Pangboche
पाङ्बोचे
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Village
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Pangboche with Ama Dablam mountain behind
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  Pangboche Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°51′N 86°48′E / 27.850°N 86.800°E / 27.850; 86.800 | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 1 |
| Zone | Sagarmatha Zone |
| District | Solukhumbu District |
| Area | Khumjung |
| Elevation | 3,985 m (13,074 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
PangbocheorPanboche is a village in Khumjung Village Development CommitteeofSolukhumbu DistrictinProvince No. 1ofNepal at an altitude of 13,074 feet (3,985 m).[1] It is located high in the Himalayas in the Imja Khole valley, about 3 kilometres northeast of Tengboche and is a base camp for climbing the nearby Ama Dablam and trekking. It contains a monastery, famed for its purported yeti scalp and hand, the latter of which was stolen.[2] The village is inhabited mainly by Sherpas, and Sungdare Sherpa, a native of the village, held the record for summiting Everest five times in the Sherpa climbing history and in the world history of mountaineering in 1989.[3] The Pangboche school was built by Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust in 1963. North of the village is the Dughla lake and pass.
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