Fishtail
Machapuchare, Machhapuchchhre or Machhapuchhre, is a mountain situated in the Annapurna massif of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. Its highest peak has never been officially climbed due to the impossibility of gaining a permit from the government of Nepal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 6,993 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Fishtail Mountain”, “Machapuchare”, “Machhapuchhre”, and “Mt. Fish Tail”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mardi Himal.
Mardi Himal
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mardi Himal is a 5,587-metre peak beneath the much more prominent Machapuchare in the Annapurna region of Nepal, from which it is separated by a 5,200 metres col. It was first summited in 1961 by Basil Goodfellow.
Fishtail
- Categories: mountain, virgin peak, and landform
- Location: Machhapuchchhre, Kaski, Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.49798° or 28° 29′ 53″ northLongitude
83.94588° or 83° 56′ 45″ eastElevation
6,993 metres (22,943 feet)Open location code
7MW5FWXW+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 727108156OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Fishtail from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Fishtail” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մաչապուչարե”
- Belarusian: “Мачапучарэ”
- Bulgarian: “Мачапучаре”
- Catalan: “Machapuchare”
- Cebuano: “Māchhāpuchhare”
- Chinese: “魚尾峰”
- Chinese: “鱼尾峰”
- Czech: “Mačapučare”
- Dotyali: “माछापुच्छ्रे हिमाल”
- Dutch: “Machapuchare”
- Dutch: “Machhapuchhre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ماتشهاپوتشهر”
- Finnish: “Machhapuchhare”
- French: “Machapuchare”
- French: “Machapucharé”
- French: “Machhaphuchhare”
- French: “Machhapuchhare”
- German: “Machapuchare”
- German: “Machapucharé”
- German: “Machhapuchare”
- German: “Machhapucharé”
- German: “Machhapuchhre”
- Italian: “Machapuchare”
- Japanese: “マチャプチャレ”
- Javanese: “Machhapuchhre”
- Korean: “마차푸차레”
- Korean: “마차푸차레산”
- Ladin: “Machhapuchhre”
- Maithili: “माछापुच्छ्रे हिमालय”
- Nepali: “Māchhāpuchchhre”
- Nepali: “माछापुच्छ्रे हिमाल”
- Nepali: “माछापुछ्रे”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Machapuchare”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Machapuchare”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Machapucharé”
- Norwegian: “Machapuchare”
- Persian: “ماچوپوچار”
- Polish: “Machapuchare”
- Polish: “Machhapuchhare”
- Polish: “Maczhapuczhar”
- Portuguese: “Machapuchare”
- Portuguese: “Machhapuchhare”
- Russian: “Мачапучаре”
- Russian: “Мачапучре”
- Slovenian: “Mačapučara”
- Spanish: “Machapuchare”
- Swahili: “Machapuchare”
- Swedish: “Machapuchare”
- Swedish: “Machhapuchchhre”
- Swedish: “Machhapuchhre”
- Tamil: “மச்சபூச்சர மலை”
- Thai: “เขามาฉาปุจฉเร”
- Ukrainian: “Мачапучаре”
- Venetian: “Machapuchare”
- Western Panjabi: “مچھپچھرا”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fishtail”. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.