Mount Everest

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Mount Everest
सगरमाथा (Sagarmāthā)
ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (Chomolungma)
珠穆朗玛峰 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng)
Wastren side o Mount Everest
Heichest pynt
Elevation8,848 m (29,029 ft) [1]
Ranked 1st
Prominence8,848 m (29,029 ft) 
Ranked 1st
(Notice special definition for Everest)
Isolation40,008 kilometre (24,860 mi)
LeetinSeiven Summits
Aicht-thoosander
Kintra heich pynt
Ultra
Coordinates27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E / 27.98806°N 86.92528°E / 27.98806; 86.92528Coordinates: 27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E / 27.98806°N 86.92528°E / 27.98806; 86.92528[2]
Geografie
Mount Everest is located in Nepal
Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Location on the Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal – Tibet, Cheenae border
LocationSolukhumbu Destrict, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal;
Tingri Coonty, Shigatse Prefectur, Tibet Autonomous Region, Cheenae[3]
Parent rangeMahalangur Himal, Himalayas
Climbing
First ascent29 Mey 1953
Edmund Hillary an Tenzing Norgay
(First Winter Ascent 1980 Leszek Cichy an Krzysztof Wielicki[4][5])
Easiest routeSooth Col (Nepal)

Mount Everest (cryed in Nepal as Sagarmatha an in Tibet as Chomolungma) is the Warld's heichmaist mountain.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Based on the 1999 an 2005 surveys o elevation o snaw cap, nae rock heid.
  2. The WGS84 coordinates gien here wur calculatit uisin detailed topographic cairttin an are in agreement wi adventurestats Archived 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine. Thay are unlikly tae be in error bi mair nor 2". Coordinates shawin Everest tae be mair nor a minute further east that appeared on this page till recently, an still appear in Wikipaedia in several ither leids, are incorrect.
  3. The position o the summit o Everest on the internaitional border is clearly shawn on detailed topographic cairttin, includin offeecial Nepalese cairttin.
  4. Starr, Daniel (18 Mairch 2011). "Golden Decade: The Birth of 8000 m Winter Climbing". Alpinist.com. Retrieved 28 Mey 2013.
  5. "Mt Everest History and facts". Mnteverest.net. Retrieved 29 Mey 2013.