What is Dhaulagiri?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Dhaulagiri | photo = Dhaulagiri_mountain.jpg | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 8167 | elevation_ref = <br /><small>Ranked 7th</small> | prominence_m = 3357 | prominence_ref = <br /><small>Ranked 55th</small> | parent_peak = [[K2]]<ref name=8000ers> {{cite web|url=http://www.8000ers.com/cms/en/download.html?func=startdown&id=168 | title=High Asia – All mountains and main peaks above 6750 m|publisher=8000ers.com|access-date=2014-08-28}}</ref> | range = [[Himalayas|Dhaulagiri Himal]] | listing = Eight-thousander<br />Ultra | location = [[Nepal]] | map = | range_coordinates = | map_caption = | map_size = | label_position = right | coordinates = {{coord|28|41|54|N|83|29|15|E|type:mountain_region:NP_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | first_ascent = May 13, 1960 by Kurt Diemberger, A. Schelbert, E. Forrer, Nawang Dorje, Nyima Dorje<br />(First winter ascent 21 January 1985 Jerzy Kukuczka and Andrzej Czok) | easiest_route = Northeast ridge }} '''Dhaulagiri''' is a group of [[mountain]]s in [[Nepal]]. It is {{convert|120|km|mi|-1|abbr=on}} long and lies between [[Gandaki River|Kaligandaki]] river and [[Bheri river|Bheri]] river. '''Dhaulagiri I''' which is the [[List of highest mountains|seventh highest mountain]] in the world whose height is {{convert|8167|m|ft}} lies in this group. The name Dhaulagiri comes from [[sanskrit]] in which dhawala means white, beautiful and giri means mountain. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Dhaulagiri}} * [http://www.himalaya-info.org/Map%20dhaulagiri_himal.htm Dhaulagiri on Himalaya-Info.org (German)] * [http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=63 Dhaulagiri on Peakware] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102203249/http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=63 |date=2010-01-02 }} * [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150777/dhaulagiri.html Dhaulagiri on summitpost.org] (Information about mountain climbing and first climb in detail) * [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/ Himalayan