Imja Tse, Sagarmatha National Park

Name: Imja Tse
Address: Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

#4 among attractions in Sagarmatha National Park

Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain

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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. The peak was later renamed in 1983 to Imja Tse but Island Peak remains the popular choice. The peak is actually an extension of the ridge coming down off the south end of Lhotse Shar. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1956Elevation: 20305 ftCoordinates: 27°55'12"N, 86°56'5"E

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Imja Tse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hillary Step, Ama Dablam, South Summit, Lhotse.

4.7 miN
Climbing
Hillary Step, Sagarmatha National Park
120 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.
6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ama Dablam, Dingboche
155 min walk • Ama Dablam, often referred to as the "Matterhorn of the Himalayas," is a stunningly picturesque mountain located near the village of Dingboche in the Khumbu region of Eastern Nepal. Standing at an elevation of 6,812 meters (22,349 feet) above sea level, this peak is...
4.5 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
South Summit, Sagarmatha National Park
115 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.
2.9 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Lhotse, Sagarmatha National Park
74 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.
4.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Nuptse, Mount Everest
107 min walk • 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.
1.6 miSW
Natural attraction, Nature, Lake
Imja Tsho, Sagarmatha National Park
42 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.
2.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cho Polu
74 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.
2.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lhotse Shar, Qomolangma
70 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.
3.1 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Hillary Peak, Sagarmatha National Park
79 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.
3.9 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Baruntse, Makalu Barun National Park
100 min walk • 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.
4.5 miS
Natural feature
Hunku Glacier, Makalu Barun National Park
116 min walk • The Hunku Glacier is located in the Khumbu of eastern Nepal and forms the southern base of Baruntse.