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Island peak Climbing, offers an enjoyable climb the peak, also provides some
of the most striking scenery in the Khumbu. If the peak can be
likened to an Island in a glacial sea, than the main land forms
a semicircle of cliffs that rise in the north to the rugged
summit of Nuptse ( 7879m/ 25850ft ), Lhotse ( 9501m/27870ft),
Lhotse middle peak( 8410m/ 27590ft), as yet still unclimbed and
Lhotse Shar ( 8383m/ 27503ft ). To the east, rising above the
frozen waves of the Lhotse Shar glacier, is Cho polu( 6734m/
22093ft ), beyond which can be seen the red granite mass of
Makalu ( 8475m/ 27805ft).
To the south of the Imja glacier and icy flutings of Baruntse
(7720m/ 25328ft) and the Amphu peaks lead the eye to the lofty
pinnacle of Ama Dablam ( 6856m/ 22493ft ), which is liked a
giant sea – stack guarding the entrance to the glacial bay in
which Island peak stands.
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