Likhu Chuli · 6,719 m · 14 km W

Nepal

Khumbu

Floor2,936 m9,633 ft

Depth: 1,817 m
Rim: 5,279 m
Length: 15.2 km
Tonight: -18°CLight snow showers · Wind 11 km/h W

Khumbu is up to 1,817 m deep: the rim reaches 5,279 m and the floor 2,936 m, along 15.2 km.

All facts

Floor: 2,936 m

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Depth

Depth of Khumbu

Up to 1,817 m deep (typically 1,537 m) along the 15.2 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Khumbu 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Khumbu terrain and contours

200 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.

Index contours every 1,000 mShowing west → east through the centre

Khumbu elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Khumbu weather

Today · Light snow showers at night · -18 / -2°C (0 / 28°F) · 1.6 mm · Wind 11 km/h W

Khumbu forecast for about 5,279 m.

Today-18°-2°1.6 mm11 km/h W
Sun-18°-2°–9 km/h W
Mon-18°-1°–9 km/h W
Tue-17°0°–6 km/h S
Wed-16°0°–5 km/h S
Thu-8°-4°37.9 mm3 km/h W
Fri-6°-4°126.7 mm4 km/h S
Sat-11°-1°5.9 mm5 km/h S
Sun-15°-1°2.7 mm5 km/h SW
Mon-17°-1°0.4 mm5 km/h SW

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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Khumbu

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Khumbu, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
0.3 km E
+1 more within 3.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 2

Place	Distance
Campsite	0.3 km E
Campsite	3.0 km SSE

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 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.

Gentle, 0–15°

9.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.6%

Steep, 30–45°

43.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

16.2%

Steeper than 30°: 60.1% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 3,297 m low point 2,813 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 46.1%Bare rock / sparse 21.5%Trees 11.8%Snow & ice 11.1%Moss & lichen 8.9%Water 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 180 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Gentiana depressa55
Himalayan Monal37
Kumaon iris27
Large-billed Crow17
Black-faced Laughingthrush17
Himalayan Tahr15

Where it sits

Where Khumbu sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mera Peak6,476 m23 km SE

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGKhumbu satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-01-21.

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Sources

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 2025 (scene 2025-01-21)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Khumbu

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite