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    The 40-kilometre (25 mi) Kharta valley starts at the col at Lhakpa La at the head of the Kharta Glacier from which the Kharta Chu (Chinese: 卡达曲) river...
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    north, through Tibet. A feasible route was discovered from the east up the Kharta Glacier and then crossing the Lhakpa La pass north east of Everest. It was...
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  • Iran Karta, Andika, a village in Andika County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Kharta or Karta, a Himalayan region in Tibet Kangaroo Island or Karta, an island...
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  • Khartaphu (redirect from Kharta Phu)
    Kardapu) is a mountain in the Himalayas of Asia at the head of the Tibetan Kharta valley. At 7,213 m (23,665 ft) above sea level, it is the 102nd highest...
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    days to reach the Kangshung Glacier from the nearest road at Yeuba (near Kharta.) A 1981 American attempt led by Richard Blum and Louis Reichardt, including...
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  • to turn back earlier. They then headed back east, not going directly to Kharta but climbing a considerable number of mountains over 20,000 feet (6,100 m)...
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    camp at approximately 20,000 ft (6,096 m). From the western head of the Kharta Glacier, they ascended to the col of Lhakpa La, at 22,470 ft (6,849 m)....
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    the Kama Valley, and grew up in Thame. He spent his early childhood in Kharta, near the north of the country. Norgay went to Nepal as a child to work...
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    Sketch map of Kharta and environs...
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  • realizations do not occur. For example, /ˈkɑ̂ːrta/ ('map') is realized as [ˈkʰɑ̌ʁta] (note that Tone 2 in Malmö sounds like Tone 1 in Stockholm), etc. An /r/...
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    har/khar, meaning "path" or "road." Nicholas Adontz proposed a connection with Kharta, a city mentioned in Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions, putatively having...
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    with an average of 13 785 litres per head that year. A dairy cow named Kharta, was the world record holder giving 18 208 litres of milk. The kibbutz runs...
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    La is the starting point of the Kharta Glacier which descends eastwards along the valley towards Kharta. The Kharta River is a tributary of the Arun...
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    eastern approaches to Everest. They decided the Kharta valley was suitable. Heron separately surveyed from Kharta back to Tingri and went on to make several...
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    reached from the east, the whole expedition decamped to the Kharta region, hoping that the Kharta Chu river and valley would reach up to the North Col from...
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    with Indian Everest Expedition 1965 as seventeenth. Gombu was born in the Kharta region to the north-east of Everest. His early life was marked by the complexities...
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    Amar Singh Thapa (Sardar), Bhotu Pande and in the second battle from the Kharta Axis. In 1794, King Rana Bahadur Shah came of age, and his first act was...
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    Terminus Chak Banwala towards ? Northern Railway zone Delhi–Fazilka line Terminus Northern Railway zone Fazilka–Abohar line Jhandwala Kharta towards ?...
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    attempt, had been sent over the 22,000-foot (6,700 m) Lhakpa La to the Kharta valley to recuperate and now the rest of the team joined them there to enjoy...
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  • Birahi, Chandopara, Dorazpara, Dhorsa, Kotalipara, Dhamin Pakuria, Islabari, Kharta, Matihar, Naonagar, Nonabhita, Paikpara, Purpara, Tahirpur-Pakuria, Tatipara...
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    Glacier can only be reached following an approach march of several days from Kharta, including crossing via the Shao La or Langma La passes into the Kama valley...
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  • is the col that was traversed by the 1921 expedition after ascending the Kharta valley. The party then split up to take part in what Shipton described as...
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