. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. 000 feet and over, are not groupedtogether in one range, but are dispersed along the whole system of the Col. S. G. Burrard and H. H. Hayden, A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of theHimalaya Mountains and Tibet. Calcutta 1907-1909. * In the same summer Dr. T. G. Longstaff discovered an imposing peak at the head of theSiachen glacier, then explored for the first time. He reckoned it to bo over 27,000 feet high;but later measurements made by the Trigonometrical S
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. 000 feet and over, are not groupedtogether in one range, but are dispersed along the whole system of the Col. S. G. Burrard and H. H. Hayden, A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of theHimalaya Mountains and Tibet. Calcutta 1907-1909. * In the same summer Dr. T. G. Longstaff discovered an imposing peak at the head of theSiachen glacier, then explored for the first time. He reckoned it to bo over 27,000 feet high;but later measurements made by the Trigonometrical Survey in 1911 prove it to be only 24,489 feet(± 100 feet). (9221) A 2 4 Chai)t(.r I. Himalaya. Thus the three highest mountains on the globe are placedone in the central, one in the western and one in the eastern brief survey of the various ranges will give me an opportunityto enumerate the chief mountaineering and exploring expeditions whichhave been undertaken in the Himalaya, and will make clear the reasonswhich guided His Royal Highness the Duke of the Abruzzi in hisselection of the field for his expedition.^. DARJILING AND KINCHrNJUNOA. Kinchinjunga, the third highest peak on the earth (28,150 feet),rises upon the borders between Nepaul and Sikkim, where the centraland eastern Himalaya meet. It is fairly easy to reach the glaciers,wliich are only about 45 miles from DarjiUng, the well-known climaticstation where numerous English officers and ci\aHans seek health andrest from the burning plains in summer. The vallejs wliich slope upfrom Darjihng into the mountains are covered with luxuriant forests,whose aspect is tropical even at a great height and where Alpine jilants In the following pages I liave not taken note of several ascents to great heights whichwere made at various points by the topographers of the Trigonometrical Survey of India. Ishall have occasion to quote them further on in the course of this work in a critical analysis ofthe statistics of the as
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