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Kangshung Glacier

Kangshung Glacier

Glacier · Mahalangur · China · in Qomolangma National Nature Preserve

Photograph: Dan Bursch, NASA Astronaut Re-processing by Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. · Public domain

Mahalangur · Nepal

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Part of

Mahalangur HimalGanga System

What’s around it

Terrain & setting

At a glance

Aspect
Faces N
Slope
≈ 5°

slope & aspect are approximate, estimated from the elevation model.

Background

The Kangshung Glacier is one of the three main glaciers of Mount Everest, and is in the Tibet region Himalayas, within the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The other two are the Khumbu Glacier and Rongbuk Glacier.

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