Nuptse Glacier
Nuptse Glacier is a glacier in Koshi Province, Nepal and has an elevation of 6,059 metres. Nuptse Glacier is situated nearby to the hamlet Lobuche, as well as near Gorakshep.Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nuptse and Kongma Tse.
Nuptse
Peak
Nuptse or Nubtse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, a part of the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies 2 km to the southwest of Mount Everest.
Kongma Tse
Peak
Photo: DARIO SEVERI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kongma Tse is a mountain in the Koshi Province, Nepal. Kongma Tse is part of the Mahalangur Himal and it has an elevation of 5,849 metres. It was formerly called Mehra Peak, but, it was later renamed Kongma Tse to avoid confusion with Mera Peak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chhukhung and Lobuche.
Chhukhung
Photo: DARIO SEVERI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chhukhung is a small village in Khumbu with a fabulous variety of additional spellings such as Chuukung and Chukhung. It is located at 4,730 metres above sea level.
Lobuche
Hamlet
Photo: Theprotrekker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lobuche is a Nepalese mountain which lies close to the Khumbu Glacier and the settlement of Lobuche. There are two main peaks, Lobuche East and Lobuche West.
Dingboche
Photo: Markrosenrosen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dingboche is a relatively large village in Khumbu, located between Pangboche and Chukhung. It is above the tree line, and so lacks the greenery of the villages below.
Nuptse Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 6,059 metres
- Description: glacier in Nepal
- Category: landform
- Location: Koshi Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
27.93763° or 27° 56′ 16″ northLongitude
86.86804° or 86° 52′ 5″ eastElevation
6,059 metres (19,879 feet)Open location code
7MV8WVQ9+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 222534612OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
Discover Nuptse Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Nuptse Glacier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “努子冰川”
- German: “Nuptse-Gletscher”
- Russian: “ледник Нупцзе”
Localities in the Area
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