about Mount Everest.(सगरमाथा )

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Everest from Kala Patthar in Nepal Elevation 8,848 m (29,029 ft) [1]Ranked 1st Prominence 8,848 m (29,029 ft) Notice special definition for Everest. Listing Seven SummitsEight-thousanderCountry high pointUltra Location Mount EverestLocation within Nepal on the Nepal–China border Location Solukhumbu District, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal

Tingri County, Xigazê Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China[2]

Range Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas

Coordinates 27°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 [3] Climbing First ascent 29 May 1953Edmund HillaryTenzing Norgay Easiest routeSouth Col (Nepal) Location on Earth Mount Everest relief map Mount Everest - also called Qomolangma Peak (Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ), Mount Sagarmāthā (Nepali: सगरमाथा), Chajamlungma (Limbu), Zhumulangma Peak (Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰 Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) or Mount Chomolungma - is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, and the highest point on the Earth's continental crust, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.

In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m). In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon recommendation of Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India at the time. Chomolungma had been in common use by Tibetans for centuries, but Waugh was unable to propose an established local name because Nepal and Tibet were closed to foreigners.

The highest mountain in the world attracts climbers of all levels, from well experienced mountaineers to novice climbers willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. The mountain, while not posing substantial technical climbing difficulty on the standard route (other eight-thousanders such as K2 or Nanga Parbat are much more difficult), still has many inherent dangers such as altitude sickness, weather and wind. By the end of the 2008 climbing season, there had been 4,102 ascents to the summit by about 2,700 individuals.[4] Climbers are a significant source of tourist revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to US $ 25,000 per person.[5] Everest has claimed 210 lives, including eight who perished during a 1996 storm high on the mountain. Conditions are so difficult in the death zone that most corpses have been left where they fell. Some of them are visible from standard climbing routes.[6]

Contents [hide]

1 Identifying the highest mountain

2 Naming

3 Measurement

3.1 Comparisons

4 Climbing routes

4.1 Southeast ridge

4.2 Northeast ridge

5 Ascents

5.1 Early expeditions

5.2 First successful ascent by Tenzing and Hillary

5.3 First ascents without supplemental oxygen

5.4 First Winter Ascent

5.5 1996 disaster

5.6 2005: Helicopter landing

5.7 2006: David Sharp controversy

5.8 2008: Summer Olympic torch summit

5.9 Various records

6 Death zone

7 Using bottled oxygen

8 Thefts and other crimes

9 Flora and fauna

10 Geology

11 See also

12 Bibliography

13 References

14 External links