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{{Short description|4th-highest mountain on Earth}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Lhotse
| other_name = {{Langx|ne|ल्होत्से}} <br> {{Langx|bo|ལྷོ་རྩེ}}
| photo = Lhotse-fromChukhungRi.jpg
| photo_caption = The South Face of Lhotse as seen from the climb up to [[Chukhung|Chukhung Ri]]
| elevation_m = 8516
| elevation_ref = <ref group="nb">An elevation of {{cvt|8,501|m|ft}} is sometimes given, but official Nepalese and Chinese mapping agree on {{cvt|8,516|m|ft}}.</ref><br /><small>[[List of highest mountains|Ranked 4th]]</small>
| prominence_m = 610
| prominence_ref = <ref name=8000ers_gi/>
| listing = [[Eight-thousander]]
| location = [[Solukhumbu District]], [[Koshi Province]], Nepal <br />[[Tingri County]], [[Shigatse Prefecture]], [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], China
| country = {{flag|Nepal}} & <br>
{{flag|China}}
| range = [[Mahalangur Himal]], [[Himalayas]]
| coordinates = {{coord|type:mountain |format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=8000ers_gi>{{cite web |url=https://8000ers.com/cms/iindex.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74 |title=General Info |publisher=8000ers.com |access-date=2009-12-20}}</ref>
| topo = 
| mapframe = no
| map_image = {{OSM Himalaya|lat_d=27.9|long_d=86.9|zoom=7}}
| first_ascent = 18 May 1956<br />[[Fritz Luchsinger]], [[Ernst Reiss]]<br />(First winter ascent 31 December 1988 [[Krzysztof Wielicki]])<ref>{{cite journal | title = Asia, Nepal, Everest Attempt, Tragedy and Winter Ascent of Lhotse | journal =American Alpine Journal| date=1989| issn= 0065-6925| first =Herman | last = Detienne | isbn= 9780930410391| volume =#31 |issue =63 | pages=203-204 | access-date = 20 May 2024  |url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198920302/Asia-Nepal-Everest-Attempt-Tragedy-and-Winter-Ascent-of-Lhotse }}</ref>
| easiest_route = glacier/snow/ice climb
}}
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|s=洛子峰
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[[File:ISS004E8852 everest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Kangshung Face as seen from the [[International Space Station|ISS]]]]

'''Lhotse''' ({{langx|ne|ल्होत्से|L'hōtsē|}} {{IPA|ne|lotse|}}; {{langx|bo|ལྷོ་རྩེ|lho tse|South Peak}} {{IPA|bo|l̥otse|}}; {{CJKV|c=洛子峰}}) is the [[List of highest mountains#List|fourth-highest mountain]] on Earth, after [[Mount Everest]], [[K2]], and [[Kangchenjunga]]. At an [[elevation]] of {{convert|8516|m|ft}} above [[sea level]], the main [[summit]] is on the border between the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of [[China]] and the [[Khumbu]] region of [[Nepal]].

With Everest to the north and [[Nuptse]] to the west, Lhotse forms the apex of the massive horseshoe-shaped arc of the Everest [[massif]]. Despite the tremendous vertical relief of its South and Northeast Faces, it is the least prominent of the [[eight-thousander]]s due to the great height of the [[South Col]] between it and Everest. Lhotse's Western Face, recessed behind the head of the [[Khumbu Glacier]] in the [[Western Cwm]], plays an integral part in the standard routes of ascent for both peaks. The name ''Lhotse'', which means "South Peak" in [[Tibetic languages|Tibetan]], further emphasizes the close relationship between the two.

