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Nuptse Mountain from LobucheNuptse

Elevation 7,861 metres (25,790 feet)
Ranked: N/a
Location Khumbu, Nepal
Range Himalaya
Prominence: N/a
Coordinates 27°57′59″N, 86°53′24″E
First ascent 1961 by a British team
Easiest route snow/ice climb

About 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 for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nuptse massif.

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

Peak metres feet Latitude (N) Longitude (E)
Nuptse I -- 7,861 metres - 25,790 feet - 27°57′59″ Latitude (N) - 86°53′24″ Longitude (E)
Nuptse II -- 7,827 metres - 25,679 feet - 27°57′52″ Latitude (N) - 86°53′34″ Longitude (E)
Nuptse Shar I -- 7,804 metres - 25,604 feet - 27°57′41″ Latitude (N) - 86°53′47″ Longitude (E)
Nuptse Nup I -- 7,784 metres - 25,538 feet - 27°58′05″ Latitude (N) - 86°53′08″ Longitude (E)
Nuptse Shar II -- 7,776 metres - 25,512 feet - 27°57′39″ Latitude (N) - 86°53′55″ Longitude (E)
Nuptse Nup II -- 7,742 metres - 25,400 feet - 27°58′06″ Latitude (N) - 86°52′54″ Longitude (E)
Nuptse Shar III -- 7,695 metres - 25,246 feet - 27°57′30″ Latitude (N) - 86°54′42″ Longitude (E)

The main peak, Nuptse I, was first climbed on May 16, 1961 by Dennis Davis and Sherpa Tashi, members of a British expedition. After a long hiatus, Nuptse 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 Nuptse 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.


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Peaks in Nepal
Mt. Everst
Kangchenjunga
Lhotse
Makalu
Cho Oyu
Dhaulagiri
Manaslu
Annapurna
Gyachung Kang
Ngadi Chuli
Nuptse
Chamlang
Baruntse
Melungtse
Pumori
Gauri Sankar
Tilicho Peak
Salasungo
Machapuchare
Ama Dablam
Cho Polu
Num Ri
Thamserku
Khumbutse
Taboche
Mera Peak
Hiunchuli
Cholatse
Kusum Kangguru
Kongde Ri
Imja Tse
Pokalde
Kala Pattar
Nirekha

Height
8,848 Meters | 29,028 Feet
8,586 Meters | 28,169 Feet
8,516 Meters | 27,939 Feet
8,462 Meters | 27,765 Feet
8,201 Meters | 26,906 Feet
8,167 Meters | 26,794 Feet
8,156 Meters | 26,758 Feet
8,091 Meters | 26,545 Feet
7,952 Meters | 26,089 Feet
7,871 Meters | 25,823 Feet
7,861 Meters | 25,790 Feet
7,319 Meters | 24,152 Feet
7,220 Meters | 23,688 Feet
7,181 Meters | 23,555 Feet
7,161 Meters | 23,494 Feet
7,134 Meters | 23,405 Feet
7,134 Meters | 23,405 Feet
7,110 Meters | 23,326 Feet
6,993 Meters | 22,943 Feet
6,812 Meters | 22,349Feet
6,735 Meters | 22,096 Feet
6,677 Meters | 21,906 Feet
6,623 Meters | 21,729 Feet
6,640 Meters | 21,725 Feet
6,501 Meters | 21,329 Feet
6,476 Meters | 21,246 Feet
6,441 Meters | 21,132 Feet
6,440 Meters | 21,128 Feet
6,367 Meters | 20,888 Feet
6,187 Meters | 20,298 Feet
6,160 Meters | 20,210 Feet
5,745 Meters | 18,848 Feet
5,545 Meters | 18,192 Feet
6,069 Meters | 19,910 Feet

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