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| Age of Everest:
Everest was formed about 60 million years
ago |
| Elevation:
29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6' higher in 1999
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| Name in Nepal:
Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky)
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| In Tibet:
Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the
universe) |
| Named after:
Sir George Everest in 1865 ,the British
surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peak 15
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| Location:
Latitude 27° 59' N.....Longitude 86° 56' E
It's summit ridge seperates Nepal and Tibet
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| First Ascent:
May 29,1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and
Tenzing Norgay, NP, via the South Col Route
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