The Rongbuk Glacier is located in a vast area at the foot of Mount Everest at an altitude of 5,300 meters to 6,300 meters. It consists of two glaciers, the West Rongbuk Glacier and the Middle Rongbuk Glacier.

The Everest region is the activity center of China's continental glaciers. There are 15 mountain glaciers with an area of more than 10 square kilometers. Among them, the largest and most famous is the compound valley glacier - Rongbuk Glacier, which is 22.4 kilometers long and covers an area of 85.4 square kilometers. square kilometers.

The ice tongue of Rongbuk Glacier is 1.4 kilometers wide on average, with an average thickness of 120 meters, and the thickest point is more than 300 meters. It is one of the most majestic scenery in Tibet. There are various types of glaciers, and their upper limit is generally 7260 meters. The supply of glaciers is mainly formed by the metamorphism of snow in the two major precipitation belts of the Indian Ocean monsoon belt.

There are various, magnificent and rare ice tower forests, ice velvet, ice bridges, seracs and other strange things on the glacier, which are too beautiful to behold. There are ice cliffs tens of meters high, light and dark ice fissures with traps, and dangerous ice and avalanche areas.

There are 15 mountain glaciers on Mount Everest with an area of more than 10 square kilometers. The largest Rongbuk Glacier is 26 kilometers long, with an average thickness of 120 meters, and the thickest point is more than 300 meters. There are various types of glaciers, and their upper limit is generally 7260 meters. The supply of glaciers is mainly formed by the metamorphism of snow in the two major precipitation belts of the Indian Ocean monsoon belt. The largest and most famous of them is the compound valley glacier-Rongbuk Glacier. The ice tongue of Rongbuk Glacier is 14 kilometers wide on average and covers an area of 86.89 square kilometers.