Mount Everest

  • Mount Everest is the worls highest mountain and is located in the Himalaya Mountains with its summit on the Nepal-Tibet border. It has an elevation of 29,031 ft (8,848m).
  • Its name in Tibetan means ‘Holy Mother’, whereas its English name since 1857 is derived from Sir George Everest, the Surveyor General of India. Its official Chinese name since 1952 is Zhumulangma Feng which means ‘Holy Mother Peak’.

 

Mount Everest

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