The main ridge of the mountain features four distinct summits: Lhotse Main at {{cvt|8516|m|ft|0}} [[height above mean sea level|AMSL]], [[Lhotse Middle]] (also called Lhotse Central I or Lhotse East) at {{cvt|8414|m|ft}}, Lhotse Central II at {{cvt|8372|m|ft}}, and [[Lhotse Shar]] at {{cvt|8383|m|ft}}. Though Lhotse Main is considered to be an intermediately difficult eight-thousander when ascended from the standard Reiss Couloir route, its secondary summits and extremely steep South Face are regarded as some of the most difficult and dangerous climbs in the world.<ref name="Lhot_FAQ">{{cite web |url=https://alanarnette.com/climbs/lhotsefaq.php |title=Lhotse FAQ: {{convert|27,940|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} |publisher=AlanArnette.com |access-date=2022-02-14}}</ref><ref name="K2_News">{{cite web |url=https://k2news.com/03/lhotseshar.htm |title=Lhotse Shar 8400 meters 2003 expedition |access-date=2024-03-31}}{{dead link|date=April 2024}}</ref> Its icy North East Face remains unclimbed.<ref name="Him_Data">{{cite web |url=https://himalayandatabase.com/Online/peakexp.html |title=The Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley |access-date=2024-03-31}}</ref>

==Climbing==
An early attempt on Lhotse was made by the 1955 International Himalayan Expedition, headed by [[Norman Dyhrenfurth]]. It also included two Austrians (cartographers Erwin Schneider and Ernst Senn) and two Swiss (Bruno Spirig and Arthur Spöhel), and was the first expedition in the Everest area to include Americans ([[Fred Beckey]], [[George Irving Bell|George Bell]], and Richard McGowan). The Nepalese liaison officer was Gaya Nanda Vaidya. They were accompanied by 200 local porters and several climbing [[Sherpa people|Sherpas]]. After a brief look at the dangerous southern approaches of Lhotse Shar, they turned their attention, during September and October, to the [[Western Cwm]] and the northwest face of Lhotse, on which they achieved an altitude of about {{convert|8100|m|ft|-2}}. They were beaten back by unexpectedly strong wind and low temperatures. Under Schneider's direction, they completed the first map of the Everest area (1:50,000 [[Photogrammetry|photogrammetric]]). The expedition also made several short films covering local cultural topics and made a number of first ascents of smaller peaks in the [[Khumbu]] region.<ref name="AAJ_1956">{{cite aaj| title = Lhotse, 1955 | article_id = 12195600700/Lhotse-1955 | year=1956 | volume = 10 | issue = 1 | page = 7| author = Dyhrenfurth, Norman G. | access-date = 10 April 2016}}</ref>

The main summit of Lhotse was first climbed on 18 May 1956, by the Swiss team of [[Ernst Reiss]] and [[Fritz Luchsinger]], members of the Swiss Mount Everest/Lhotse Expedition.<ref name=Everest_Lhotse_1956>{{cite web  |url = http://www.alpinfo.ch/rueckblick/en/expeditions/everest_lhotse56.html  |title = The Swiss Mount Everest/Lhotse Expedition 1956  |publisher = Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research  |access-date = 14 December 2020  |archive-date = 3 February 2015  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150203033400/http://www.alpinfo.ch/rueckblick/en/expeditions/everest_lhotse56.html  |url-status = dead  }}</ref><ref name="AAJ_1957">{{cite aaj | title = Everest — Lhotse, 1956 | article_id = 12195712100/Everest-Lhotse-1956 | year=1957 | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | page = 121 | author = Marmet, JÜRG | others = Translated from German by H. Adams Carter | access-date = 10 April 2016}}</ref>

On 12 May 1970, [[Sepp Mayerl]] and Rolf Walter of Austria made the first ascent of Lhotse Shar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.risk.ru/eng/mount/himalaya/lhotse98/discr/index.html|title=Lhotse Shar|publisher=old.risk.ru|access-date=17 January 2011}}</ref>

On 12 May 1999 [[Czechs|Czech]] climber [[Soňa Vomáčková]] reached the main summit and thus became the first woman to reach it without supplemental oxygen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goat.cz/index.php?path=Himalaj_Vrcholy_Lhotse_LhotseVystupy|title=Výstupy na Lhotse|publisher=Goat.cz|access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> 

