Imja Tsho, Sagarmatha National Park

Name: Imja Tsho
Address: Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

#8 among attractions in Sagarmatha National Park

Natural attraction, Nature, Lake

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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. Held in place by a terminal moraine, Imja Tsho threatens downstream communities with the potential for a glacial outburst flood. ()

Local name: इम्जा हिमताल Area: 0.4 mi²Length: 6562 ftWidth: 2133 ftMaximum depth: 297 ftElevation: 16414 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 27°53'54"N, 86°55'25"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Ama Dablam, Imja Tse, Lhotse, Nuptse.

4.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ama Dablam, Dingboche
118 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...
1.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Imja Tse, Sagarmatha National Park
42 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.
4.4 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Lhotse, Sagarmatha National Park
113 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.
5.1 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Nuptse, Mount Everest
130 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.
5.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pokalde, Dingboche
149 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.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cho Polu
98 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.
4.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lhotse Shar, Qomolangma
111 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.
4.2 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Hillary Peak, Sagarmatha National Park
109 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.
3.8 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Baruntse, Makalu Barun National Park
97 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.
3.5 miSE
Natural feature
Hunku Glacier, Makalu Barun National Park
91 min walk • The Hunku Glacier is located in the Khumbu of eastern Nepal and forms the southern base of Baruntse.
2.9 miE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Num Ri, Sagarmatha National Park
74 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.