Rongbuk Glacier
The Rongbuk Glacier is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet. Two large tributary glaciers, the East Rongbuk Glacier and the West Rongbuk Glacier, flow into the main Rongbuk Glacier.Photo: Ocrambo, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Changzheng Ri.
Rongbuk Glacier
- Type: Glacier
- Description: glacier in the People’s Republic of China
- Category: landform
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.0667° or 28° 4′ 0″ northLongitude
86.8776° or 86° 52′ 39″ eastOpen location code
7MW83V8H+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 262484602OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacierWikidata ID
Q1434582
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Satellite Map
Discover Rongbuk Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Rongbuk Glacier” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Ronqbuk buzlağı”
- Azerbaijani: “Ronqbuk Buzlağı”
- Basque: “Rongbuk”
- Bosnian: “Rongbuk”
- Catalan: “Glacera de Rongbuk”
- Chinese: “中绒布冰川”
- Chinese: “绒布冰川”
- Czech: “Ledovec Rongbuk”
- Dutch: “Rongbuk Glacier”
- French: “glacier du Rongbuk”
- French: “Glacier du Rongbuk”
- German: “Rongpu-Gletscher”
- Indonesian: “Gletser Rongbuk”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio Rongbuk”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Rongbuk”
- Japanese: “ロンブク氷河”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar de Rongbuk”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar Rongbuk”
- Russian: “Ронгбук”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rongbuk (lednik)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rongbuk”
- Spanish: “Glaciar de Rongbuk”
- Turkish: “Rongbuk Buzulu”
- Ukrainian: “Льодовик Ронгбук”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Guangming and Changzheng Glacier 1.
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