Baruntse, Makalu Barun National Park

Name: Baruntse
Address: Makalu Barun National Park, Nepal

#5 among attractions in Makalu Barun National Park

Natural attraction, Mountain

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Baruntse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal, crowned by four peaks and bounded on the south by the Hunku Glacier, on the east by the Barun Glacier, and on the northwest by the Imja Glacier. The mountain was first climbed May 30, 1954 via the south ridge by Colin Todd and Geoff Harrow of a New Zealand expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary. The first ascent of the East Ridge was made on April 27, 1980 by Lorenzo Ortas, Javier Escartín, Jeronimo Lopez and Carlos Buhler of a Spanish expedition led by Juan José Díaz Ibañez. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1954Elevation: 23497 ftProminence: 3212 ftCoordinates: 27°52'60"N, 86°58'60"E

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Baruntse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Imja Tse, Lhotse, Imja Tsho, Cho Polu.

3.9 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Imja Tse, Sagarmatha National Park
100 min walk • Imja Tse, better known as Island Peak, is a mountain in Sagarmatha National Park of the Himalayas of eastern Nepal. The peak was named Island Peak in 1953 by members of the British Mount Everest expedition because it appears as an island in a sea of ice when viewed from Dingboche.
6.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Lhotse, Sagarmatha National Park
159 min walk • Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 metres, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet and the Khumbu region of Nepal.
3.8 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Lake
Imja Tsho, Sagarmatha National Park
97 min walk • Imja Tsho is a glacial lake created after melt water began collecting at the foot of the Imja Glacier on the lower part of the glacier in the 1950s. A 2009 study described this lake of melt water as one of the fastest-growing in the Himalaya.
2.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cho Polu
64 min walk • Cho Polu is a mountain in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. Southern neighbors include Num Ri and Baruntse while Imja Tse lies immediately to the west.
5.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lhotse Shar, Qomolangma
147 min walk • Lhotse Shar is a subsidiary mountain of Lhotse, at 8,383 m high. It was first climbed by Sepp Mayerl and Rolf Walter on 12 May 1970.
6.9 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Hillary Peak, Sagarmatha National Park
176 min walk • Hillary Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a 7,681 metres peak in the Himalayas in honour of Edmund Hillary, who made the first ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
2.2 miSW
Natural feature
Hunku Glacier, Makalu Barun National Park
57 min walk • The Hunku Glacier is located in the Khumbu of eastern Nepal and forms the southern base of Baruntse.
1.1 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Num Ri, Sagarmatha National Park
28 min walk • Num Ri is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalayas. Num Ri consists of a long ridge that culminates eastwards in a pyramid summit. Neighbouring mountains are Island Peak, Baruntse and Cho Polu.
4 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Amphu Labtsa pass, Makalu Barun National Park
102 min walk • Amphu Labtsa pass, elevation 5,845 metres, is a glaciated pass covered in serac cliffs at the head of the Honku valley. It provides a way out of the otherwise relatively isolated Honku valley.
3.8 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Natural feature
Imja Glacier, Sagarmatha National Park
99 min walk • Imja Glacier is located in the Himalayas, in the Solukhumbu District of Nepal. It originates on the western face of Kali Himal, 7,057 metres, and skirts the southern slopes of Imja Tse or Island Peak, south-east of Mount Everest.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Ambulapcha Glacier, Chhukhung
111 min walk • Ambulapcha Glacier is a glacier of the Himalayas in the Solukhumbu District of Nepal. It adjoins Imja Glacier to its south and with Lhotse Shar Glacier forms three major glaciers. It forms the Ambulapcha Tsho glacial lake, located at 27°53′35″N 86°54′47″E.