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The region above 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) is called the death zone. The reason for this name is because nothing lives at that altitude or above and no human can survive long there due to the lack of oxygen in the thin air.

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The region above 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) is called the death zone. The reason for this name is because nothing lives at that altitude or above and no human can survive long there due to the lack of oxygen in the thin air.

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The death zone on mount Everest is closest to the point, where the air decreases and human-life cannot adapt.

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It was decided that Peak XV should be named as Mount Everest, after George Everest, the Surveyor General of India.

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