Guangming

Places of Interest

Rongbuk Glacier

Glacier

Photo: Ocrambo, Public domain.

The Rongbuk Glacier is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet. Two large tributary glaciers, the East Rongbuk Glacier and the West Rongbuk Glacier, flow into the main Rongbuk Glacier.

Khumbutse Peak

Peak

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Khumbutse is the first mountain west of Mount Everest. It lies at the border between Nepal and China.

Lingtren

Peak

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Lingtren, 6,749 metres, is a mountain in the Mahalangur Himal area of Himalaya, about 8 kilometres distant in a direct line from Mount Everest. It lies on the international border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and it was first climbed in 1935.

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Khumbu Icefall

Locality

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The Khumbu Icefall is located at the head of the Khumbu Glacier and the foot of the Western Cwm. It lies at an elevation of 5,486 metres on the Nepalese slopes of Mount Everest, not far above Base Camp and southwest of the summit.

Gorakshep

Hamlet

Photo: Niklassletteland, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gorak Shep, also spelled Gorakshep, is a settlement nestled on the periphery of a frozen lakebed blanketed with sand in Nepal, sharing its name with the locale. Gorakshep is situated 8 km southwest of Guangming.

Hillary Step

Locality

Photo: Debasish biswas kolkata, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Hillary Step was a 40-foot vertical rock face that sat 8,790 metres above sea level on the southeast ridge of Mount Everest. Some 30 metres vertically below the mountain's 8,849-metre summit, it lay halfway between the "South Summit" and topping out. Hillary Step is situated 9 km southeast of Guangming.

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