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South Summit

8,749 m28,704 ft

Prominence: 10 m33 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -38°CPartly cloudy · Wind 13 km/h S

South Summit is an 8,749 m (28,704 ft) summit in the Mahalangur Himal, Tibet Autonomous Region, Nepal.

All facts

Elevation: 8,749 m · 28,704 ft
Range: Mahalangur Himal
Region: Tibet Autonomous Region, Nepal
Spanish name: Cumbre sur del Monte Everest
Coordinates: 27.9885° N, 86.9254° E

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3D map

South Summit 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

South Summit terrain and contours

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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

South Summit elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

South Summit weather

Today · Partly cloudy · -38 / -29°C (-36 / -20°F) · Wind 13 km/h S

South Summit forecast for the summit, about 8,749 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 5,804 m.

Today-38°-29°–13 km/h SBase -20 / -11°
Sun-37°-28°–14 km/h SBase -20 / -11°
Mon-38°-26°–10 km/h EBase -20 / -8°
Tue-36°-26°–10 km/h SWBase -19 / -9°
Wed-36°-25°0.4 mm6 km/h SWBase -18 / -8°
Thu-30°-24°26.5 mm3 km/h SBase -12 / -6°
Fri-24°-24°91.9 mm7 km/h SBase -7 / -6°
Sat-31°-24°0.7 mm9 km/h SBase -14 / -6°
Sun-34°-25°0.1 mm4 km/h EBase -17 / -8°
Mon-38°-28°0.4 mm4 km/h SBase -20 / -10°

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 South Summit

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

Nearest campsite
三号营地
1.4 km NNE · +2 more within 2.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
三号营地Campsite	1.4 km NNE
Camp 4S South ColCampsite	1.7 km SSE
二号营地Campsite	2.0 km NNE

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 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°

6.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

12.2%

Steep, 30–45°

48.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

32.1%

Steeper than 30°: 80.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,934 m low point 5,804 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 97.8%Bare rock / sparse 2.1%

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

Where it sits

Where South Summit sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Khumbu IcefallGlacier · 5,486 m5.2 km W

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Print & wall

JPGSouth Summit satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-28.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

14 m low This 3D map reads 8,735 m at the summit; the official height is 8,749 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	8,749 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	8,735 m	-14 m
Copernicus GLO-90	8,724 m	-25 m

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)
Accuracy comparison, 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 · Wikipedia

South Summit

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

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