Place details
Place nameEverest, Mount
Other namesMount Everest, Chomolungma, Chu-mu-lang-ma Feng, Qomolangma Feng, Zhumulagmafeng, Sagarmatha
Latitude27.983
Longitude86.933
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located in central Himalayas on border of Nepal & Tibet; is highest mountain in world, reaching 29,028 feet; first known successful climb was made by Sir Edmund Hilary of Great Britain in 1953.