Mount Everest

　　Mount Everest, meaning "Goddess Mother of the World" in Tibetan, stands at an elevation of 8,848 meters, making it the highest peak in the world. It is situated on the border between China and Nepal in the central section of the Himalayas, directly south of Tingri County in the Shigatse region of Tibet. The summit is perpetually covered in snow, presenting a sacred and pristine sight. The Everest region boasts four peaks over 8,000 meters and 38 peaks over 7,000 meters, earning it the title of the "Third Pole of the Earth."

　　At the foot of Mount Everest lies the Rongbuk Monastery, the highest-altitude temple in the world. It is also the best vantage point to view Mount Everest, located just 25 kilometers in a straight line from the peak.

　　Mount Everest is a typical fault-block uplift mountain. Between its Precambrian metamorphic rock base and the overlying sedimentary rock layers lies a thrust fault zone, where early Paleozoic strata have been thrust southward over Proterozoic strata along this zone. The upper part of the peak consists of Early Ordovician or Cambro-Ordovician calcareous rock formations (with gray crystalline limestone at the summit), while the lower part comprises Cambrian argillaceous rock formations (such as phyllite and schist), along with intrusions of granite and migmatite dikes. The rock strata generally dip northeastward at a gentle angle. Since the end of marine transgression in the mid-Eocene, Mount Everest has been undergoing rapid uplift, rising approximately 3,000 meters from the late Pliocene to the present. Due to the ongoing collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates at a rate of 5.08 centimeters per year, the entire Himalayan range, including Mount Everest, continues to rise, with the peak growing by about 1.27 centimeters each year. The Everest region features well-developed valley glaciers, with numerous massive valley glaciers radiating outward from the mountain. There are 18 glaciers longer than 10 kilometers, extending down to elevations between 3,600 and 5,400 meters. Among these, the three major northern slope glaciers—Rongbuk Middle, Rongbuk West, and Rongbuk East—and their over 30 smaller tributary glaciers form the most prominent glacial complex. Within a 5,000-square-kilometer area around Mount Everest, glaciers cover approximately 1,600 square kilometers. Ice towers are commonly found in the ice tongues of many large glaciers. Ancient glacial landforms such as cirques, glacial trough valleys, glacial or fluvioglacial erosion and deposition platforms, lateral moraines, and terminal moraines are also frequently observed. Intense frost weathering has created rugged summit rocks, towering horns and arêtes, and extensive fields of scree or blockfields. Repeated freeze-thaw cycles near the surface have formed unique periglacial landforms such as stone rings and stone fences.

　　Time Required

　　4 days

　　Admission Fee

　　180 RMB

　　Opening Hours

　　Open all day

　　Location

　　Tingri County, Shigatse Region