Lhotse Middle remained, for a long time, the highest unclimbed named point on Earth; its first ascent was made on 23 May 2001 by Eugeny Vinogradsky, Sergei Timofeev, Alexei Bolotov and Petr Kuznetsov of a Russian expedition.<ref name=AAJ_2002>{{cite aaj | title = Unraveling the Mystery of Lhotse Middle | article_id = 12200216600/Unraveling-the-Mystery-of-Lhotse-Middle | volume = 44 | issue = 76 | year = 2002 | page = 166  | author = Koshelenko, Yuri | access-date = 10 April 2016}}</ref>

The Lhotse standard climbing route follows the same path as Everest's [[South Col]] route up to the [[Mount Everest#Geology|Yellow Band]] beyond Camp 3. After the Yellow Band, the routes diverge with climbers bound for Everest taking a left over the [[Geneva Spur]] up to the South Col, while Lhotse climbers take a right further up the Lhotse face. The last part to the summit leads through the narrow "Reiss [[couloir]]" until the Lhotse main peak is reached.

By December 2008, 371 climbers had summited Lhotse while 20 had died during their attempt.<ref name=lhotse_stats>{{cite web|url=http://www.8000ers.com/cms/lhotse-general-info-194.html  | title=Lhotse statistics|publisher=8000ers.com|access-date=20 December 2009}}</ref> Lhotse was not summited in 2014, 2015, or 2016 due to a series of incidents. It was next summited in May 2017.<ref name="thehimalayantimes.com">{{cite web |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/mt-lhotse-records-first-successful-ascent-three-years/ |title=Mt Lhotse records first successful ascent after three years |last=Pokhrel |first=Rajan |date=16 May 2017 |work=The Himalayan Times |access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>

It is possible to climb to the summit of Lhotse, then along the South Col to the summit of Everest, in less than 24 hours. In certain mountaineering circles, this rare (and seldom-recorded) feat is known as the "Double Crown"; the latest well-documented attempt was by Messrs. Jocelyn Cayer and Ashish in May 2025.<ref name="CTSS 2025">{{cite web | title=Lhotse Summits, Double Crown, and ANOTHER Everest Record | website=Climbing the Seven Summits | date=19 May 2025 | url=https://climbingthesevensummits.com/lhotse-summits-double-crown-and-another-everest-record/ | access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref>

