Mount Everest: is the
earth's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above
sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The
international border between China and Nepal runs across the precise
summit point. Its massif includes neighboring peaks Lhotse, 8,516 m
(27,940 ft); Nuptse, 7,855 m (25,771 ft); and Changtse, 7,580 m (24,870
ft). In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India
established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak
XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m).
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