Khumbutse Peak
Khumbutse is the first mountain west of Mount Everest. It lies at the border between Nepal and China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 6,636 metres
- Description: mountain in Nepal/China
- Also known as: “Khumbutse”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lingtren and Lho La.
Lingtren
Peak
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.
Lho La
Mountain saddle
The Lho La is a col on the border between Nepal and Tibet north of the Western Cwm, near Mount Everest. It is at the lowest point of the West Ridge of the mountain at a height of 6,006 metres.
Changtse
Peak
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Changtse is a mountain situated between the Main Rongbuk and East Rongbuk Glaciers in Tibet Autonomous Region, China, immediately north of Mount Everest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khumbu Icefall and Gorakshep.
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 Nepali 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.
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. Located halfway between the "South Summit" and the true summit, the Hillary Step 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.
Khumbutse Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.0219° or 28° 1′ 19″ northLongitude
86.8722° or 86° 52′ 20″ eastElevation
6,636 metres (21,772 feet)Open location code
7MW82VCC+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2677892528OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q1740698
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Khumbutse Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Kūnbùqí fēng”
- Chinese: “坤布崎峰”
- Chinese: “孔布则峰/孔布則峰”
- Chinese: “孔布则峰”
- Czech: “Khumbuce”
- Czech: “Khumbutse”
- Danish: “Khumbutse”
- Dutch: “Khumbutse”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل خومبوتس”
- Finnish: “Khumbutse”
- French: “Khumbutse”
- German: “Khumbutse”
- Hindi: “खुम्बुत्से”
- Ladin: “Khumbutse”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Khumbutse”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Khumbutse”
- Persian: “خمبوتسه”
- Persian: “کوه خمبوتسه”
- Polish: “Khumbutse”
- Russian: “пик Кхумбуцзе”
- Spanish: “Khumbutse”
- Swedish: “Khumbutse”
- Tibetan: “ཁུམ་བུ།་རྩེ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Third Step and Second Step.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 莫哈冷古尔康日 and Xiangyang.
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