===Timeline===
[[File:Nuptse Ridge ,Everest,Lhotse and Lhotse Shar peaks.jpg|thumb|Nuptse Ridge, Everest, Lhotse, and Lhotse Shar peaks]]
* 1955 Attempt by the International Himalayan Expedition.<ref name="AAJ_1956"/>
* 1956 May 18 First ascent of the main summit: [[Fritz Luchsinger]] and [[Ernst Reiss]].<ref name=Everest_Lhotse_1956/>
* 1965 First attempt on Lhotse Shar by a Japanese expedition – reached {{convert|8100|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}}.<ref name=AAJ_1971>{{cite aaj| article_id = 12197143402/Asia-Nepal-Lhotse-Shar | title = Lhotse Shar |  department = Climbs And Expeditions | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | year = 1971 | page = 434 | access-date = 8 May 2014}}</ref>
* 1970 May 12 First ascent of Lhotse Shar by an Austrian expedition, [[Sepp Mayerl]], Rolf Walter.
* 1973 First attempt on the South Face by a Japanese expedition led by Ryohei Uchida.
* 1974 December 25 The first time a team attempting an [[eight-thousander]] in winter managed to climb above 8000m. Polish climbers [[Andrzej Zawada]] and [[Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich|Andrzej Heinrich]] reached a height of {{convert|8,250|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}.
* 1975 Attempt on the South Face by [[Reinhold Messner]].<ref name=peakbagger_lhotse>{{cite web | url=http://www.peakbagger.com/climber/PeakAscents.aspx?pid=10642&sort=TotalKm&u=m&y=9999  | title = Ascents of Lhotse | publisher=peakbagger.com  | access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref>
* 1977 Second ascent of the main summit by a German expedition led by Dr. G. Schmatz.
* 1979 Ascent of the main summit by [[Andrzej Czok]] and [[Jerzy Kukuczka]] without the use of [[Oxygen therapy|supplemental oxygen]]<ref name=EvHist_Kukuczka>{{cite web|url=http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/kukuczka.htm|title= Jerzy "Jurek" Kukuczka | website=everesthistory.com|access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref> (Kukuczka's first conquered eight-thousander, and eventually the last one to climb 10 years later). Ascent was in company of Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich and Janusz Skorek. Four days later second group climbed to the peak - Janusz Baranek, Adam Bilczewski, Stanisław Cholewa, Robert Niklas. [[Leszek S. Czarnecki]] climbed with the group without the use of supplemental oxygen, but carrying the oxygen to elevation of 8350 m, where he was forced to turn back due to inclement weather.
* 1980 April 27 Attempt on Lhotse Shar by the French climber [[Nicolas Jaeger]], last seen at {{convert|8200|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite journal  |last1= Cheney   |first1= Michael J.  |title= Lhotse Tragedy  | url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198125401/Lhotse-Tragedy |   journal= American Alpine Journal |volume=23  |issue=55  |page =  254 | issn=   0065-6925  | isbn=9780930410773  |date=1981 |access-date= 31 March 2024 }}</ref>
* 1981 Attempt on the South Face by a Yugoslavian expedition led by Aleš Kunaver. Vanja Matijevec and Franček Knez reach the top of the Face but not the summit.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Lhotse South Face- The Wall of Legends|last = Morgan|first = Ed|publisher = Bee Different Books|year = 2016|isbn = 978-0-9935148-0-7|page = 73}}</ref>
* 1981 April 30 First solo ascent without the use of supplement oxygen of the main summit by [[Hristo Prodanov]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/prodanov.htm|title=Christo Prodanov|publisher=everesthistory.com|access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=summitpost_lhotse>{{cite web | url=http://www.summitpost.org/lhotse/150575#chapter_2  | title = Lhotse – Historical Timeline | publisher=summitpost.org  | access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref> as part of the first Bulgarian Himalayan expedition.
* 1981 October 16 Second ascent of Lhotse Shar, Colin Molines<ref>{{cite book|last=Sujarwo|first=Anton|title=MAHKOTA HIMALAYA: Kecamuk kompetisi para legenda dalam perebutan 14 puncak gunung tersulit di dunia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lymDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA222|year=2018|publisher=Anton Sujarwo|isbn=978-602-07-1306-9|page=222}}</ref>
* 1984 May 20/21 Members of the Czechoslovak expedition led by Ivan Galfy climb the South Face of Lhotse Shar for the first time (third overall ascent of Lhotse Shar).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=summitpost_lhotse/>
* 1986 October 16 Ascent by Reinhold Messner, thus becoming the first person to climb all of the fourteen eight-thousanders.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
* 1987 May 21 the Brazilian Otto William Gerstenberger Junior and the Swiss Haans Singera reach the summit.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
* 1988 December 31 [[Krzysztof Wielicki]], a Polish climber, completed the first winter ascent of Lhotse.<ref name=mteverestnet>{{cite web| url = http://www.mounteverest.net/story/KrzysztofWielickisoundsoffonShishawinterclimbJan132005.shtml| title = Krzysztof Wielicki sounds off on Shisha winter climb!| publisher = mounteverest.net| access-date = 8 May 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225820/http://www.mounteverest.net/story/KrzysztofWielickisoundsoffonShishawinterclimbJan132005.shtml| archive-date = 12 May 2014| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* 1989 October 24 [[Jerzy Kukuczka]] dies while climbing the South Face when his secondhand rope breaks.<ref name=EvHist_Kukuczka/> An international expedition led by Reinhold Messner to climb the South Face was unsuccessful.<ref name=peakbagger_lhotse/>
