Nuptse
Nuptse or Nubtse (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 two kilometres WSW of Mount Everest. Nubtse is Tibetan for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nubtse massif.
| Nubtse | |
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 Nubtse from Kala Patthar | |
| 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 |
| Naming | |
| Native name | ནུབ་རྩེ། नुबचे (Sherpa) |
| English translation | West Peak |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1961 by a British team led by Joe Walmsley |
| Easiest route | snow/ice climb |
| Nuptse | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 努子峰 | ||
| Simplified Chinese | 努子峰 | ||
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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.
