French party reached the summit, and seven more arrived within two days.

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