* 1990 April 24 [[Tomo Česen]] from Slovenia, makes a first solo ascent of the South Face of Lhotse.<ref name=him_journal_1990>{{cite journal | url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/47/3/south-face-of-lhotse-1990/ | title = South Face of Lhotse, 1990 | author = Cesen, Tomo| journal = The Himalayan Journal | volume = 47 | year = 1991 | access-date = 8 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=AAJ_1991>{{cite aaj | article_id = 12199100100/A-Look-into-the-Future-Lhotses-South-Face | title = A Look into the Future, Lhotse's South Face | volume = 33 | issue = 65 | year = 1991 | page = 1  | author = Cesen, Tomo | others = Translated by Maja Košak   | access-date = 10 April 2016|links=off}}</ref> Controversy of his climb is later raised by the Soviet Himalayan expedition, claiming that his ascent would be impossible.<ref name=AJ_1998>{{cite journal | title = Lhotse 96: Controversy in the Shadow of Everest | url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1998_files/AJ%201998%2093-96%20Pratt%20Lhotse%2096.pdf| access-date = 14 December 2020| journal = Alpine Journal | year = 1998 | author = Pratt, Jonathan | pages = 93–96}}</ref> Reinhold Messner would also raise his doubts.
* 1990 October 16 in severe weather conditions,  the First ascent of South Face by the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Himalayan expedition members climbing pair [[:ru:Бершов,_Сергей_Игоревич|Sergey Bershov]] and Gennadiy Karataev reached the summit, while [[Igor Svergun]] reached 8,200m.
* 1994 May 13 [[Carlos Carsolio]] got mountaintop solo, introducing a world speed record at 23 h 50 min rise from Base Camp to the summit.
* 1996 May 10 [[Chantal Mauduit]] becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Lhotse.<ref name=AJ_1998/>
* 1996 May 17 [[Anatoli Boukreev]] solo ascent, world speed record at 21 hours 16 min from Base Camp to summit without supplemental oxygen; he had summited Everest the week before.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.adventure-journal.com/2016/09/hero-of-everest-tragedy-was-climbing-prodigy/ | title=Hero of Everest Tragedy Was Climbing Prodigy| website=adventure-journal.com|date=September 2016}}</ref>
* 1997 Attempt to climb Lhotse Middle via the ridge between the main summit and Lhotse Shar by a Russian expedition, led by Vladimir Bashkirov, who died in the attempt, just below the main summit.<ref name=AAJ_1998>{{cite aaj | article_id = 12199831002/Asia-Nepal-Lhotse-Intermediate-Attempt-and-Tragedy | title = Lhotse Intermediate, Attempt and Tragedy | year = 1998 | author = Hawley, Elizabeth | access-date = 6 January 2017|links=off}}</ref>
* 1999 Attempt to climb Lhotse Middle and traverse the three summits by a Russian team, failed due to bad weather.<ref name=summitpost_lhotse/>
* 2001 May 23 First ascent of Lhotse Middle by a Russian expedition.<ref name=AAJ_2002/><ref name=summitpost_lhotse/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.russianclimb.com/middle_lhotse.html|title=Lhotse Middle (8414 m)|publisher=russianclimb.com|access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref>
* 2007 [[Pemba Doma Sherpa]], Nepali mountaineer and two-time summiter of [[Mount Everest]], falls to her death from Lhotse at 8,000 m. The fall was witnessed by Australian mountaineer Philip Ling who was also climbing the mountain. Two other Sherpas also perished while trailing a group of clients during a snowstorm.<ref name=bbcsa>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6684649.stm|title=Famous female Nepal climber dead|work=BBC News|date=23 May 2007|access-date=2009-12-20}}</ref>
* 2011 May 14–15, Michael Horst, American guide, summits Mount Everest and Lhotse without descending below Camp IV (South Col) with less than 21 hours elapsing between the two summits.<ref name=climb_21hours>{{cite web|url=http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/everest_and_lhotse_in_less_than_21_hours/  | title=Everest and Lhotse in Less Than 21 Hours|publisher=Climbing.com|access-date=16 October 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920230624/http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/everest_and_lhotse_in_less_than_21_hours/  | archive-date=2011-09-20}}</ref>
* 2011 on 20 May, Indian mountaineer [[Arjun Vajpai]] became the youngest climber ever to summit Lhotse, aged 17 years, 11 months and 16 days.<ref name=indiatimes_2011>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-20/india/29563994_1_mt-everest-highest-peaks-arjun  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105140022/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-20/india/29563994_1_mt-everest-highest-peaks-arjun  | url-status=dead  | archive-date=5 November 2012  | title = Young Indian mountaineer scales Mt Lhotse | date=20 May 2011 | newspaper=[[The Times of India]]  | access-date=19 August 2013}}</ref>
* 2017 on 19 May, Belgian Stef 'Wolf' Wolfsput became the first person with a disability to climb to the summit of Lhotse and only the second Belgian. He suffers a paralysed leg.{{no source|date=December 2020}}
* 2018 on 22 May, Mexican climber José Luis Sánchez Fernández became the first Latin American to summit both Mount Everest and Lhotse in less than 24 hours.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexican-climbs-everest-and-lhotse-less-day|title = Mexican climbs the Everest and Lhotse in less than a day|date=27 May 2018|access-date= 27 March 2019}}</ref>
*2018 on 30 September, [[Hilaree Nelson]] and Jim Morrison complete the first ski descent from the summit of Lhotse.<ref name=Outside_2018>{{cite web | url=https://www.outsideonline.com/2355486/hilaree-nelson-jim-morrison-ski-lhotse| title = How Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison Skied Lhotse | author = Brown, Julie | publisher = Outside Online | access-date = 14 December 2020 }}</ref>

