The Khumbu Glacier (Nepali: खुम्बु हिमनदी) is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge. With elevations of 4,900 m (16,100 ft) at its terminus to 7,600 m (24,900 ft) at its source, it is the world's highest glacier.[1] The Khumbu Glacier is followed for the final part of the trail to one of the Everest Base Camps. The start of the glacier is in the Western Cwm near Everest.[2] The glacier has a large icefall, the Khumbu Icefall, at the west end of the lower Western Cwm. This icefall is the first major obstacle—and among the more dangerous—on the standard south col route to the Everest summit. It is also the largest glacier in Nepal.
The end of Khumbu Glacier is located at 27°55′55″N86°48′18″E / 27.932°N 86.805°E / 27.932; 86.805.
^"ASTER measurement of supraglacial lakes in the Mount Everest region of the Himalaya: The main Khumbu Glacier is about 17 km long with elevations ranging from 4900m at the terminus to 7600m at the source....The 7600m to 8000m elevations are also depicted on numerous detailed topographic maps". Retrieved 2008-11-24.
^"The Khumbu Glacier". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
The KhumbuGlacier (Nepali: खुम्बु हिमनदी) is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge. With...
The Khumbu Icefall is located at the head of the KhumbuGlacier and the foot of the Western Cwm, which lies at an elevation of 5,486 metres (17,999 ft)...
Monju. Khumbu is a glacier believed to be the result of the last great Ice Age, ~500,000 years ago. Lonely Planet has ranked Khumbu region in sixth best...
bottom left, Khumbu Icefall to the right Panoramic view of Khumbuglacier with EBC site on the left above ridge Everest Base Camp Khumbu icefall A temporary...
peak of Pumori, swept into Base Camp and blew many tents across the KhumbuGlacier towards the lower Icefall. An Indian Army mountaineering team recovered...
resulting in an ice avalanche that killed sixteen climbing Sherpas in the Khumbu Icefall. This was the same icefall where the 1970 Mount Everest disaster...
include the Gangotri and Yamunotri (Uttarakhand) and Khumbuglaciers (Mount Everest region), Langtang glacier (Langtang region), and Zemu (Sikkim). Owing to...
and Everest. Lhotse's Western Face, recessed behind the head of the KhumbuGlacier in the Western Cwm, plays an integral part in the standard routes of...
the southwest side, a major feature in the lower areas is the Khumbu icefall and glacier, an obstacle to climbers on those routes but also to the base...
is drained by the Rongbuk and Kangshung Glaciers and on the Nepali side by Barun, Ngojumba and KhumbuGlaciers and others. All are tributaries to the Koshi...
were killed in a single accident by a collapse of a section of the KhumbuGlacier along the main route to the base of the mountain, as well as a Japanese...
and Peru in the Andes, at 3,812 m (12,507 ft). The highest glacier is the KhumbuGlacier on the southwest slopes of Mount Everest in Nepal, beginning...
river in eastern Nepal. It drains the slopes of Mount Everest. The KhumbuGlacier melts into the Lobujya (Lobuche) River, which flows southward as the...
(also spelt Lobuje) is a Nepalese mountain which lies close to the KhumbuGlacier and the settlement of Lobuche. There are two main peaks, Lobuche East...
in 1952. Later the camp was moved closer to the mountain, just below the Khumbu Ice Fall. Climbing time from Gorak Shep to the Everest Base Camp ranges...
and Bill Tilman reached what was to become Everest Base Camp on the KhumbuGlacier. Although their report about whether the summit could be reached from...
the KhumbuGlacier and Rongbuk Glacier. The Kangshung Glacier's accumulation areas lie on the three main faces of Everest. The Kangshung Glacier is located...
this chain of mountains is the Western Cwm in Nepal down which the KhumbuGlacier descends to the northwest over the Icefall before it turns sharply southwest...
of six Nepalese Sherpa porters on 5 April 1970, who were killed on the Khumbu Icefall of Mount Everest while assisting the Japanese Everest Skiing Expedition...
(East Face) Kangshung GlacierKhumbuGlacierKhumbu Icefall Lhakpa La Lho La North Col North Face Norton Couloir Rongbuk Glacier South Col South Summit...
(East Face) Kangshung GlacierKhumbuGlacierKhumbu Icefall Lhakpa La Lho La North Col North Face Norton Couloir Rongbuk Glacier South Col South Summit...
(East Face) Kangshung GlacierKhumbuGlacierKhumbu Icefall Lhakpa La Lho La North Col North Face Norton Couloir Rongbuk Glacier South Col South Summit...
famous of these, the KhumbuGlacier, retreated at a rate of 18 m (59 ft) per year from 1976 to 2007. In India, the Gangotri Glacier retreated 1,147 m (3...
(East Face) Kangshung GlacierKhumbuGlacierKhumbu Icefall Lhakpa La Lho La North Col North Face Norton Couloir Rongbuk Glacier South Col South Summit...
avalanche coming off Pumori". The avalanche traveled through part of the Khumbu Icefall and into the South Base Camp. At least 19 were killed. The 2015...
(Sherpa: ནུབ་རྩེ། नुबचे, Wylie: Nub rtse, Chinese: 努子峰) is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, in the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies 2 km...
west of Everest and it would better be renamed "Khumbu La" because it led up from the KhumbuGlacier. This would allow the South Col to be called "Lho...
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