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'''Nuptse''' or '''Nubtse''' ([[Sherpa language|Sherpa]]: {{bo-textonly|ནུབ་རྩེ།}} नुबचे, Wylie: Nub rtse) is a [[mountain]] in the [[Khumbu]] region of the [[Mahalangur Himal]], in the [[Nepal]]ese [[Himalayas]]. It lies two kilometres WSW of [[Mount Everest]]. Nubtse is [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]] for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the [[Lhotse]]-Nubtse [[massif]].
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'''Nuptse''' or '''Nubtse''' ([[Sherpa language|Sherpa]]: {{bo-textonly|ནུབ་རྩེ།}} नुबचे, Wylie: Nub rtse, {{CJKV|c=努子峰}}) is a [[mountain]] in the [[Khumbu]] region of the [[Mahalangur Himal]], in the [[Nepal]]ese [[Himalayas]]. It lies two kilometres WSW of [[Mount Everest]]. Nubtse is [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]] for "west peak", as it is the western segment of the [[Lhotse]]-Nubtse [[massif]].


The main peak, Nubtse I, was first climbed on May 16, 1961 by [[Dennis Davis (climber)|Dennis Davis]] and [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] Tashi and the following day by [[Chris Bonington]], Les Brown, James Swallow and Pemba Sherpa, members of a [[United Kingdom|British]] expedition led by Joe Walmsley.<ref name=aaj_1961/><ref name=cc_1962/> 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.
The main peak, Nubtse I, was first climbed on May 16, 1961 by [[Dennis Davis (climber)|Dennis Davis]] and [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] Tashi and the following day by [[Chris Bonington]], Les Brown, James Swallow and Pemba Sherpa, members of a [[United Kingdom|British]] expedition led by Joe Walmsley.<ref name=aaj_1961/><ref name=cc_1962/> 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.

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Nubtse
Nubtse from Lobuche
Highest point
Elevation7,861 m (25,791 ft)
Prominence319 m (1,047 ft)
ListingList of mountains in Nepal
Coordinates27°57′59″N 86°53′24″E / 27.96639°N 86.89000°E / 27.96639; 86.89000
Naming
Native nameནུབ་རྩེ། नुबचे (Sherpa)
English translationWest Peak
Geography
Nubtse is located in Nepal
Nubtse
Nubtse
Nepal
LocationKhumbu, Nepal
Parent rangeMahalangur Himal
Climbing
First ascent1961 by a British team led by Joe Walmsley
Easiest routesnow/ice climb
Nuptse
Traditional Chinese努子峰
Simplified Chinese努子峰
Transcriptions

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.

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

Chomo LonzoMakaluEverestTibetan PlateauRong River (Tibet)ChangtseRongbuk GlacierNorth Face (Everest)East Rongbuk GlacierNorth Col north ridge routeLhotseNuptseSouth Col routeGyachung KangCho OyuFile:Himalaya annotated.jpg
Southern and northern climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. (The names on the photo are links to corresponding pages.)
Nubtse from Chukhung Ri
Nubtse on the right, Everest to the left


References

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