Mount Everest also known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma is Earth's highest mountain. Its peak is 8848 metres above sea level. Mount Everest is in the Mahalangur Range. The international border between China and Nepal runs across Everest's summit point. Nearby peaks include Lhotse 8516 m Nuptse 7855 m and Changtse 7580 m among others. Another nearby peak is Khumbutse and many of the highest mountains in the world are near Mount Everest.

In 1715 China surveyed the mountain while mapping Chinese territory and depicted it as Mount Qomolangma no later than 1719. In 1856 the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India established the first published height of the mountain then known as Peak XV at 8840 m. The current official height of 8848 m as recognised by China and Nepal was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975. In 2005 China remeasured the height of the mountain and got a result of 8844.43 m.

An argument regarding the height between China and Nepal lasted five years from 2005 to 2010. China argued it should be measured by its rock height of 8844 m but Nepal said it should be measured by its snow height of 8848 m. In 2010 an agreement was finally reached by both sides that the height of Everest is 8848 m and Nepal recognises China's claim that the rock height of Everest is 8844 m.

In 1865 Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh the British Surveyor General of India. As there appeared to be several different local names Waugh chose to name the mountain after his predecessor in the post Sir George Everest despite George Everest's objections.

Mount Everest attracts many climbers some of them highly experienced mountaineers. There are two main climbing routes one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal and the other from the north in Tibet China. While not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness weather and wind as well as significant hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall. As of 2016 there are well over 200 corpses on the mountain some of which serve as landmarks.

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