Shishapangma
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{{Infobox Mountain
| Name = Shishapangma
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| Elevation = 8,013 metres (26,289 feet)
Ranked 14th
| Location = Tibet (China)
| Range = Langtang Himal
| Prominence = 2,897 metres
| Coordinates = Template:Coor dm
| First ascent = 1964 by a Chinese team
| Easiest route = snow/ice climb
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Shishapangma is the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the eight-thousanders. Shishapangma was the last 8,000 metre peak to be climbed. The Tibetan name means "crest above the grassy plains". Alternate names of Shishapangma include Gosainthan (Sanskrit for "place of the saint"), Xixabangma (Chinese for "bad weather") and Xixabangma Feng.
Shishapangma was first climbed on May 2 1964 by Hsu Ching and his ten man Chinese expedition.
On 14 January 2005, Piotr Morawski and Simone Moro, made the first ascent in calendar winter
Approximately 21 people have died climbing Shishapangma.
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| Everest | K2 | Kanchenjunga | Lhotse | Makalu | Cho Oyu | Dhaulagiri | Manaslu | Nanga Parbat | Annapurna | Gasherbrum I | Broad Peak | Gasherbrum II | Shishapangma |
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