Koshi Province
Solukhumbu
Khumbu Pasanglamhu

Nuptse

Nuptse or Nubtse is a mountain in the region of the Mahalangur Himal, a part of the . It lies 2 km to the southwest of .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 7,864 metres
  • Description: mountain in Himalaya
  • Also known as: “Nubtse”, “Nup Tse”, and “Nuptse I”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nuptse Glacier.

Glacier
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khumbu Icefall and Hillary Step.

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 Nepali slopes of , not far above Base Camp and southwest of the summit.

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 . Located halfway between the "South Summit" and the true summit, the was the most technically difficult part of the typical Nepal-side Everest climb and the last real challenge before reaching the top of the mountain.

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.

Nuptse

Latitude
27.96737° or 27° 58′ 3″ north
Longitude
86.88696° or 86° 53′ 13″ east
Elevation
7,864 metres (25,801 feet)
Open location code
7MV8XV8P+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3696097628
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
7302334
Wiki­data ID
Q1139538
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Nuptse” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Nuptse”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nuptze”
  • Basque: “Nuptse”
  • Bhojpuri: “नुप्त्से”
  • Bulgarian: “Нупце”
  • Catalan: “Nuptse Shar”
  • Catalan: “Nuptse”
  • Cebuano: “Nuptse”
  • Chinese: “努子一峰”
  • Chinese: “努子峰”
  • Czech: “Nupce”
  • Czech: “Nuptse”
  • Danish: “Nuptse”
  • Dutch: “Nuptse”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل نوپتس”
  • Esperanto: “Nupce”
  • Finnish: “Nuptse”
  • French: “Nuptse”
  • German: “Nuptse”
  • Hindi: “नुप्त्से”
  • Hindi: “नुब्त्से”
  • Italian: “Nuptse”
  • Japanese: “ヌプツェ”
  • Japanese: “ヌプツェⅠ”
  • Korean: “눕체산”
  • Ladin: “Nuptse”
  • Lithuanian: “Nupcė”
  • Lithuanian: “Nuptsė”
  • Maithili: “नुबचे”
  • Malay: “Nuptse”
  • Nepali: “नुप्त्से”
  • Nepali: “नुबचे”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nuptse”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nuptse”
  • Norwegian: “Nuptse”
  • Ossetian: “Нупцзе”
  • Persian: “کوه نوپتسه”
  • Persian: “نوپتسه”
  • Polish: “Nuptse”
  • Portuguese: “Nuptse”
  • Russian: “Нупцзе”
  • Russian: “пик Нупцзе I”
  • Slovenian: “Nuptse”
  • Spanish: “Nuptse”
  • Swedish: “Nuptse”
  • Tibetan: “ནུབ་རྩེ”
  • Ukrainian: “Нупце”
  • Ukrainian: “Нупцзе”
  • Uzbek: “Nuptse”
  • Venetian: “Nuptse”
  • Western Panjabi: “نپٹسے”
  • “नुप्त्से”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as The Balcony and Third Step.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nuptse II and Nuptse Shar I.

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