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Nuptse Nuptse is a mountain in the Nepalese Khumbu region of the Himalayas, two kilometres WSW of Mount Everest. Nuptse is Tibetan for west peak, as it is the western segment of the Lhotse-Nuptse massif. The main ridge of Nuptse is crowned by seven peaks: | etres | feet | Latitude (N) | Longitude (E) | | uptse I | 7,861 | 25,790 | 27°57′59″ | 86°53′24″ | | uptse II | 7,827 | 25,679 | 27°57′52″ | 86°53′34″ | | uptse Shar I | 7,804 | 25,604 | 27°57′41″ | 86°53′47″ | | uptse Nup I | 7,784 | 25,538 | 27°58′05″ | 86°53′08″ | | uptse Shar II | 7,776 | 25,512 | 27°57′39″ | 86°53′55″ | | uptse Nup II | 7,742 | 25,400 | 27°58′06″ | 86°52′54″ | | uptse Shar III | 7,695 | 25,246 | 27°57′30″ | 86°54′42″ | The main peak, Nuptse I, was first climbed on May 16, 1961 by Dennis Davis and Sherpa Tashi of a British expedition. Nuptse is the twenty-eighth highest mountain in the world. External link
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