Mahalangur Himal

The Mahalangur Himal is a subrange of the Himalayas spanning part of the border between Tibet and Nepal. It contains four eight-thousanders (Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu) as well as numerous other major peaks. Thus in one sense it is the highest mountain range on Earth. On the Tibetan side it is principally drained by the Rongbuk Glacier and Kangshung Glacier. On the Nepali side it heads the Ngojumba Glacier, the Khumbu Glacier, and... more

The Mahalangur Himal is a subrange of the Himalayas spanning part of the border between Tibet and Nepal. It contains four eight-thousanders (Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu) as well as numerous other major peaks. Thus in one sense it is the highest mountain range on Earth. On the Tibetan side it is principally drained by the Rongbuk Glacier and Kangshung Glacier. On the Nepali side it heads the Ngojumba Glacier, the Khumbu Glacier, and the Barun Glacier, amongst others. The Khumbu region is the best known part of the range, partly since it is the access for the standard (South Col) route on Mount Everest. less