Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8,485 metres. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km southeast of Mount…
Gyantse Dzong or Gyantse Fortress is one of the best preserved dzongs in Tibet, perched high above the town of Gyantse on a huge spur of…
Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between China's Yadong County in Tibet, and the Indian states of Sikkim…
Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.
Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan.
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery is an historically and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet.
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, is the traditional
The North Col refers to the sharp-edged pass carved by glaciers in the ridge connecting Mount Everest and Changtse in Tibet.
The South Col is a sharp-edged col between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the highest and fourth-highest mountains in the world, respectively.
Jomolhari or Chomolhari sometimes known as "the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between…
The Kangshung Glacier is one of the three main glaciers of Mount Everest, and is in the Tibet region Himalayas, within the Tibet Autonomous…
The Palcho Monastery or Pelkor Chode Monastery or Shekar Gyantse is the main monastery in the Nyangchu river valley in Gyantse, Gyantse…
Sakya Monastery, also known as Pel Sakya is a Buddhist monastery situated in Sa'gya Town, Sa'gya County, about 127 km west of Shigatse in…
Shalu Monastery is small monastery 22 kilometres south of Shigatse in Tibet.
Tsechen Monastery, Tsechen Dzong or Shambu Tsegu, was about 5 kilometres northwest of Gyantse above the traditional village of the same…
Khumbutse is the first mountain west of Mount Everest. It lies at the border between Nepal and China.
Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 metres, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga.
Lhotse Shar is a subsidiary mountain of Lhotse, at 8,383 m high. It was first climbed by Sepp Mayerl and Rolf Walter on 12 May 1970.
Pumori is a mountain on the Nepal-China border in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas.
Menri Monastery is the name of a Bon monastery in Tibet that has been refounded in India.
