Walker, H.

Japanese: ウォーカー,H. - うぉーかー
Walker, H.

…A famous mountain in the Mont Blanc mountain range in the European Alps. The summit ridge stretches for about 1 km along the border between France and Italy and is made up of six peaks: the eastern peak (highest point, Walker Peak, 4,205 m), the western peak (Whymper Peak, 4,184 m), Clos Peak (4,110 m), Helene Peak (4,040 m), Marguerite Peak (4,066 m), and Young Peak (3,996 m). The western peak was first climbed by E. Whymper and his party in 1865, and the eastern peak, the highest point, was first climbed by H. Walker and his party in 1868. …

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Japanese:

…ヨーロッパ・アルプスのモン・ブラン山群にある名峰。フランスとイタリアの国境に約1kmの長さでのびている頂稜には,東峰(最高点,ウォーカー・ピーク,4205m),西峰(ウィンパー・ピーク,4184m),クロ・ピーク(4110m),エレーヌ・ピーク(4040m),マルグリット・ピーク(4066m),ヤング・ピーク(3996m)の六つのピークが連なっている。1865年にE.ウィンパーの一行によって西峰が初登頂されたのち,最高点の東峰は68年にH.ウォーカーの一行によって初登頂された。…

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