Dhaulagiri peak seen from Muktinath, Nepal
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- October 1, 1984
- Location
- Muktinaath, Nepal
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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Dhaulagiri mountain seen from Muktinath, Nepal. The white peaks are foregrounded by the silhouettes of tree branches and mountains.
Dhaulagiri, at 8,167 meters, is the seventh-highest mountain in the world. The name Dhaulagiri comes from two Sanskrit words, and means “white mountain.”
