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Hiunchuli (        ) is a peak in the Himalayas of central ___MASK16___ . The mountain is an extension of Annapurna South . Between this peak and Machapuchare is a narrow section of the Modi Khola valley that provides the only access to the Annapurna Sanctuary . Annapurna South , also called Annapurna Dakshin or Moditse , is a mountain in the Annapurna Himal range of the Himalayas , and the 101st - highest mountain in the ___MASK10___ . It was first ascended in 1964 , and is 7 , 219 metres ( 23 , 684 ft ) tall . The nearby mountain Hiunchuli is in fact an extension of Annapurna South . ___MASK2___ ( Tibetan Pinyin : " boe ", ; / i t  s¹ /) is a region on the Tibetan Plateau in Asia . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa , Qiang , and Lhoba peoples and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people . ___MASK2___ is the highest region on Earth , with an average elevation of . The highest elevation in ___MASK2___ is Mount Everest , Earth ' s highest mountain , rising 8 , 848 m ( 29 , 029 ft ) above sea level . ___MASK3___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK3___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the ___MASK10___ . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with ___MASK73___ to the west ; ___MASK89___ , ___MASK16___ , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK3___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK3___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . The Himalayas , or Himalaya , ( or ) are a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau . The Indian subcontinent or the subcontinent , also called Indian continent , is a southern region of Asia , mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas . Geologically , the Indian subcontinent is related to the land mass that rifted from Gondwana and merged with the Eurasian plate nearly 55 million years ago . Geographically , it is the peninsular region in south - central Asia delineated by the Himalayas in the north , the Hindu Kush in the west , and the Arakanese in the east . Politically , the Indian subcontinent usually includes ___MASK82___ , ___MASK18___ , India , Maldives , ___MASK16___ , Pakistan and Sri Lanka . The Tibetan Plateau , also known in ___MASK89___ as the Qinghai  Tibet Plateau or the Qingzang Plateau or Himalayan Plateau , is a vast elevated plateau in Central Asia and East Asia , covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in western ___MASK89___ , as well as part of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir state of India . It stretches approximately north to south and east to west . With an average elevation exceeding , the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called " the Roof of the World " and is the world ' s highest and largest plateau , with an area of ( about five times the size of Metropolitan France ). Sometimes termed the Third Pole , the Tibetan Plateau contains the headwaters of the drainage basins of most of the streams in surrounding regions . Its tens of thousands of glaciers and other geographical and ecological features serve as a " water tower " storing water and maintaining flow . The impact of global warming on the Tibetan Plateau is of intense scientific interest . ___MASK16___ , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of ___MASK16___ , is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia . It has a population of 26 . 4 million and is the 93rd largest country by area . Bordering China in the north and India in the south , east , and west , it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state . ___MASK16___ does not border Bangladesh , which is located within only 27 km ( 17 mi ) of its southeastern tip . It neither borders Bhutan due to the Indian state of Sikkim being located in between . ___MASK16___ has a diverse geography , including fertile plains , subalpine forested hills , and eight of the world ' s ten tallest mountains , including Mount Everest , the highest point on Earth . Kathmandu is the nation ' s capital and largest city . It is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language . Machapuchare , Machhapuchchhre or Machhapuchhre , is a mountain in the Annapurna Himalayas of north central ___MASK16___ . It is revered by the local population as particularly sacred to the god Shiva , and hence is off limits to climbing .