Mera Peak map

Mera Peak

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6 476 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

1 087 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 2 780 m

About

Mera Peak is a mountain in the Mahalangur section, Barun sub-section of the Himalaya and administratively in Nepal's Sagarmatha Zone, Sankhuwasabha. At 6,476 metres (21,247 ft) it is classified as a trekking peak. It contains three main summits: Mera North, 6,476 metres (21,247 ft); Mera Central, 6,461 metres (21,198 ft); and Mera South, 6,065 metres (19,898 ft), as well as a smaller "trekking summit", visible as a distinct summit from the south but not marked on most maps of the region.

The height of Mera is often given as 6,654 metres (21,831 ft), and claimed to be the highest trekking peak. This figure actually points to nearby Peak 41, which was mistakenly named Mera in a list of Himalayan peaks, and the figures were copied to the official trekking peak list as they were, including the wrong location coordinates.

By elevation Mera Peak is

# 10 out of 13 in Makalu-Barun National Park
# 65 out of 212 in Eastern Development Region
# 47 out of 99 in Solukhumbu

By prominence Mera Peak is

# 3 out of 13 in Makalu-Barun National Park
# 46 out of 866 in Nepal
# 16 out of 212 in Eastern Development Region
# 11 out of 99 in Solukhumbu