Imja GlacierThe name Imja Glacier is somewhat misleading, as the main ice-flow comes from its tributary, Lhotse Shar Glacier. Together they are about 4.5 km long. Both glaciers are largely debris-mantled, have a high surface relief, and terminate in the expanding lake, Imja Tsho, in a small cliff at about 5000 metreas above sea level. | |||
 A telephoto shot of Lhotse Shar Glacier illustrating the high degree of surface-roughness, arising from uneven melting beneath the mobile debris cover. |  The large boulders on the surface of Imja Glacier are emphasized by the person in red (Duncan Quincey). |  A telephoto of the terminal ice cliff from the terminal moraine. Fresh calving is evident on the right, and debris layers are visible within the cliff face. |  Broken lake ice at the debris-covered terminal cliff, with scarred inner face of moraine beyond and Baruntse in the background. |
 Right-lateral moraine crest of Lhotse Shar Glacier, looking toward Baruntse and Imja Glacier below. |  Ice faces, estimated at >10 m high, exposed where debris has slid downslope on Lhotse Shar Glacier. |  Small, bulbous, hanging glaciers on the west face of Baruntse. This part of Imja Glacier is fed by ice avalanches. |  A remnant of glacier ice exists in the terminal moraine of Imja Glacier. Here is a kettle hole with pond, with Lhotse in the background. |
| Photos Michael Hambrey, April-May, 2003 | |||