Changtse

Changtse is a mountain situated between the Main Rongbuk and East in , , immediately north of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 7,543 metres
  • Description: mountain in Tibet, China
  • Also known as: “Changtse Peak”

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Col.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Lucag, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The refers to the sharp-edged col carved by glaciers in the ridge connecting and Changtse in . It forms the head of the East Rongbuk Glacier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hillary Step and Khumbu Icefall.

Locality
Photo: Debasish biswas kolkata, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The was a 40-foot vertical rock face that sat 8,790 metres above sea level on the southeast ridge of . Some 30 metres vertically below the mountain's 8,849-metre summit, it lay halfway between the "" and topping out.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is located at the head of the and the foot of the Western Cwm. It lies at an elevation of 5,486 metres on the Nepalese slopes of , not far above Base Camp and southwest of the summit.

Hamlet
Photo: Niklassletteland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gorak Shep, also spelled , is a settlement nestled on the periphery of a frozen lakebed blanketed with sand in Nepal, sharing its name with the locale. is situated 10 km southwest of Changtse.

Changtse

Latitude
28.02433° or 28° 1′ 28″ north
Longitude
86.91519° or 86° 54′ 55″ east
Elevation
7,543 metres (24,747 feet)
Open location code
7MW82WF8+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2677892526
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1280722
Wiki­data ID
Q595929
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Satellite Map

Discover Changtse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Venetian—“Changtse” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Çanqze”
  • Basque: “Changtse”
  • Bulgarian: “Чангце”
  • Catalan: “Changtse”
  • Cebuano: “Changtse”
  • Chinese: “章子峰”
  • Czech: “Čangce”
  • Dutch: “Changtse”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تشانجتس”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉangce”
  • Estonian: “Changtse”
  • French: “Changtse”
  • German: “Changtse”
  • Hindi: “चंग्त्से”
  • Hindi: “चांगसे”
  • Italian: “Changtse”
  • Japanese: “チャンツェ”
  • Ladin: “Changtse”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Changtse”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Changtse”
  • Persian: “چانگتسه”
  • Polish: “Changtse”
  • Portuguese: “Changtse”
  • Russian: “пик Чангцзе”
  • Russian: “Чангзе”
  • Sanskrit: “चाङ्त्से”
  • Slovenian: “Čangce”
  • Spanish: “Changtse”
  • Swedish: “Changtse”
  • Turkish: “Changtse”
  • Ukrainian: “Чангзе”
  • Uzbek: “Changze”
  • Venetian: “Changtse”

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Localities in the Area

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