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Cho Oyu
[ choh oh-yoo ]
- a peak on the Nepal-Tibet border, in the Himalayas: sixth highest in the world. 26,906 feet (8,201 meters).
Example Sentences
In addition to his Everest climbs, Kami Rita has scaled several other peaks that are among the world鈥檚 highest, including K2, Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Lhotse.
Stand at the lower end of Ngozumpa Glacier, which flows from 26,864-foot Cho Oyu, the world鈥檚 sixth-highest mountain, and you will see what appears to be a jumble of rocks filling the valley.
Last week, a Chinese expedition set up a series of weather stations on the 8,201-metre Cho Oyu on Tibet's border with Nepal to measure the impact of climate change in the Himalayas.
Earlier this week, a Chinese expedition set up a series of weather stations on the 8,201-metre Cho Oyu on Tibet's border with Nepal to measure the impact of climate change in the Himalayas.
Both climbers topped Shishapangma in Tibet region of China on April 26 and have since scaled Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, and Annapurna in Nepal before proceeding to Pakistan, where they climbed Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II and the Broad Peak before topping K2, completing all 14 in 92 days.
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