North Col

The North Col refers to the sharp-edged pass carved by glaciers in the ridge connecting and in . It forms the head of the East Rongbuk Glacier.
Wikipedia
Photo: Lucag, CC BY-SA 2.5.
  • Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 7,100 metres
  • Description: mountain pass in Tibet
  • Also known as: “Chang La”, “Everest North Col”, and “Everest North Saddle”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Changtse and Everest South Peak.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain situated between the Main Rongbuk and East in , , immediately north of .

Peak
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
The South Summit is a subsidiary peak of in the between the and the main summit above sea level. Although the South Summit's elevation of 8,749 metres is higher than the second-highest mountain on Earth, it is not considered a separate mountain as its topographic prominence is only 11 meters.

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 . 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.

Locality
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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.

North Col

Latitude
28.01616° or 28° 0′ 58″ north
Longitude
86.92337° or 86° 55′ 24″ east
Elevation
7,100 metres (23,294 feet)
Open location code
7MW82W8F+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2681946526
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
10100186
Wiki­data ID
Q2611798
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Venetian—“North Col” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal aşırımı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal Aşırımı”
  • Bosnian: “Sjeverni prijevoj”
  • Catalan: “Beiao La”
  • Catalan: “Chang La”
  • Catalan: “Collada Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Everest North Col”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆلی باکوور”
  • Chinese: “北坳”
  • Dutch: “North Col”
  • Estonian: “Põhjasadul”
  • Finnish: “Chang Lan sola”
  • French: “Chang La”
  • French: “col Nord”
  • French: “Col Nord”
  • German: “Nordsattel”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर कोल”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी कर्नल”
  • Italian: “Colle Nord”
  • Japanese: “ノースコル”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ನಲ್”
  • Ladin: “North Col”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Còl Nòrd”
  • Russian: “Северная седловина”
  • Russian: “Северное седло Эвереста”
  • Russian: “Северное седло”
  • Russian: “Северное Седло”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni prijevoj (Mount Everest)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni prijevoj”
  • Slovak: “Severné sedlo”
  • Slovenian: “Severno sedlo”
  • Spanish: “Collado Norte”
  • Swedish: “Everest North Col”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Sırtı”
  • Ukrainian: “Північне сідло”
  • Venetian: “Cołe Nord”

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