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[Natural Environment]
The summit is pyramidal, surrounded by three ridges, the southeast, west, and northeast, and the south (west), north, and east walls drop into the Khumbu Glacier, Rongbuk Glacier, and Kangshung Glacier, respectively. Changtse (7,553m) on the north ridge that branches off from the northeast ridge of the main peak, Pumo Ri (7,145m) on the west ridge at the entrance to the Khumbu Glacier, Lhotse (8,511m) on the southeast ridge about 3km from the main peak, and Nuptse (7,879m) further west form the Everest Mountains. The summit of the main peak is made of metamorphosed Permian Carboniferous limestone, and shows sides of Permian to Jurassic deposits.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Changtse" are listed below.

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[自然環境]
 頂上は南東稜,西稜,北東稜の三つの稜に囲まれたピラミッド状で,南(西)壁,北壁,東壁の三つの壁が,それぞれクーンブ氷河,ロンブク氷河,カンシュン氷河に落ちこんでいる。主峰の北東稜から分岐した北稜上にチャンツェChangtse(7553m),クーンブ氷河の入口の西稜上にプモリPumo Ri(7145m),主峰から約3km離れた南東稜上にローツェLhotse(8511m),そのさらに西方にヌプツェNuptse(7879m)が,エベレスト山群をつくっている。主峰の頂上は変成を受けた二畳石炭系の石灰岩からなり,二畳からジュラ各系の堆積物の側面をみせる。…

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