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When was Mt. Everest discovered?

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Mt. Everest was discovered in 1819 by a man named Radhanath Sickdhar.

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

Mt Everest.


What is the highest mountain before Everest?

The highest mountain before Mount Everest is Kangchenjunga, located in the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and India. Kangchenjunga has an elevation of 8,586 meters (28,169 feet) and is the third highest peak in the world.


Which was the tallest Mountain before Mount Everest was discovered?

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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.


When was mt Everest first discovered?

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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 :)


What year was Mt Everest discovered?

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


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.


How did Mt. Everest get its name?

Mount Everest was named after George Everest the Surveyor-General of India. Find out more about it at the link given.


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.


Where in the world is Mt. Everest?

Mt Everest is located in China :)