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World's highest weather stations

June 18 , 2019 1778 days 795 0
  • The National Geographic Society has installed world’s highest operating weather stations on Mount Everest.
  • It will provide researchers, climbers, and the public with near real-time information about mountain conditions.
  • The team has installed the world's two highest operating automated weather stations at Balcony area (8,430 m) and South Col (7,945 m), as well as three other weather stations on Mount Everest.
  • The other stations were placed at Phortse (3,810 m), Everest Base Camp (5,315 m) and Camp II (6,464 m).

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