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Roof of the World is a metaphoric description of the highest region in the world, also known as "High Asia", or the Trans-Himalaya, the mountainous interior of Asia. The term is also used for parts of this region, for

For ancient geography, see Mount Imeon
Mount Imeon

Mount Imeon is an ancient name for the Central Asian complex of mountain ranges comprising the present Hindu Kush, Pamir Mountains and Tian Shan, extending from the Zagros Mountains in the southwest to the Altay Mountains in the northeast, and linked to the Kunlun Mountains, Karakoram and Himalayas to the southeast....
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In Victorian times
Victorian era

The Victorian Era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the period of Victoria of the United Kingdom reign from June 1837 to January 1901....
 and in older encyclopedias the term was exclusively used for the Pamirs
Pamir Mountains

The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia formed by the junction or knot of the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, and Hindu Kush ranges....
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With the awakening of public interest in Tibet, the Pamirs, "since 1875 ...






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Roof of the World is a metaphoric description of the highest region in the world, also known as "High Asia", or the Trans-Himalaya, the mountainous interior of Asia. The term is also used for parts of this region, for
  • the Pamirs
    Pamir Mountains

    The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia formed by the junction or knot of the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, and Hindu Kush ranges....
    ,
  • Tibet
    Tibetan Plateau

    The Tibetan Plateau , also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in China and Ladakh in Kashmir, India....
  • the Himalayas
    Himalayas

    The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
  • Mount Everest
    Mount Everest

    Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is ....


For ancient geography, see Mount Imeon
Mount Imeon

Mount Imeon is an ancient name for the Central Asian complex of mountain ranges comprising the present Hindu Kush, Pamir Mountains and Tian Shan, extending from the Zagros Mountains in the southwest to the Altay Mountains in the northeast, and linked to the Kunlun Mountains, Karakoram and Himalayas to the southeast....
.

In Victorian times
Victorian era

The Victorian Era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the period of Victoria of the United Kingdom reign from June 1837 to January 1901....
 and in older encyclopedias the term was exclusively used for the Pamirs
Pamir Mountains

The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia formed by the junction or knot of the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, and Hindu Kush ranges....
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  • Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed. (1911): "PAMIRS, a mountainous region of central Asia...the Bam-i-dunya ('The Roof of the World')".
  • The Columbia Encyclopedia , 1942 edition: "the Pamirs (Persian = roof of the world)".
  • Hachette
    Hachette

    Hachette can refer to:...
    , 1890: "Le toit du monde (Pamir)", French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
     for "Roof of the World (Pamir)".
  • Der Große Brockhaus
    Brockhaus

    Brockhaus may refer to:* Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus , German encyclopedia publisher and editor** Brockhaus Enzyklop?die, German-language encyclopedia...
    , Leipzig 1928-1935: "Dach der Welt, Bezeichnung für das Hochland von Pamir
    Pamir

    Pamir may refer to:* Pamir Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia* Pamir languages, a group of languages spoken in this area* Pamir , an ill-fated German sailing ship...
    ", i.e., "roof of the world, term describing the Pamir highlands", and (in translation): "Pamir highlands, nodal point of the mountain systems of Tien-Shan, Kun-lun, Karakoram
    Karakoram

    Karakoram is a large mountain range spanning the borders between Pakistan, China, and India, located in the regions of Gilgit District, Ladakh, and Baltistan....
    , the Himalayas
    Himalayas

    The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
     and Hindukush, and therefore called the roof of the world."


With the awakening of public interest in Tibet, the Pamirs, "since 1875 ... probably the best explored region in High Asia", went out of the limelight and the description "Roof of the World" has been increasingly applied to Tibet and the Tibetan plateau
Tibetan Plateau

The Tibetan Plateau , also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in China and Ladakh in Kashmir, India....
, and occasionally, esp. in French ("Toît du monde"), even to Mt. Everest, but the traditional use is still alive.