Nuptse

Nubtse
ནུབ་རྩེ། नुबचे
Nubtse from Lobuche
Highest point
Elevation	7,861 m (25,791 ft)
Prominence	319 m (1,047 ft)
Listing	List of mountains in Nepal
Coordinates	27°57′59″N 86°53′24″E / 27.96639°N 86.89000°E / 27.96639; 86.89000Coordinates: 27°57′59″N 86°53′24″E / 27.96639°N 86.89000°E / 27.96639; 86.89000
Naming
Translation	West Peak (Tibetan)
Geography
Nubtse Nepal
Location	Khumbu, Nepal
Parent range	Mahalangur Himal
Climbing
First ascent	1961 by a British team
Easiest route	snow/ice climb

Nuptse or Nubtse (Sherpa: ནུབ་རྩེ། नुबचे, Wylie: Nub rtse) 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.

The long east-west trending main ridge of Nubtse is crowned by seven peaks:

Peak	metres	feet	Latitude (N)	Longitude (E)
Nubtse I	7,861	25,791	27°57′59″	86°53′24″
Nubtse II	7,827	25,679	27°57′52″	86°53′34″
Nubtse Shar I	7,804	25,604	27°57′41″	86°53′47″
Nubtse Nup I	7,784	25,538	27°58′05″	86°53′08″
Nubtse Shar II	7,776	25,512	27°57′39″	86°53′55″
Nubtse Nup II	7,742	25,400	27°58′06″	86°52′54″
Nubtse Shar III	7,695	25,246	27°57′30″	86°54′42″

The main peak, Nubtse I, was first climbed on May 16, 1961 by Dennis Davis and Sherpa Tashi and the following day by Chris Bonington, Les Brown, James Swallow and Pemba Sherpa, members of a British expedition led by Joe Walmsley.^[1]^[2] After a long hiatus, Nubtse again became the objective of high-standard mountaineers in the 1990s and 2000s, with important routes being put up on its west, south, and north faces.

While Nubtse is a dramatic peak when viewed from the south or west, and it towers above the base camp for the standard south col route on Everest, it is not a particularly independent peak: its topographic prominence is only 319 m (1,047 ft). Hence it is not ranked on the list of highest mountains.

Views

Nubtse from Chukhung Ri

Nubtse on the right, Everest to the left

References

↑ Walmsley, Joe (1961). "Nuptse" (PDF). Alpine Journal. Alpine Club: 209 – 234. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
↑ Bonington, Chris (1962). "Nuptse" (PDF). Journal. The Climber's Club. XIII (3): 306 – 312. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

External links

Nuptse on Summitpost
Nuptse on Peakware - photos
Günther Seifferth, Nuptse at himalaya-info.org.

Mount Everest

Topography and landmarks	Base Camp Geneva Spur Hillary Step Hornbein Couloir Kangshung Face Kangshung Glacier Khumbu Glacier Khumbu Icefall Lhakpa La Lho La North Col North Face Norton Couloir Rongbuk Glacier South Col South Summit Three Pinnacles Three Steps "Green Boots cave" Western Cwm

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Mount Everest massif	Khumbutse Lhotse Lingtren Nuptse Pumori

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 240520699 GND: 4408289-7

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