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ZonerRoamer t1_iyej14t wrote

Reply to comment by WalkerFromFlatlands in Unknown peak, the Himalayas. [OC][6000x4000] by Grothorious

A lot of the peaks don't have names, just numbers denominatios based on their height and that's it. (E.g. 'Point 5353')

There are too many peaks to name them all!

It turned out to be an issue in 1999 when India and Pakistan fought a war there and most of the landmarks that India had to recapture did not even have names. (Some were given names during the war).

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Ok_Yogurtcloset8915 t1_iyetrp7 wrote

I've always loved that about the Himalayas, that there are so many that we can't even name them all and that some of the tallest are so high that no one ever knew they were there

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