answersLogoWhite

0

What year was Mt Everest discovered?

User Avatar

Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Mount Everest (known then as Peak B) was discovered by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What mountain was the tallest when Mt. Everest was not discovered?

Mt Everest.


Which was the tallest Mountain before Mount Everest was discovered?

mt everest


What was the tallest mountain in the world before mount Everest was found?

it was nothing!!! MT. EVEREST WAS STILL THE HIGHEST...JUST NOT DISCOVERED YET!


Could a mountain much bigger than Mt. Everest be underwater right now waiting to be discovered?

There are underwater mountains larger than Mt Everest already discovered.


What was the tallest mountain before mt Everest was discovered?

Mt. Everest. It doesn't matter if it was discovered or not. It was still the tallest mountain. -Aura :)


When was Mt. Everest discovered?

Mount Everest was first measured and identified as the world's highest peak in 1856 by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India. However, it was not officially named Mount Everest until 1865.


Where did mt Everest come from?

Mt. Everest was discovered in 1852 by surveyors who figured out it was world's highest mountain range. It didn't come from any particular place, it has always been there.


Is mt Everest active?

Mt. Everest grows 15 cm a year. That is active by any standard but not active as in volcano like.


Before Everest was discovered what was the tallest mountain in the world?

Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest.


How tall does mt Everest each year?

Mt. Everest is 8,872 meters tall this year. That is 29,107.612 feet.


What year did Stacy Allison climb Mt Everest?

1956


Has mt everest stop growing?

Mount Everest has not stopped growing, it grows about 4mm every year.