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Khumbutse
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Khumbutse (; ; ) is the first mountain west (6 km) of Mount Everest. It lies at the border between Nepal and China.

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Mountain.name
Khumbutse
Mountain.photo
File:Khumbutse.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Khumbutse
Mountain.elevation_m
6636
Mountain.prominence_m
515
Mountain.map
Nepal Province1#Nepal#China Tibet
Mountain.label_position
left
Mountain.location
Solukhumbu District, Sagarmatha Zone, NepalTingri County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Mountain.range
Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas
Mountain.mapframe
yes
Mountain.mapframe wikidata
yes
Mountain.mapframe zoom
14
Mountain.first_ascent
1979 by Franček Knez
Mountain.easiest_route
glacier/snow/ice

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Elevation
6636
Image
Pumori-Langtren-Khumbutse.jpg
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topographic prominence
460
Commons category
Khumbutse
title
ཁུམ་བུ།་རྩེ
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Khumbutse (; ; ) is the first mountain west (6 km) of Mount Everest. It lies at the border between Nepal and China.

==Overview== Khumbutse's name indicates its location at the head of the Khumbu valley, down which the Khumbu Glacier flows. It is one of the prominent mountains above the southern Everest Base Camp, and is seen in many views from the nearby trekking routes, including at Gorak Shep.

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