North Col
The North Col refers to the sharp-edged col carved by glaciers in the ridge connecting Mount Everest and Changtse in Tibet. It forms the head of the East Rongbuk Glacier.
- Mountain saddle with an elevation of 7,100 metres (23,294 feet)
- Description: mountain pass in Tibet
- Also known as“Chang La”“Everest North Col”“Everest North Saddle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Changtse and Everest South Peak.
Everest South Peak
The South Summit is a subsidiary peak of Mount Everest…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillary Step and Khumbu Icefall.
Hillary Step
The Hillary Step was a 40-foot vertical rock face that…
Khumbu Icefall
The Khumbu Icefall is located at the head of the Khumbu Glacier and the foot of the Western Cwm.
North Col
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Latitude
28.01616° or 28° 0′ 58″ north
Longitude
86.92337° or 86° 55′ 24″ east
Open location code
7MW82W8F+F8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Venetian—“North Col” goes by many names.
- 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”
- German: “Nordsattel”
- Hebrew: “האוכף הצפוני (אוורסט)”
- Hebrew: “האוכף הצפוני”
- 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”
- 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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