Pakistan’s far north holds some of the world’s highest peaks and has a proud cultural identity, but until now international visitors have been thin on the ground. A new hiking tour explores a ...

Tanggula Railway Station is the highest train station in the world, at an elevation of 5,068 metres (16,627 feet) above sea ...

First, there's a distinction between Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region (also referred to as the TAR). Tibet is situated on the Tibet Plateau ... and plenty more mountains, lakes and forests.

Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something remarkable is taking place. The vast, rocky plate supporting India, known as the Indian Plate, is slowly breaking apart. Recent scientific ...

Polish mountain rescuers airlifted a man from the summit of Rysy, the highest peak in Poland, at dawn on Tuesday after he was unable to descend and spent the night there waiting for help.

Most of Asia's major rivers find their source on the Tibetan plateau. However as the global temperature rises, Tibet’s glaciers are melting and grassland permafrost is thawing at an alarming rate.

With several foundations laid down in the first meetings of the new Southern Georgian Bay OPP detachment board, it’s now time to prepare for the future. An appointment was made for Phil DeBruyne ...

Our team, led by Hao Li of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research and Qijun Ruan of the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, excavated Quina scrapers and related ...

One year later, he conquered Toubkal, at 4,167 m (13,671 ft), the highest peak in Morocco, and the Arab world. He did that on the second anniversary of the death of his paternal grandfather ...