WORLD’S HIGHEST PEAKS
ARE THEY BEYOND MT. EVEREST ? CALCUTTA, April 12. Keen interest is manifested in mountaineering amt .scientific circles in In ilia in the comment-of Colonel L. V. Stuart Blacker, chief oh.verv.er of the Mt. Everest expedition who, in describing the first flight over .the mountain, said they saw a great distance to the northwards across a vast hare snowless plateau, a group of snowclad peaks ami summits, which seemed even higher than Mt. Everest.
Just north of Alt. Everest there is an unnamed peak, the height of which is given as 28,450 ft. on official maps. Thus it is higher than Godwin Austen, which is usually regarded as the second highest peak, being 28.238 ft. Along longitude 87 there is another very high snow peak, which has not vet been measured. This is believed to be one of the peaks seen by Colonel ‘Stuart Blacker, and it may possibly exceod the height of Mt. Everest.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18079, 4 May 1933, Page 7
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