High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Dhaulagiri massif in Nepal extends 120 km from the Kaligandaki River west to the Bheri. This massif is enclosed on the north and southwest by tributaries of the Bheri and on the southeast by Myagdi Khola. Dhaulagiri I at 8,167 metres (26,795 ft) ranks seventh among Earth`s fourteen peaks over eight thousand metres. It was first climbed on May 13, 1960 by a Swiss/Austrian expedition.