===Lhotse Face===
[[File:Western Cwm - 14th May 2011.jpg|thumb|The [[Western Cwm]]. The Lhotse Face (centre right) is connected to Mount Everest (centre left) by the South Col (centre, lowest point on horizon).]]
The western flank of Lhotse is known as the ''Lhotse Face''. Any climber bound for the South Col on Everest must climb this {{convert|1125|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} wall of glacial blue ice. This face rises at 40 and 50-degree pitches with the occasional 80-degree bulges. High-altitude climbing [[Sherpa people|Sherpas]] and the lead climbers will set fixed ropes up this wall of ice. Climbers and porters need to establish a good rhythm of foot placement and pull themselves up the ropes using their [[Ascender (climbing)|jumars]]. Two rocky sections called the [[Yellow Band]] and the [[Geneva Spur]] interrupt the icy ascent on the upper part of the face.

On 19 May 2016, a high-altitude mountain worker, Ang Furba Sherpa, died when he slipped and fell down the Lhotse face.<ref name=HT_2016>{{cite news|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/200-summitting-mount-everest-today/ | title=Over 200 summitting Mount Everest today; a Sherpa guide dies |date = 19 May 2016 | work = The Himalayan Times|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>

{{Himalaya annotated imagemap|caption=Southern and northern climbing routes as seen from the [[International Space Station]]. (The names on the photo are links to corresponding pages.)|align=none}}

===From Gokyo Ri===
{{wide image|Nirekha.jpg|650px|Annotated image of Lhotse and surroundings as seen from [[Gokyo Ri]]}}

==See also==
*[[Lhotse Shar Glacier]]
*[[List of deaths on eight-thousanders#Lhotse|List of deaths on Lhotse]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group="nb"}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last1=Reiss|first1=Ernst|author-link1=Ernst Reiss|title=Mein Weg als Bergsteiger|date=1959|publisher=Frauenfeld, Huber|language=de|oclc=52217934}}
*[http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2014/04/09/everest-2014-lhotse-gaining-attention/ A. Arnette : Lhotse gaining attention (2014)]
*E. Morgan: Lhotse South Face – The Wall of Legends (2016)

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141007201357/http://www.himalaya-info.org/Map%20khumbu_mitte.htm Lhotse page on Himalaya-Info.org (German)]
* [http://www.summitpost.org/lhotse/150575 Lhotse page on Summitpost]
* {{cite peakware|id=153|name=Lhotse}}
* {{GeoFinder|142}}
* [http://www.8000ers.com/cms/content/view/55/194/ Ascents and fatalities statistics]

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