Kangshung Glacier
The Kangshung Glacier is one of the three main glaciers of Mount Everest, and is in the Tibet region Himalayas, within the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The other two are the Khumbu Glacier and Rongbuk Glacier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Glacier
- Description: glacier in Tibet
- Also known as: “Choqung Glacier”
Kangshung Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
27.9922° or 27° 59′ 32″ northLongitude
87.0339° or 87° 2′ 2″ eastOpen location code
7MV9X2RM+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 291527981OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacierWikidata ID
Q1723747
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Satellite Map
Discover Kangshung Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Kangshung Glacier” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kanqşunq Buzlağı”
- Chinese: “卓穷冰川”
- Chinese: “卓窮冰川”
- Chinese: “康雄冰川”
- Dutch: “Kangshung Glacier”
- French: “glacier de Kangshung”
- French: “Glacier de Kangshung”
- German: “Kangshung-Gletscher”
- Italian: “ghiacciaio Kangshung”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Kangshung”
- Russian: “Кангшунг”
- Slovenian: “ledenik Kangshung”
- Spanish: “Glaciar de Kangshung”
- Ukrainian: “Льодовик Кангшунг”
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