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How many any meteres is Mount Everest?

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Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा) and in Tibetan as Chomolungma (ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ), is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The international border between Nepal (Province No. 1) and China (Tibet Autonomous Region) runs across its summit point.

Mount Everest

Everest kalapatthar.jpg

Mount Everest as viewed from Kalapatthar.

Highest point

Elevation

8,848 metres (29,029 ft) [1]

Ranked 1st

Prominence

Ranked 1st

(Notice special definition for Everest)

Listing

Seven Summits

Eight-thousander

Country high point

Ultra

Coordinates

27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E [2]

Naming

Native name

सगरमाथा (Sagarmāthā)

ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (Chomolungma)

珠穆朗玛峰 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng)

Geography

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Location on the Province No. 1, Nepal – Tibet Autonomous Region, China border

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Location

Solukhumbu District, Province No. 1, Nepal;[3]

Tingri County, Xigazê, Tibet Autonomous Region, China[4]

Countries

Nepal and China

Parent range

Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas

Climbing

First ascent

29 May 1953

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

(First winter ascent 17 February 1980 Krzysztof Wielicki, Leszek Cichy)

Normal route

southeast ridge (Nepal)

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Aerial photo from the south, with Mount Everest rising above the ridge connecting Nuptse and Lhotse

The current official elevation of 8,848 m (29,029 ft), recognized by China and Nepal, was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975. In 2005, China remeasured the rock height of the mountain, with a result of 8844.43 m (29,017 ft). There followed an argument between China and Nepal as to whether the official height should be the rock height (8,844 m, China) or the snow height (8,848 m, Nepal). In 2010, an agreement was reached by both sides that the height of Everest is 8,848 m, and Nepal recognizes China's claim that the rock height of Everest is 8,844 m.[5]

In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society, upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. As there appeared to be several different local names, Waugh chose to name the mountain after his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest, despite Everest's objections.[6]

Mount Everest attracts many climbers, some of them highly experienced mountaineers. There are two main climbing routes, one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal (known as the "standard route") and the other from the north in Tibet. While not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind, as well as significant hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall. As of 2017, nearly 300 people have died on Everest, many of whose bodies remain on the mountain.

The first recorded efforts to reach Everest's summit were made by British mountaineers. As Nepal did not allow foreigners into the country at the time, the British made several attempts on the north ridge route from the Tibetan side. After the first reconnaissance expedition by the British in 1921 reached 7,000 m (22,970 ft) on the North Col, the 1922 expedition pushed the north ridge route up to 8,320 m (27,300 ft), marking the first time a human had climbed above 8,000 m (26,247 ft). Seven porters were killed in an avalanche on the descent from the North Col. The 1924 expedition resulted in one of the greatest mysteries on Everest to this day: George Mallory and Andrew Irvine made a final summit attempt on 8 June but never returned, sparking debate as to whether or not they were the first to reach the top. They had been spotted high on the mountain that day but disappeared in the clouds, never to be seen again, until Mallory's body was found in 1999 at 8,155 m (26,755 ft) on the north face. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953, using the southeast ridge route. Norgay had reached 8,595 m (28,199 ft) the previous year as a member of the 1952 Swiss expedition. The Chinese mountaineering team of Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo, and Qu Yinhua made the first reported ascent of the peak from the north ridge on 25 May 1960.

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