Hunku Glacier, Makalu Barun National Park

#6 among attractions in Makalu Barun National Park

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The Hunku Glacier is located in the Khumbu of eastern Nepal and forms the southern base of Baruntse. ()

Coordinates: 27°51'31"N, 86°57'36"E

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Hunku Glacier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

4.5 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Imja Tse, Sagarmatha National Park
116 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.
3.5 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Lake
Imja Tsho, Sagarmatha National Park
91 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.
4.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cho Polu
113 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.
2.2 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Baruntse, Makalu Barun National Park
57 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.
2.6 miN
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Num Ri, Sagarmatha National Park
66 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.
2.5 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Amphu Labtsa pass, Makalu Barun National Park
64 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.
3.6 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Natural feature
Imja Glacier, Sagarmatha National Park
92 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.
3.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Ambulapcha Glacier, Chhukhung
96 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.