Hillary Step
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.Photo: Debasish biswas kolkata, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Everest South Peak and Lhotse.
Everest South Peak
Peak
The South Summit is a subsidiary peak of Mount Everest in the Himalayas between the South Col 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.
Lhotse
Peak
Photo: Jamieo, Public domain.
Lhotse is the fourth-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. At an elevation of 8,516 metres above sea level, the main summit is on the border between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu region of Nepal. Lhotse is situated 2½ km south of Hillary Step.
South Col
Mountain saddle
The South Col is a col between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the highest and fourth-highest mountains in the world, respectively. The South Col is typically swept by high winds, leaving it free of significant snow accumulation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khumbu Icefall and Gorakshep.
Khumbu Icefall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Nepalese slopes of Mount Everest, not far above Base Camp and southwest of the summit. Khumbu Icefall is situated 6 km west of Hillary Step.
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. Gorakshep is situated 9 km west of Hillary Step.
Hillary Step
- Type: Locality
- Description: Formerly one of the final and most challenging parts in summiting Mt Everest
- Categories: massif and former geographical object
- Location: Nepal, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
27.98573° or 27° 59′ 9″ northLongitude
86.92533° or 86° 55′ 31″ eastElevation
8,790 metres (28,839 feet)Open location code
7MV8XWPG+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 8692283570OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q15114831
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Hillary Step” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hillaryren pasabidea”
- Basque: “Hillaryren zaldaina”
- Belarusian: “прыступак Хілары”
- Bosnian: “Hillaryjev stepenik”
- Central Kurdish: “ھەنگاوی ھیڵاری”
- Chinese: “希拉里台阶”
- Chinese: “希拉里臺階”
- Dutch: “Hillarystep”
- French: “ressaut Hillary”
- French: “Ressaut Hillary”
- German: “Hillary Step”
- Italian: “Gradino Hillary”
- Japanese: “ヒラリー・ステップ”
- Japanese: “ヒラリーステップ”
- Korean: “힐러리 스텝”
- Persian: “هیلاری استپ”
- Russian: “ступень Хиллари”
- Russian: “Ступень Хиллари”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hillaryev stepenik”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hillaryjev stepenik”
- Slovenian: “Hillaryjeva stopnja”
- Spanish: “Paso Hillary”
- Ukrainian: “Ступінь Гілларі”
- Ukrainian: “Сходинка Гілларі”
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