Rongpu glacier
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 View of the Rongpu valley and glacier, with Mount Everest in the background (2005) |
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| location | Tibet Autonomous Region ( PR China ) | |
| Mountains | Mahalangur Himal ( Himalaya ) | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 17.5 km (including the western Rongpu glacier 25 km) | |
| Exposure | North | |
| Altitude range | 6600 m - 5200 m | |
| width | ⌀ 0.85 km | |
| Coordinates | 28 ° 6 ′ N , 86 ° 52 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Chaggar Chu → Bum Chu → Arun → Koshi | |
 The Rongpu Glacier, as well as the Western and Eastern Rongpu Glaciers in the region of Mount Everest |
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The Rongpu Glacier (also Rongbuk or Rongbu Glacier , Chinese 绒布 冰川 ) is next to the Khumbu and Kangshung glaciers one of the three glaciers that pour from Mount Everest .
It is located in the district Dingri of the district of Shigatse in Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . Together with the Western Rongpu Glacier, it has a length of a little more than 25 km. The Rongpu Glacier was explored by George Mallory while looking for possible routes to climb Mount Everest in 1921.
The north face of Mount Everest is the breeding ground for the main glacier. It extends from the north ridge, which divides the north wall and connects it with the Changtse , along the north side of the west shoulder to the Khumbutse .
Further west - between Pumori , Nup La and Gyachung Kang - are the nutrient areas of the Western Rongpu Glacier, which joins the main glacier to the west of the Changtse and now flows off to the north.
The Eastern Rongpu Glacier , whose glacier tongue no longer reaches the ice of the main glacier, flows about 4 km down the valley of the confluence . The Eastern Rongpu Glacier feeds on the snow masses of the eastern part of the north face of Everest and the eastern side of the Changtse. The standard north route to the ascent of Mount Everest runs over the Eastern Rongpu Glacier; the advanced base camp is located here at about 6400 m . At the end of the Rongpu glacier is the base camp of the northern route, further down the valley of the same name is the Rongpu monastery . The glacier feeds the Chaggar Chu ( Zhaga Qu ), a right tributary of the Bum Chu (upper reaches of the Arun ).
See also
Web links
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- National Geographic Germany, May 2003 ("large Everest Special" including a large-format overview map)