Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rongbuk Glacier and Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station.
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Chomo Lonzo
Chomo-Lonzo is a mountain in Tibet, 5 km northeast of Makalu in the Mahalangur Himal or Khumbu Himalayas.Chomo-Lonzo has three distinct summits....
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Makalu
Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world and is located east of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and China. One of the eight-thousanders, Makalu is an isolated peak whose shape is a four-sided pyramid....
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Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is ....
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Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau , also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in China and Ladakh in Kashmir, India....
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Changtse
Changtse is a mountain situated between the Main Rongbuk and East Rongbuk Glaciers in Tibet immediately north of Mount Everest. It is connected to Mount Everest via the North Col....
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Rongbuk Glacier
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rongbuk Glacier and Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station.rect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzo...
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Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is ....
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Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is ....
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Lhotse
Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth and is connected to Everest via the South Col. In addition to the main summit at 8,516 metres above sea level, Lhotse Middle is 8,414 metres and Lhotse Shar is 8,383 metres....
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Nuptse
Nuptse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, in the Nepalese Himalaya. It lies two kilometres WSW of Mount Everest. Nuptse is Tibetan language for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nuptse massif....
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South Col
The South Col usually refers to the southern mountain pass between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the first and fourth highest mountains in the world....
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Gyachung Kang
Gyachung Kang is a mountain in the Mahalangur Himal, a subrange of the Himalaya, and is the highest peak between Cho Oyu and Mount Everest . It lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet....
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Cho Oyu
Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world. Cho Oyu lies in the Himalayas and is 20 km west of Mount Everest, at the border between China and Nepal....
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The Rongbuk Glacier is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a Tibetan Plateau in Asia, north of the Himalayas, and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people and its related ethnic groups. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres , it is the highest region on Earth and has in recent decades increasingly been referred to as the "Roof of the World".... .
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Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rongbuk Glacier and Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station.
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Chomo Lonzo
Chomo-Lonzo is a mountain in Tibet, 5 km northeast of Makalu in the Mahalangur Himal or Khumbu Himalayas.Chomo-Lonzo has three distinct summits....
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Makalu
Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world and is located east of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and China. One of the eight-thousanders, Makalu is an isolated peak whose shape is a four-sided pyramid....
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Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is ....
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Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau , also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in China and Ladakh in Kashmir, India....
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Changtse
Changtse is a mountain situated between the Main Rongbuk and East Rongbuk Glaciers in Tibet immediately north of Mount Everest. It is connected to Mount Everest via the North Col....
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Rongbuk Glacier
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rongbuk Glacier and Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station.rect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzo...
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Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is ....
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Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is ....
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Lhotse
Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth and is connected to Everest via the South Col. In addition to the main summit at 8,516 metres above sea level, Lhotse Middle is 8,414 metres and Lhotse Shar is 8,383 metres....
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Nuptse
Nuptse is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, in the Nepalese Himalaya. It lies two kilometres WSW of Mount Everest. Nuptse is Tibetan language for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nuptse massif....
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South Col
The South Col usually refers to the southern mountain pass between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the first and fourth highest mountains in the world....
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Gyachung Kang
Gyachung Kang is a mountain in the Mahalangur Himal, a subrange of the Himalaya, and is the highest peak between Cho Oyu and Mount Everest . It lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet....
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Cho Oyu
Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world. Cho Oyu lies in the Himalayas and is 20 km west of Mount Everest, at the border between China and Nepal....
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The Rongbuk Glacier is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a Tibetan Plateau in Asia, north of the Himalayas, and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people and its related ethnic groups. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres , it is the highest region on Earth and has in recent decades increasingly been referred to as the "Roof of the World".... . Two large tributary glaciers, the East and West Rongbuk Glaciers flow into the Rongbuk Glacier. It flows north and forms the Rongbuk Valley north of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is .... . The famous Rongbuk Monastery
Rongbuk Monastery
Rongbuk Monastery or Rongphu is a Tibetan Buddhism monastery of the Nyingma sect in Basum Township, Tingri County, Xigaz? Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.... is located at the northern end of the Rongbuk valley. Mount Everest is the source of the Rongbuk Glacier and East Rongbuk Glacier.
Climbing expeditions and trekking parties use this glacier to reach the Advanced Base Camp of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is .... at the head of the East Rongbuk Glacier. From there, climbing expeditions try to summit Everest by the North Col
North Col
The North Col refers to the pass or mountain pass connecting Mount Everest and Changtse in Tibet. Also known as Chang La or Beiao La .... and the northeast ridge.
George Herbert Leigh Mallory was an England mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s.... first explored the Rongbuk Valley and its glaciers while searching for possible routes to the summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is .... during the first reconnaissance of the Everest region by westerners in 1921.
The retreat of glaciers since 1850, worldwide and rapid, affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier-melt, and in the longer term, the level of the oceans....
Rongbuk Monastery or Rongphu is a Tibetan Buddhism monastery of the Nyingma sect in Basum Township, Tingri County, Xigaz? Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China....
Due to somewhat sparse information, some glaciers, especially those in the tropics, may no longer exist as listed. This is especially true for glaciers in Africa and New Guinea....
