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Lhotse: References & Edit History

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elevation
- In Mount Everest: Geology and relief
first ascent by Swiss climbers
- In mountaineering: History
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- In Mount Everest: Everest-Lhotse, 1956

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Map added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 09, 2023
	Invalidated site: Lhotse on Peakware.	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 03, 2015
	Article revised and updated.	Kenneth Pletcher	Jan 07, 2015
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999