2006-10-31 08:40:38 · 12 answers · asked by can-d-cane 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level. The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet.(8,848 meters (29,028 feet))
In Nepal, the mountain is called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा, Sanskrit for "Goddess of the Sky"); this name was invented in the early 1960s (by Baburam Acharya) when the Nepalese government realized that Mount Everest had no Nepalese name. This was because the mountain was not known and named in ethnic Nepal (the Kathmandu valley and surrounding areas). The Sherpa/Tibetan name Chomolangma was not acceptable, as it would have been against the idea of unification (Nepalization) of the country. However, the ancient name for the mountain is Devgiri (in Sanskrit, it means "holy mountain") or Devadurga (the English pronounced it as deodungha in the 1800s); please refer to the Harrapan archaeology site for more on the history behind the name. In Tibetan it is Chomolungma or Qomolangma (ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ) ("Mother of the Universe"), or in Chinese: 珠穆朗瑪峰 (pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) or 聖母峰 (Shèngmǔ Fēng).
The mountain was given its English name in 1865 by Andrew Waugh, the British surveyor-general of India.
2006-10-31 08:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Everest
2006-10-31 08:49:04 · answer #2 · answered by bob h 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Everest
2006-10-31 09:30:11 · answer #3 · answered by Ron B. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everest
2006-10-31 08:41:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mount Everest @ 8,848 meters above sea level.
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2006-10-31 17:25:00 · answer #5 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Everest
29,035 ft. above sea level
2006-10-31 08:41:29 · answer #6 · answered by dj_substanc3 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Himalaya
2006-10-31 08:48:21 · answer #7 · answered by lilacbee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White House, Washington D.C.
2006-10-31 08:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by Michael R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
mt everest 8850m, previuosly measured to be 8848m and it is situated in nepal indo border.
2006-11-01 04:46:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know everyone already answered it, but im confirming. it is mt everest.
2006-10-31 09:52:55 · answer #10 · answered by My son the Creation Scientist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