Nangpai Gosum Glacier, Sagarmatha National Park

#16 among attractions in Sagarmatha National Park

Natural attraction, Nature, Natural feature

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Nangpai Gosum Glacier is a glacier located 25 km west northwest of Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Nepal. It is located at lat 28°02′N. long 86°36′E. The ice-core drilling site is situated at 5,700 m above mean sea level. In 1998, a 37-m ice core was extracted from the glacier by Cameron P. Wake of the University of New Hampshire and transported to the university for analysis. At the request of the USGS study team, radionuclide analyses were performed for 36Cl and 137Cs on selected sections of the ice core by Hans-Arno Synal at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Villigen, Switzerland. ()

Coordinates: 28°1'60"N, 86°35'60"E

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Nangpai Gosum Glacier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gokyo Ri, Cho Oyu, Gokyo Lakes, Jobo Rinjang.

7.1 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Gokyo Ri, Gokyo
181 min walk • Gokyo Peak is a 5,357 m-high peak in the Khumbu region of the Nepal Himalayas. It is located on the west side of the Ngozumpa glacier, which is the largest glacier in Nepal and reputed to be the largest in the whole Himalayas.
5.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Cho Oyu, Sagarmatha National Park
143 min walk • Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 km west of Mount Everest. The mountain stands on the China–Nepal border.
5.6 miSE
Natural attraction, Body of water, Park
Gokyo Lakes, Sagarmatha National Park
142 min walk • Gokyo Lakes are oligotrophic lakes in Nepal's Sagarmatha National Park, located at an altitude of 4,700–5,000 m above sea level. Lakes and resort were named after Gokyo Ri peak. These lakes are the world's highest freshwater lake system comprising six main lakes, of which Thonak Lake is the largest.
2.2 miW
Mountain
Jobo Rinjang, Sagarmatha National Park
56 min walk • Jobo Rinjang is a mountain located in Namche, Solukhumbhu, Nepal at an elevation of 6,666 metres above sea level. It was first climbed in 2009 by Joseph Puryear and David Gottlieb.
2.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Nangpai Gosum
73 min walk • Nangpai Gosum is a mountain in the Himalayas. It lies on the border between Nepal and China. The first ascent to the summit was a Japanese expedition on October 12, 1986.
5.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Nangpa La, Qomolangma
133 min walk • Nangpa La is a high mountain pass crossing the Himalayas and the Nepal-Tibet Autonomous Region border a few kilometres west of Cho Oyu and some 30 km northwest of Mount Everest.
6.2 miSE
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Ngozumpa glacier, Gokyo
160 min walk • The Ngozumpa glacier, below the sixth highest mountain in the world Cho Oyu in Nepal, at 36 kilometres, is the longest glacier in the Himalayas. Ngozumpa Glacier is a large persistent body of ice. It flows slowly due to stresses induced by its weight.
7.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tenzing Peak, Qomolangma
184 min walk • Tenzing Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a 7,916-metre peak in the Himalayas in honour of Tenzing Norgay, who made the first ascent of Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953.