Mount Everest - NEPAL/CHINA

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Mount Everest, known in Nepali as "Sagarmāthā" and in Tibetan as "Chomolungma", is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The international border between China and Nepal runs across its summit point.

  • Location: Himalayas
  • Height: 8,848 m (29,029 ft)
  • First ascent: 29 May 1953 (Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay)
  • First winter ascent: 17 February 1980 (Krzysztof Wielicki, Leszek Cichy)
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