Imja Tse peak with the height of 6160m is more popularly known by name of Island peak. The peak was named Island peak by Eric Shipton’s party in 1953, as the peak resembles an Island in a sea of ice when viewed from Dingboche Later in 1983, the peak was renamed as Imja Tse.
The peak is a part of the south ridge of Lhotse shar and the main hand forms a Semicircle of clifts that rise to the north of the summits of Nuptse, Lhotse, middle peak and Lhotse Shar. Cho Polu and Makalu lie to the east of the Island peak Baruntse Amphu and Ama Dablam liew to the south.
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