Where is Mt. Everest and how high is it's highest point?

Answer 1

Age of Everest:60 million years ago

Elevation:
29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6' higher in 1999

Named after:
Sir George Everest in 1865 ,the British surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peak 15
Location:
Latitude 27° 59' N.....Longitude 86° 56' E It's summit ridge seperates Nepal and Tibet
First Ascent:
May 29,1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and Tenzing Norgay, NP, via the South Col Route

Answer 2

Border between China and Nepal.

High : 8848.43 M

To climb Mt. Everest, you can either set up your base camp at the south ( Nepal Side) which is more popular to the west or you can set up your base camp at the north (Tibet,China side) which mostly use by the Chinese climbers.
Altitude of base camp is more than 5000 M.

1 M = 3.2 feet

Answer 3

Age of Everest:Everest was formed about 60 million years ago
Elevation:29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6' higher in 1999
Name in Nepal:Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky)
In Tibet:Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the universe)
Named after:Sir George Everest in 1865 ,the British surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peak 15
Location:Latitude 27° 59' N.....Longitude 86° 56' E It's summit ridge seperates Nepal and Tibet
First Ascent:May 29,1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and Tenzing Norgay, NP, via the South Col Route
First Solo Ascent:Aug. 20,1980, Reinhold Messner, IT, via the NE Ridge to North Face
First winter Ascent:Feb. 17,1980 -L.Cichy and K. Wielicki, POL
First Ascent by an American:
May 1,1963, James Whittaker, via the South-Col
Mt. Everest rises a few milimeters each year due to geological forces
Everest Name:Sir George Everest was the first person to record the height and location of Mt. Everest, this is where Mt."Everest" got its name from(In american language)
First Ascent by a Woman:May 16,1975, Junko Tabei, JAP, via the South-Col
First Ascent by an American Woman:Sep.29,1988, Stacey Allison, Portland, OR via the South-East Ridge
First Oxygenless Ascent:
May 8, 1978- Reinhold Messner, IT, and Peter Habeler, AUT, via the South-East Ridge
First woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both north & south sides:Cathy O'Dowd (S.A.) South May 25,1996/North '99
Fastest Ascent from South:Babu Chhiri Sherpa 34, NP-16 hours and 56 minutes (5-21-2000)
Fastest Ascent (north side):Hans Kammerlander (IT) May,24,1996, via the standard North Col Ridge Route, 16 hours 45 minutes from base camp
Youngest person:Temba Tsheri (NP) 15 on May,22,2001
Oldest Person:Sherman Bull May,25,2001 -64 yrs
First Legally Blind Person:Erik Weihemeyer May,25,2001
Most Ascents:Eleven, 24th May 2000 Appa Sherpa became the first person to climb Everest 11 times-Ten, Ang Rita Sherpa, Babu Chiri Sherpa all ascents were oxygen-less.
Best and Worst Years on Everest:1993, 129 summitted and eight died (a ratio of 16:1); in 1996, 98 summitted and 15 died (a ratio of 6½:1)
Highest cause cause of death:Avalanches-about a (2:1) ratio over falls
Country with most deaths on mountain:Nepal-46
Most dangerous area on mountain:Khumbu Ice Fall-19 deaths
First ski descent:Davo Karnicar (Slovenia) 10-7-2000
Last year without ascent:1974
Corpses remaining on Everest:about 120
Longest stay on top:Babu Chiri Sherpa stayed at the summit full 21 hours and a half
Largest team:In 1975, China tackled Everest with a 410-member team.
Fastest descent:In 1988, Jean-Marc Boivin of France descended from the top in just 11 minutes, paragliding.
Only climber to climb all 4 sides of Everest:Kushang Sherpa, now an instructor with Himlayan Mountaineering Institute
First person to hike from sea level to summit, no oxygen.:11th May 1990,Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian
Largest number to reach the top in one day:40, on May 10, 1993
First person to summit Everest twice:Nawang Gombu-Nepal(once with Whitaker in '63,and again two years later in '65)Gombu now works for the Himalayan mountaineering institute
The oldest woman to summit: Anna Czerwinska May 22, 2000.

Answer 4

Mt. Everest marks the border between Nepal and Tibet, and is said to be 8848 meters high which is about 29028 feet.

Answer 5

Nepal/Tibet frontier, 8 850m(29 035ft) above sea level

Answer 6

Nepal,8848m.

Answer 7

the point i don't know but where i do
the himalayas in china