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Lhotse Middle remained the highest unclimbed named point on Earth for a long time.

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Lhotse

Nepal/China

Elevation
8,516 m
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Nepal/China
4th tallest mountain in the world

Lhotse is the fourth-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. At an elevation of 8,516 metres (27,940 ft) above sea level, the main summit is on the border between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu region of Nepal.

From the “Climbing” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Uwe Gille · CC BY-SA 3.0