Makalu

8,462 m

Peak · Mahalangur · in Qomolangma National Nature Preserve

Ben Tubby · CC BY 2.0

Connections

the verified web around Makalu

🔭 Seen from 9 treks

Island Peak Climbing Expedition · Challenging+Everest Three Passes Trek · Challenging EBC With Gokyo Lakes · Strenuous Everest Base Camp Trek · Strenuous Phoktey Dara Trek · Easy Sandakphu Phalut Trek · Easy Sandakphu 4 Day Trek · Easy Sandakphu Phalut On Landrover · Easy Phalut Trek · Easy

🗺️ Part of

Mahalangur Himal

🧭 What’s around it

🏔️ Peaks

Kangchungtse · 3 km · 7,678 m Chomo Lonzo · 4.9 km · 7,818 m Pethang Tse · 10.4 km · 6,739 m Baruntse · 10.9 km · 7,220 m Cho Polu · 11 km · 6,735 m Hongu Chuli · 11.3 km · 6,833 m Num Ri · 11.5 km · 6,677 m

🧊 Glaciers

Kangshung Glacier · 12 km

Terrain & setting

At a glance

Aspect: Faces SE
Slope: ≈ 37°

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

Background

Makalu is the fifth-highest mountain on Earth, with a summit at an elevation of 8,485 metres (27,838 ft) AMSL. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Mount Everest, on the China–Nepal border. One of the eight-thousanders, Makalu is an isolated peak shaped like a four-sided pyramid.

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