Nuptse, Mount Everest

Name: Nuptse
Address: Mount Everest, Nepal

#3 among attractions in Mount Everest

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Nuptse or Nubtse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, in the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies two kilometres WSW of Mount Everest. Nubtse is Tibetan for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nubtse massif. ()

Local name: नुबचे First ascent: 1961Elevation: 25791 ftProminence: 1047 ftCoordinates: 27°57'57"N, 86°53'25"E

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Nearby attractions include: Hillary Step, Kala Patthar, Imja Tse, South Summit.

2.6 miNE
Climbing
Hillary Step, Sagarmatha National Park
66 min walk • The Hillary Step was a nearly vertical rock face with a height of around 12 metres located near the summit of Mount Everest, about 8,790 metres above sea level.
4.3 miNW
Peak for views of Mount Everest
Kala Patthar, Mount Everest
110 min walk • Kala Patthar, a notable landmark in the vicinity of Mount Everest in Nepal, stands as a beacon for trekkers and mountaineers from around the globe. This towering peak, which translates to "Black Rock" in English, is not so much famed for its height—which is a modest...
4.2 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Imja Tse, Sagarmatha National Park
107 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.
2.5 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
South Summit, Sagarmatha National Park
64 min walk • The South Summit of Mount Everest in the Himalayas is a subsidiary peak to the primary peak of Mount Everest. Although its elevation above sea level of 8,749 metres is higher than the second-highest mountain on Earth, K2, it is not considered a separate mountain as its prominence is only 11 meters.
5.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pumori, Mount Everest
132 min walk • Pumori is a mountain on the Nepal-China border in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Pumori lies just eight kilometres west of Mount Everest. Pumori, meaning "the Mountain Daughter" in Sherpa language, was named by George Mallory. "Pumo" means young girl or daughter and "Ri" means mountain in Sherpa language.
2.6 miE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Lhotse, Sagarmatha National Park
67 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.
4.3 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Lingtren, Mount Everest
110 min walk • 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.
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pokalde, Dingboche
115 min walk • Pokalde Peak is a mountain peak of Nepal situated 12 km southwest of Mount Everest. Pokalde Peak is one of the shortest and easiest trekking peaks in the Everest Region.
5.1 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Lake
Imja Tsho, Sagarmatha National Park
130 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.
6.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cho Polu
165 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.
3.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lhotse Shar, Qomolangma
84 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.