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Khumbu Icefall
- Area
- 0.58 km²
- Lowest point
- 5,643 m
- Tonight
- -24°CPartly cloudy · Wind 13 km/h S
Khumbu Icefall Glacier in Nepal covers 0.58 km² and spans 5,643–6,456 m above sea level.
All facts
- Highest point
- 6,456 m
Khumbu Icefall 3D map
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Khumbu Icefall topographic map
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Khumbu Icefall elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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Khumbu Icefall: size and slope
Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.
- Vertical range
- 813 m
- Mean slope
- 31°
- Faces
- westafternoon sun
Khumbu Icefall weather
Today · Partly cloudy · -24 / -15°C (-11 / 5°F) · Wind 13 km/h S
Khumbu Icefall forecast for about 6,456 m.
- Today-24°-15°–13 km/h S
- Sun-24°-15°–14 km/h S
- Mon-24°-12°–10 km/h E
- Tue-23°-12°–10 km/h SW
- Wed-22°-12°0.4 mm6 km/h SW
- Thu-16°-10°26.5 mm3 km/h S
- Fri-11°-10°91.9 mm7 km/h S
- Sat-17°-10°0.7 mm9 km/h S
- Sun-20°-12°0.1 mm4 km/h E
- Mon-24°-14°0.4 mm4 km/h S
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Khumbu Icefall
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Khumbu Icefall, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Camp 1S
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Camp 1SCampsite | 1.1 km SSE |
| Everest Base CampCampsite | 2.4 km W |
| Asian TrekkingCampsite | 2.4 km W |
Slope
Share of the 3 × 3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 57.9% of the 9 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,989 m low point 5,286 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Khumbu Icefall sits
- Range
- Himalayas121
- Protected area
- Sagarmatha National Park12
Nearby places
Western Cwm6,000 m↑3.4 km SE
NuptsePeak · 7,861 m↑4.3 km SSE
Kala PattharPeak · 5,645 m↑4.9 km WSW
PumoriPeak · 7,161 m↑5.0 km WNW
Mount EverestPeak · 8,849 m↑5.1 km ESE
More in the Himalayas 6
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-28)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)