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September 11, 1817 in Daily National Intelligencer

Foreign News September 11, 1817

Daily National Intelligencer

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Himalaya Mountains, Height Measurements, Dhawalagiri, Nepal Valley, Patna Visibility

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Measurements of principal Himalaya mountains, inaccessible to Europeans, show heights up to 26,862 feet above sea level for Dhawalagiri. Visibility from Patna and Bengal noted. From Chr. Obs., June 1817.

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The heights of the principal Himalaya mountains, hitherto inaccessible to Europeans, and long supposed in India to be the most elevated in the world, have been lately measured by observations; the mean results of which are nearly as follows:

Eng. feet.
Dhawalagiri, or Dholagiri 26,462 Above the sea,
26,862
A mountain supposed to be Dhaibur, (above the sea,) 24,740
A mountain not named, (above the sea,) 22,769
Ditto, (above the valley of Nepal, which is 4,600 higher than the sea,) 20,025 Above the sea 24,626
Another near it, (above the valley of Nepal,) 18,662 Above the sea, 23,262
A third in its vicinity, (above the valley of Nepal,) 18,452 Above the sea, 23,052

The Himalaya chain is visible from Patna on the southern part of the Ganges, as a continued well-defined line of white cliffs, extending through more than two points of the compass, at a distance of about sixty leagues, while, at an equal distance Chimborazo, the highest of the Andes, is seen as a single point the rest of the Cordilleras being invisible. The peak of Chamaliri, near the frontiers of Thibet, is visible from various stations in Bengal, the most remote of which is not less than 232 English miles.

Chr. Obs. June, 1817.

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Himalaya Mountains Height Measurements Dhawalagiri Nepal Valley Patna Visibility

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heights measured: dhawalagiri 26,862 ft above sea; dhaibur 24,740 ft; unnamed 22,769 ft; another 24,626 ft; near it 23,262 ft; third 23,052 ft.

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Principal Himalaya mountains measured by observations, results including Dhawalagiri at 26,462 ft (26,862 above sea), supposed Dhaibur at 24,740 ft above sea, unnamed at 22,769 ft above sea, one above Nepal valley at 20,025 ft (24,626 above sea), another at 18,662 ft (23,262 above sea), third at 18,452 ft (23,052 above sea). Chain visible from Patna, 60 leagues away; Chamaliri visible from Bengal, 232 miles.