Topografische kaarten Solukhumbu

Mount Everest (Nepali: सगरमाथा, romanized: Sagarmāthā; Tibetan: Chomolungma ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ; Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰; pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 7.850 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 1.985 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2.898 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 3.630 m

The step was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, who partnered with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, on 29 May 1953 climbing the crack between the snow and the rock, earning the feature its name. Upon completion of the summit, the pair reported the snowpack on Hillary is harder than that of lower elevation.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 7.824 m

Lhotse (Nepali: ल्होत्से, romanized: L'hōtsē [lotse]; Standard Tibetan: ལྷོ་རྩེ, romanized: lho tse, lit. 'South Peak' [l̥otse]; Chinese: 洛子峰) is the fourth-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. At an elevation of 8,516 metres (27,940…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 7.391 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2.901 m

Tengboche is located on a hill at the confluence of the Dudh Kosi and the Imja Khola rivers. It lies in Solukhumbu district to the north east of Kathmandu on the Nepal – Tibet border. It is inhabited by sherpas ('sherpa' literally means the easterner) who migrated from Tibet six hundred years ago. It is…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 3.936 m

Ama Dablam was first climbed on 13 March 1961 by Mike Gill (NZ), Barry Bishop (US), Mike Ward (UK) and Wally Romanes (NZ) via the Southwest Ridge. They were well-acclimatised to altitude, having wintered over at 5,800 metres (19,029 ft) near the base of the peak as part of the 1960–61 Silver Hut expedition,…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 5.625 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2.173 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 4.423 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 4.918 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 5.079 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 5.416 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2.631 m

Phakding is a small village in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It lies in the Dudh Kosi river valley just north of Lukla and south of Monjo, at an altitude of 2,610 m. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Phakding has a population of 550 locals, mostly Sherpa and Tamang. All of these people belong…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 3.111 m

The village is located at an elevation of 4,750 m (15,584 ft), making it one of the highest settlements in Nepal and in the world. Almost all the buildings are guest houses for trekkers. The people who live in the village leave during the winter and move to other (lower) villages such as Namche Bazaar.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 4.919 m

Dingboche is a Sherpa village at an elevation of 4,410 m (14,470 ft) in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal. Its population was estimated at approximately 200 in 2011.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 4.600 m

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 2 km (1.2 mi) WSW of Mount Everest. The main peak, Nuptse I at an elevation of 7,861 m (25,791 ft), was first…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 6.833 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2.353 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 7.035 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2.755 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 5.232 m

Phaphlu is a mountainous town in north-east Nepal, approximately 270 kilometres east of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. The altitude of the village is 2,413 m.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2.518 m

Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow height) of 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8+1⁄2 in) was most recently established in 2020 by the Chinese and Nepali authorities.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 7.847 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 3.970 m

The Himalayas, or Himalaya (/ˌhɪməˈleɪ.ə, hɪˈmɑːləjə/; Sanskrit: [ɦɪmaːlɐjɐ]; from Sanskrit himá 'snow, frost', and ā-laya 'dwelling, abode'), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 7.555 m

Khumjung (Nepali: खुम्जुंग) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality of Solukhumbu District in Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. It is located in the Khumbu subregion inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site. The village is at an elevation of 3,790 metres above…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 3.888 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 4.088 m

Gorak Shep or Gorakshep (Nepali: गोरकशेप) is a small settlement that sits on the edge of a frozen lakebed covered with sand in Nepal with the same name. It is found at an elevation of 5,164 metres (16,942 ft) elevation, near Mount Everest. The village is not inhabited year-round.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 5.255 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 5.118 m

Namche Bazaar is popular with trekkers in the Khumbu region, especially for altitude acclimatization, and is the gateway to the high Himalaya. The town has a number of lodgings and stores catering to the needs of visitors as well as a number of internet cafés. There are German bakeries, little cafes and many…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 3.526 m

In September 2017, Hari Budha Magar summited Mera Peak, becoming the first double above-knee amputee to climb a mountain over 6,000m in altitude.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 5.709 m

Lukla contains a small airport servicing the region, and a variety of shops and lodges catering to tourists and trekkers, providing western-style meals and trail supplies. From Lukla, travellers will take two days to reach the village Namche Bazaar, an altitude acclimatization stop for those continuing on. In…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2.996 m