Mount Shisha Pangma is located in the middle of the Himalaya. The name of the mountain means “a place with awful and fickle climate” in Tibetan language. It is the 14th highest mountain in the world with a sea level elevation of 8012 meters. Among all the mountains that are higher than 8000 meters in Himalaya, Mount Shisha Pangma is the only one which is situated entirely within the borderline of China.
Mount Shisha Pangma is 120 kilometers away from Mount Everest, it consists of three peaks. To the southwest of the main peak, which is 8012 meters high, there are two relatively lower peak, one is 8008 metes high, and the other is 7966. Most of the perpetual snows and large-scale continental glaciers in Himalaya were located in Mount Shisha Pangma and its surroundings. The covering area of snow and glacier in the mountain reaches amazingly 6000 square kilometers. The 13.5 kilometer long Yebocangjiale Glacier stretches along the north ridge of Mount Shisha Pangma, and the Quda Glacier lies in parallel to it. To the east of the north ridge, there is the Geya Clacier. Along the south ridge of moutain, there are also many glaciers, for example, the 16 kilometer long Fuqu Glacier. The glacier extends all the way down to the scrubland on the mountainside.
The most attracting scenery in the mountain is the ice tower forest. It lasts from 5000 to 5800 meters above the sea level on the mountain. The glaciers here adopt various elegant forms by the power of nature, especially wind force. It looks just like a vast garden of glacier.
Mount Shisha Pangma has a fairly high religious status in Tibet. Local residents regard it as a mountain of luck. They often praise the breathtaking mountain in their folk tales and songs. Mount Shisha Pangma has guarded Tibet and its people quietly for thousands of years.
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