Khunde
Khunde is a village in the Khumbu region of Nepal within the Sagarmatha National Park. It is directly adjacent to Khumjung village in the valley at the foot of Khumbu Yül-Lha, the sacred mountain of the Sherpas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Solukhumbu District, Nepal
- Also known as: “Kunde, Nepal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Syangboche Airport and Everest View Hotel.
Syangboche Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
Syangboche Airport is a domestic airport located in Namche Bazaar serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal. Syangboche Airport’s first and foremost challenge is its elevation at 3,780 m; it is exposed to some of the most extreme and capricious weather conditions in the world, with heavy winds, fog and snowfall.
Mount Khumbila
Peak
Photo: Uwe Gille, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khumbila or Khumbu Yül-Lha, roughly translated as "God of Khumbu village" is one of the high Himalayan peaks in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal within the Sagarmatha National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Namche Bazaar and Khumjung.
Namche Bazaar
Photo: kyletaylor, CC BY 2.0.
Namche Bazaar is the unofficial capital of the Khumbu region of Nepal, and is a major stop-off point for trekkers and climbers heading for Mount Everest base camp.
Khumjung
Photo: DARIO SEVERI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khumjung is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. It is located in the Khumbu sub-region inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site.
Khunde
- Category: locality
- Location: Khumbu Pasanglamhu, Solukhumbu, Koshi Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.8233° or 27° 49′ 24″ northLongitude
86.7058° or 86° 42′ 21″ eastElevation
3,867 metres (12,687 feet)Open location code
7MV8RPF4+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 425189494OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Khunde”. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.