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

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The man who discovered mount Everest as the highest peak of the himalaya was?

In 1841 Andrew Waugh discovered and recorded the location of Mount Everest it was then called Peak XV


Who descovered mount everest?

George Everest discovered Mount Everest in 1852.


When was Mount Everest discoved?

Mount Everest was discovered in 1841.


What year was Everest made?

Mount Everest was not made it was discovered around 1850-1852 by a man named Radhanath Sickdhar.


Before Mount Everest was discovered what was the tallest mountain on earth?

It was still Mount Everest. Mount Everest is in Asia, in the Old World, and so was not recently discovered by Europeans.


The oil discovery on Mount Everest?

There has been no oil discovered on Mount Everest.


How high was mount Everest when they first discovered it?

The first recorded height for Mount Everest when it was discovered was 29.002ft or 8.839m.


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.


Who disocvered Mount Everest?

Andrew Waugh discovered and measured the height of Mount 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!


When did sir George everstest discover Mount Everest?

Sir George Everest did not discover Mount Everest. Andrew Waugh was the person who discovered Mount Everest. Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest for all his work he done on mapping India.