Island peak, also known as Imja Tse, is a mountain within the Sagarmatha National Park in the Khumbu region in eastern Nepal standing at an elevation of 9,189 meters (30,147 feet). The peak got its name for appearing as an island in the sea of ice when viewed from Dingboche. Eric Shipton, a famous English Himalayan mountaineer named it as Island Peak in 1952 while exploring the Barun Gorge. The island peak was first summited back in 1953 by C. Evans, A. Gregory, C. Wylie, T. Norgay, and seven other Sherpas. Later in 1983, the peak was renamed Imja Tse by Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA), but even then, the mountain retains its name as Island Peak.