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    Mount Everest

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    misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. Mount Everest (known locally as Sagarmāthā in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet Autonomous

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    List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

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    346 people have died attempting to reach—or return from—the summit of Mount Everest which, at 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8+1⁄2 in), is Earth's highest mountain

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    1996 Mount Everest disaster

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    The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers were caught in a blizzard and died on Mount Everest while attempting to

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    2015 Mount Everest avalanches

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    from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest. At least 24 people were killed, surpassing the toll of an avalanche

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    Everest base camps

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    There are two base camps on Mount Everest, on opposite sides of the mountains: South Base Camp is in Nepal at an altitude of 5,364 metres (17,598 ft)

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    List of Mount Everest summiteers by frequency

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    This list consists of people who have reached the summit of Mount Everest more than once. By 2013, 6,871 summits had been recorded by 4,042 people. By

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    List of Mount Everest records

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    related to Mount Everest. One of the most commonly sought after records is a "summit", meaning to reach the highest elevation point on Mount Everest. This

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    2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche

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    On 18 April 2014, seracs on the western spur of Mount Everest failed, resulting in an ice avalanche that killed sixteen climbing Sherpas in the Khumbu

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    1953 British Mount Everest expedition

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    The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed

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    List of Indian summiteers of Mount Everest

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    The first attempt to summit Mount Everest by Indians occurred in 1960, led by Brig. Gyan Singh. The first Indians to reach the summit were a group led

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    Doug Hansen (Everest)

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    mountain climber who reached the summit of Mount Everest, but died during his descent, in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. Hansen grew up in Aberdeen, South

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    Timeline of Mount Everest expeditions

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    Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8+1⁄2 in) above sea level. It is situated in the Himalayan range of

Knowledge Entry

Mount Everest

Earth's highest mountain

Mount Everest

Height

8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft)

Elevation
8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) · Ranked 1st
Prominence
Ranked 1st · (Special definition for Everest)
Listing
Eight-thousander · Seven Summits · Country high point (Nepal and China) · List of mountains in Nepal · List of mountains in China · Ultra · World's most isolated peaks 1st
Etymology
George Everest
Native name
सगरमाथा ( Nepali ) ( Sagarmāthā ) ; ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ ( Standard Tibetan ) ( Chomolungma or Qomolangma ) ; 珠穆朗玛峰 ( Chinese ) ( Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng )
English translation
Nepali : Skyhead; Tibetian : Holy Mother

Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most recently measured in 2020 through a joint survey by Nepalese and Chinese authorities as 8,848.86 m.

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