The Washington herald., 1909-01-10
HIMALAYAS OVERTOP OTHERS
Mountains Elsewhere on the Globe
Made to Look Like Anthills.
Many of the Highest Peaks In India
Have No Native Names, SO
Are Grouped.

The geological survey Of India has just
published four large pamphlets giving q
summary OF the geographical information
concerning the Himalzyas that has been
a accommodating FOR a century since the
hrst survey party was sent out among
the mountains IN 1907. These volumes
are written for the general public and the
results are presented IN a popular man
ner.
The first impression one gets from them
Is that the HimaIayas 50 far exceed every
other mountain system in the world in
everything that makes the greatness OF
mountains that they stand in a class By
themselves.
Though these mighty ranges have been
included in the survey scheme Of British
India for a century. a great many OF
their lofty peaks are not yet mapped and
there are many hundreds OF SUBMITS
whose height Is not yet known. But OF
the peaks that have been measured there
are seventy-fve whose height exceeds
2iO00 feet
Il is certain that there IS no mountain
OF this height in North America. and Il
there is 50 lefty a summit in South
America the fact is yet 10 be shown.
Each OF these seventy-fve mountains is
nearly or more than two miles higher
than the l0ftiest eminence Of Europe and
stands f0uT-hfths OF a mile or more
above the highest point in Africa.
The geological survey catalogues these
seventy-fve principal peak in i've
classes in order OF magn .ude. The
peaks OF the first magniJud-. exceeding
= 90 feet in height. include only Mount
Everest and KinchiHjunga I; peaks OF
the second magnitude. between ZOO and
secs feet. are Kinchinjuuga Il and
Makala: third magnitude. between 26.oet
and 27.000, Il mognSsins; fourth magni-
tude. between $500 and $500. g noun
tains. and fifth magnitude, between q OK
and s5,e29. y mountains.
Thus far So mountains have been
measured whose height is 2o.o00 feet o.
more. II IS estimated. according 10 The
law OF probability. based upon the work
already done. that there are probably
1913 mountains in the Himalayas that
are 2o0o9 feet or more IN height
There are besides many hundreds OF
prominent. but. lower. SUBMITS. Very
few Of these mountains have native
names and the question rises how. as
the mapping OF the Himslayas progress,
shall this vast array OF SUBMITS be
designated
CT the seventy-five greatest peaks only
nineteen have native names The sur
vey says It would be a mistake 70 at
tempt % attach an actual name %
every peak Astronomers do NOT name
the stars; IN early DAYS they grouped
them into consultations. and they now
number them according 20 right as
Cension. The survey proposes 70 fol-
low the method introduced by C~L
Montgomerie in the KaTakoram region.
where he has named the whole region X
and its peaks HI. K2. KS &c.
The survey says that the most isolated
and probably the most imposing peak II
ali Asia is ono whose name q few persons
have ever heard. II IS Manga Parbat.
standing on the western side Of the Indus
valley and rising 10 height Of $50 feet.
Within sixty miles Of il no other sum
nit attains an altitude OF more than T.
90. so il surpasSeS all its surroundings by
more than 9.C90 feet The mountain does
not rise from a high elevation. as Is the
case with many Himalayan SUBMITS. but
Il is thrust skyward from base that is
only $500 feet above the sea. so that
25.I3o feet Of Il is completely exposed 70
the gaze OF the observer and al a dis
lance Of less than forty miles he has an
unparalleled view o. this overwhelming
spectacle. with its vast suowfelds. gia-
ciers and crags.