Mount Everest

Earth's highest mountain, part of the Himalaya between Nepal and Tibet

Mount Everest (Nepali: Sagarmatha सगरमाथा; Tibetan: Chomolungma ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ; Chinese: Zhumulangma 珠穆朗玛) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The international border between Nepal (Province No. 1) and China (Tibet Autonomous Region) runs across its summit point.

HIGHEST POINT

Elevation	8,848 metres (29,029 ft) Ranked 1st +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Prominence	8,848 metres (29,029 ft) Ranked 1st (Notice special definition for Everest) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Listing	Seven Summits Eight-thousander Country high point Ultra +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Coordinates	27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

NAMING

Native name

सगरमाथा (Sagarmāthā)
ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (Chomolungma)
珠穆朗玛峰 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng)

GEOGRAPHY

Location	Solukhumbu District, Province No. 1, Nepal; Tingri County, Xigazê, Tibet Autonomous Region, China +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Parent range	Mahalangur Himal, Himalayas +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

GEOLOGY

CLIMBING

First ascent	29 May 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (First winter ascent 17 February 1980 Krzysztof Wielicki, Leszek Cichy) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Normal route	southeast ridge (Nepal) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Mountaineering deaths on Mount Everest
1L, 46T
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- Dan Fredinburg
- Hannelore Schmatz
- George Mallory
- Francys Arsentiev
- Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)
- Joe Tasker
Indian summiters of Mount Everest
71T
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- Tenzing Norgay
- Avtar Singh Cheema
- H. P. S. Ahluwalia
- Krishna Patil
- Santosh Yadav
Summiters of Mount Everest
26L, 217T
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- Nisha Adhikari
- Hannelore Schmatz
- Edmund Hillary
- Avtar Singh Cheema
- Adam Parore
British summiters of Mount Everest
43T
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- Bear Grylls
- Tim Medvetz
- Ben Fogle
- Ranulph Fiennes
- David Sharp (mountaineer)
American summiters of Mount Everest
63T
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- Sandy Hill (mountaineer)
- Francys Arsentiev
- Gary E. Johnson
- Ed Viesturs
- Garrett Madison
Sherpa summiters of Mount Everest
44T
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- Tenzing Norgay
- Nawang Gombu
- Jamling Tenzing Norgay
- Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
- Chhang Dawa Sherpa
Polish summiters of Mount Everest
14T
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- Martyna Wojciechowska
- Wanda Rutkiewicz
- Jerzy Kukuczka
- Maciej Berbeka
- Andrzej Zawada
Deaths on Mount Everest
2L, 2T
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- Marco Siffredi
Australian summiters of Mount Everest
19T
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- Zac Zaharias
- Sue Fear
- Lincoln Hall (climber)
- Todd Sampson
- Christine Jensen Burke
Films about Mount Everest
23T
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- Everest
- Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
- The Wildest Dream
- Everest
- Everest
Turkish summiters of Mount Everest
5T
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- Nasuh Mahruki
- Serhan Poçan
- Eylem Elif Maviş
- Burçak Özoğlu Poçan
- Tunç Fındık
Pakistani summiters of Mount Everest
7T
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- Mirza Ali Baig
- Samina Baig
- Nazir Sabir
- Hassan Sadpara
Mount Everest expeditions
18T
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- Vernon Tejas
- Satyarup Siddhanta
- Ekaterina Ivanova (mountaineer)
- Binita Soren
- 1924 British Mount Everest expedition
Mount Everest in fiction
1L, 12T
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- Everest (opera)
- Everest (Indian TV series)
- After the Wind
- Paths of Glory (Archer novel)
- Peak (novel)
Locations near Mount Everest
14T
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- Cho La, Nepal
- Nirekha
- Lingtren
- Lho La
- Lhagba La
Nepalese summiters of Mount Everest
1L, 39T
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- Nisha Adhikari
- Tenzing Norgay
- Nawang Gombu
- Chhang Dawa Sherpa
- Chhurim
Japanese summiters of Mount Everest
11T
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- Yasuko Namba
- Junko Tabei
- Yuichiro Miura
- Ken Noguchi
- Naomi Uemura
Chinese summiters of Mount Everest
12T
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- Huang Nubo
- Wang Yongfeng
- Phanthog
- Wang Shi
- Wang Jing (mountaineer)
Swiss summiters of Mount Everest
5T
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- Ueli Steck
- Jean Troillet
- Jürg Marmet
Bangladeshi summiters of Mount Everest
4T
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- Musa Ibrahim
- Mohammad Khaled Hossain
- Nishat Majumdar

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