Who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975?
Answer
Junko Tabei
80 The Himalayas Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Himalayan lake is Nepal’s largest by surface area?
Answer
Rara Lake
Which Himalayan pass links the Kullu Valley with the Lahaul and Spiti valleys?
Answer
Rohtang Pass
Which Himalayan tectonic feature marks the boundary between the Higher Himalaya and the Lesser Himalaya?
Answer
Main Central Thrust
Which Himalayan glacier is the source of the Bhagirathi River?
Answer
Gangotri Glacier
Which Himalayan peak is widely recognized as the world’s highest unclimbed mountain?
Answer
Gangkhar Puensum
What is the capital city of the Himalayan country Bhutan?
Answer
Thimphu
About how many million years ago did the Indian Plate begin colliding with Eurasia to form the Himalayas?
Answer
About 50 million years ago
Which Himalayan national park in Uttarakhand is famous for alpine flowers?
Answer
Valley of Flowers National Park
Which Himalayan peak was first climbed in winter in 1985?
Answer
Cho Oyu
Which Himalayan river is called the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet and the Brahmaputra in India?
Answer
Brahmaputra River
What is the largest glacier in the Himalayas by area?
Answer
Siachen Glacier
Which Himalayan national park surrounds Mount Everest on Nepal’s side?
Answer
Sagarmatha National Park
What is the approximate east-to-west length of the Himalayan mountain system?
Answer
2,400 kilometres
What is the name of the Himalayan range’s highest and northernmost major mountain chain?
Answer
Great Himalaya
Which Himalayan mountain was the first 8,000-metre peak climbed, in 1950?
Answer
Annapurna I
What is the officially recognized height of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain?
Answer
8,848.86 metres