Dhaulagiri (8,167), whose name means White Mountain, is the seventh highest mountain in the world. It is an enormous Himalayan massif, located in north central Nepal. It is the highest mountain located entirely within Nepal. Dhaulagiri I, with a peak of 8,167m above sea level, and other mountains in the Himalayas, as observed by the optical sensor aboard Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 (JERS-1). Nilgiri, with a peak of 7,061m, is part of the Annapurna Himal (mountain group) on the right. The Dhaulagiri Himal is in the lower center. White or pale purple indicates the mountainous areas covered with snow or ice.
Surrounding Dhaulagiri I, in the lower center of the figure, are Tukuche Peak (6,920m) on the northeast, Dhaulagiri II (7,751m), Dhaulagiri III (7,715m), Dhaulagiri V (7,618m), Dhaulagiri IV (7,661m), Dhaulagiri VI (7,268m), Gurja Himal (7,193m), Churen Himal (7,371m), and Putha Hiunchuli (7,246m).
The area of the upper glacier is approximately 13sq km, and the lower one is approximately 8sq km (refer to the scale bar).
In the reference, we find that "Dhaulagiri" originates in "Dhavalagiri" from the Sanskrit: "dhavala" means "white" and "giri" means "mountain."
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