The Mahalangur Himal is a subrange of the Himalaya 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. Hence 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, among others. Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; pronounced in the Lhasa dialect; Chinese: ; pinyin: or Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: [the two names are used with different connotations; see Name section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Makalu and Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station. ... Everest redirects here. ... Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth and is connected to Mount Everest via the South Col. ... Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world and is located 22 km (14 mi) east of Mount Everest. ... Cho Oyu (or Cho Oyo or Mt. ... The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... Earth (IPA: , often referred to as the Earth, Terra, the World or Planet Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. ... Rongbuk Glacier and the Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station. ... The Khumbu Glacier is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal and flows down from the Khumbu Icefall on the southern slopes of Mount Everest. ...

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. Khumbu is one of three subregions of the main Sherpa settlement of the Himalaya, the other two being Solu and Pharak. ... Everest redirects here. ...

Coordinates: 27°55′N 86°45′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...