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| Mount Everest | |
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Everest from Kala Patthar in Nepal |
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| Location within Nepal on the Nepal–Tibet border | |
| Elevation | 8,848 metres (Template:Convert/ft)[1] Ranked 1st |
| Location | Template:Country flagicon2 Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal Template:Country flagicon2 Tibet, China[2] |
| Range | Mahalangur Himal, Himalaya |
| Prominence | 8,848 m (Template:Convert/ft) Notice special definition for Everest. |
| Coordinates | Template:Coord/linkCoordinates: Template:Coord/link[3] |
| First ascent | 29 May 1953 Template:Country data NZL Edmund Hillary Template:Country flagicon2 Tenzing Norgay |
| Easiest route | South Col (Nepal) |
| Listing | Seven Summits Eight-thousander Country high point Ultra |
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[Uzgartish] References
- ↑ Based on elevation of snow cap, not rock head. For more details, see Measurement.
- ↑ The position of the summit of Everest on the international border is clearly shown on detailed topographic mapping, including official Nepalese mapping.
- ↑ The WGS84 coordinates given here were calculated using detailed topographic mapping and are in agreement with adventurestats. They are unlikely to be in error by more than 2". Coordinates showing Everest to be more than a minute further east that appeared on this page until recently, and still appear in Wikipedia in several other languages, are incorrect.