Rongbuk monastery lies near the base of the north side of Mount Everest at 4,980 metres (16,340 ft) above sea level, at the end of the Dzakar Chu valley. Rongbuk is claimed to be the highest monastery in the world. For Sherpas living on the south slopes of Everest in the Khumbu region of Nepal, Rongbuk Monastery was an important pilgrimage site, accessed in a few days' travel across the Himalaya through the Nangpa La. The monastery was also regularly visited by the early expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s and 1930s after a five-week journey from Darjeeling in the Indian foothills of the Himalaya. Most past and current expeditions attempting to summit Mount Everest from the north, Tibetan side establish their Base Camp near the tongue of Rongbuk Glacier about 8 km (5 mi) south of the Monastery. Today, the monastery is accessible by road after a two- to three-hour drive from the Friendship Highway from either Shelkar (New Tingri) or Old Tingri. From Rongbuk Monastery, there are dramatic views of the north face of Mount Everest, and one of the first British explorers to see it, John Noel, described it: "Some colossal architect, who built with peaks and valleys, seemed here to have wrought a dramatic prodigy—a hall of grandeur that led to the mountain.
There is no temple on Mount Everest but not far from Base Camp on the North (Tibet) side you will find the Rongbuk Monastery.
Near the base of the North side of Mount Everest lies the Rongbuk Monastery, which has been called the "sacred threshold to Mount Everest, with the most dramatic views of the world.
Mount Everest
Mount Carmel Monastery was created in 1790.
Mount Everest is a mountain not a volcano.
Mount Everest is in the Himalayan mountain range.
No, Mount Everest will not erupt because it is not a volcano.
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George Everest discovered Mount Everest in 1852.
Mount Everest is not a volcano
There are no advertisements on Mount Everest.
Mount Everest is a mountain.