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Also known as Everest, Mount Qomolangma, Mount Sagarmatha, Qomolangma, Chomolangma, Chomolungma, Qomolangma Feng, Sagarmāthā

Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain 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 by Chinese and Nepali authorities as 8,848.86 m.

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Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, standing at 8,848.86 meters as measured in 2020, and it straddles the border between China and Nepal in the Himalayan range. Its status as the world's tallest peak makes it a significant landmark and a major objective for mountaineers and climbers from around the globe.

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It sits within the topics China–Nepal border, Eight-thousanders of the Himalayas and Extreme points of Asia.

Its subject is documented across 215 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of
mountain
Named after
15
Country
China
Elevation
29030
Material used
ice
Location
Himalayas
Image
Mount Everest as seen from Drukair2 PLW edit.jpg
Height
4650
Has parts of class
death zone
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Mount Everest
topic's main category
Category:Mount Everest
Commons gallery
ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths on Mount Everest
located in protected area
Sagarmatha National Park
mountain range
Mahalangur Himal
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
native label
圣母峰
peak bagging classification
eight-thousander
topographic prominence
8848.86
visitors per year
6
different from
Everest
located in/on physical feature
China–Nepal border
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North Face of Everest as seen from the path to North Base Camp View from the south (Nepal) shows Everest rising behind the ridge connecting Nuptse and Lhotse; in the foreground are Thamserku, Kangtega, and Ama Dablam

Mount Everest (known locally as Sagarmāthā in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet Autonomous Region of China) 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 (29,031 ft 8+1⁄2 in).

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