Nepal / China
Cho Oyu 8'201 m

The Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain on earth.

It is situated in the Khumbu section of the Mahalangur Himal about 20 km in the west of the Mt. Everest.

The Cho Oyu marks the Nepal-China border.

Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan.

First ascent: 19.10.1954 by Joseph Jöchler, Herbert Tichy (Austrian) and Pasang Dawa Lama (Nepali).

 

mountainstamp.com Cho Oyu 1983

Nepal 1983, Cho Oyu.

 

mountainstamp.com Cho Oyu 1983

Nepal 2004, Cho Oyu, "Golden Jubilee First Ascent".
The picture is showing a view from Gokyo.

 

 

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