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Khumbutse (; ; ) is the first
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
west (6 km) of
Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...
. It lies at the border between
Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
and
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
.


Overview

Khumbutse's name indicates its location at the head of the
Khumbu Khumbu (also known as the Everest Region) is a region of northeastern Nepal on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. It is part of the Solukhumbu District, which in turn is part of Koshi Pradesh.Bradley, Mayhew; "Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya"; ...
valley, down which the Khumbu Glacier flows. It is one of the prominent mountains above the southern Everest Base Camp, and is seen in many views from the nearby trekking routes, including at Gorak Shep.


Gallery

File:Pumori-Langtren-Khumbutse.jpg, File:Sagarmatha National Park-Gorak Shep to Pheriche 2013-05-06 08-05-31.jpg, Lingtren, Khumbutse, and Everest West Shoulder overlook base camp and the Khumbu Icefall. Mount Everest South-West face (above the west shoulder) and Nuptse's side to right File:Everest Base Camp.jpg, Left to right: Lingtren-Khumbutse - Everest west shoulder.


See also

*
List of mountains in China The following is an incomplete list of mountains in China, the People's Republic of China, sorted in alphabetical order. Some of these mountains that are claimed by the PRC, including those List of mountains in Taiwan, under the control of the Re ...
*
List of mountains in Nepal Most of Nepal is mountainous, and it contains a large section of the Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. Eight of the fourteen eight-thousanders are located in the country, either in whole or shared across a border with China or In ...
* Everest Base Camp


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External links


"Khumbutse" on Mountain-Forecast
Mountains of Koshi Province Mountains of Tibet China–Nepal border International mountains of Asia Six-thousanders of the Himalayas {{Nepal-mountain-stub