- Rongbuk Glacier
Chomo Lonzo rect 200 28 335 52Makalu rect 378 24 566 45Mount Everest rect 188 581 920 656Tibetan Plateau rect 250 406 340 427Rong River rect 333 149 409 186Changtse rect 550 284 677 303Rongbuk Glacier rect 478 196 570 218 North Facerect 237 231 346 267East Rongbuk Glacier rect 314 290 536 309 North Col north ridge routerect 531 79 663 105Lhotse rect 582 112 711 130Nuptse rect 603 232 733 254 South Col routerect 716 165 839 206Gyachung Kang rect 882 147 967 183Cho Oyu desc bottom-left
The Rongbuk Glacier is located in the
Himalaya of southernTibet . Two large tributary glaciers, the East and West Rongbuk Glaciers flow into the Rongbuk Glacier. It flows north and forms the Rongbuk Valley north ofMount Everest . The famousRongbuk Monastery is located at the northern end of the Rongbuk valley. Mount Everest is the source of the Rongbuk Glacier and East Rongbuk Glacier.Climbing expeditions and trekking parties use this glacier to reach the Advanced Base Camp of
Mount Everest at the head of the East Rongbuk Glacier. From there, climbing expeditions try to summit Everest by theNorth Col and the northeast ridge.The Englishman
George Mallory first explored the Rongbuk Valley and its glaciers while searching for possible routes to the summit ofMount Everest during the first reconnaissance of the Everest region by westerners in 1921.Fact|date=September 2008Image gallery
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Retreat of glaciers since 1850
*Rongbuk Monastery
*List of glaciers External links
* [http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/trop/rongbuk/rongbuk.html East Rongbuk Glacier, Mt. Qomolangma (Everest)]
* [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/himalayan-glacial-melt Expedition documents melting Himalayan glaciers]
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