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Makalu · 8,485 m · 18 km ESE
Pass · Koshi Province

South Col

7,825 m25,673 ft
Tonight
-32°CPartly cloudy · Wind 13 km/h S

South Col is a mountain pass at 7,825 m in Koshi Province, Nepal.

All facts
Saddle
7,825 m
Lowest point
5,534 m / 6,517 m
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Pass

South Col: the climb from each side

Saddle 7,825 meast side 5,534 m+2,291 m · 3.0 kmwest side 6,517 m+1,308 m · 3.0 km

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

South Col 3D map

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Topographic map

South Col 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

South Col elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

South Col weather

Today · Partly cloudy · -32 / -23°C (-26 / -9°F) · Wind 13 km/h S

South Col forecast for about 7,825 m.

  • Today-32°-23°–13 km/h S
  • Sun-32°-23°–14 km/h S
  • Mon-32°-20°–10 km/h E
  • Tue-31°-21°–10 km/h SW
  • Wed-30°-20°0.4 mm6 km/h SW
  • Thu-24°-18°26.5 mm3 km/h S
  • Fri-19°-18°91.9 mm7 km/h S
  • Sat-26°-19°0.7 mm9 km/h S
  • Sun-29°-20°0.1 mm4 km/h E
  • Mon-32°-23°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

Camping & parking near South Col

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Camp 4S South Col

    0.2 km SW · +2 more within 2.7 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Camp 4S South ColCampsite0.2 km SW
Camp 3SCampsite1.5 km WSW
三号营地Campsite2.7 km N
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 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°
9.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
12.4%
Steep, 30–45°
39.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
38.9%
Steeper than 30°
78.4% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
3,590 m low point 5,148 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 97.7%Bare rock / sparse 2.2%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of South Col.

NESW1 km3 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Lhotse North II8,117 m 0.8 km S
  2. 2Lhotse North I8,275 m 1.2 km S
  3. 3South Summit8,749 m 1.4 km NW
  4. 4Lhotse8,516 m 1.5 km S
  5. 5Lhotse Nup I8,415 m 1.6 km S
  6. 6Mount Everest8,849 m 1.6 km NNW
  7. 7Lhotse Middle8,410 m 1.7 km SSE
  8. 8Lhotse Middle II8,372 m 1.8 km SSE
  9. 9Lhotse Shar8,382 m 2.1 km SSE
Where it sits

Where South Col sits

Range
Himalayas121
Region
China121Koshi Province5Nepal73Asia964
Protected area
Sagarmatha National Park12
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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
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (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)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia