Himalaya, Asia (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"On the map, they are a part of that great crumpled range of mountains that runs from Afghanistan to Burma—a range I always called the Himalaya."

"“Sanjong was a Nepali military officer assigned to help a team of scientists studying soil erosion in the Himalaya.”"

"Actually, since Greenland has four percent, all the other glaciers in the world—Kilimanjaro, the Alps, the Himalaya, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Siberia—they all account for six percent of the planet’s ice."

"Warren Coughlin said "Too bad, he'll probably disappear into Central Asia marching about on a quiet but steady round from Kashgar to Lanchow via Lhasa with a string of yaks selling popcorn, safety-pins, and assorted colors of sewing-thread and occasionally climb a Himalaya and end up enlightening the Dalai Lama and all the gang for miles around and never be heard of again."