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Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest. He was a British military engineer who served as a surveyor general of India from 1829 to 1843. During this time he surveyed the peak. Sir George Everest was the first person to record the location and height of Mount Everest which at that time was called Peak XV.
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How tall is mt everrest?
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What is the higher mountain in the world?
Mt. Everest
Is mt Everest a region or a place?
My. Everest is a single mountain. Therefor, it is a place, not a region. An example of a region would be the Himalaya, the mountain range that Mt. Everest belongs to.
What continent is Mt. Everest in?
Mount Everest is on the border of Nepal and Tibet
What was the name of the mountain near parihaka?
The mountain near Parihaka is named Mt. Taranaki, also known as Mt. Egmont. It is an active stratovolcano in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island.
Mt. Everest is named after?
Mt Everest was named after Sir George Everest in 1865. He was a British surveyor-general of India.
Where did the name Mt Everest come from?
Named after sir george Everest
How Mt. Everest was named?
It was decided that Peak XV should be named as Mount Everest, after George Everest, the Surveyor General of India.
What was Mt Everest named after?
Mt Everest was named after George Everest. George Everest was a Welsh person who was the Surveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843.
How old was George Everest when he died?
Are you speaking of Sir George Everest? Mt Everest was named after him in 1865. He died in London in 1866.
Why did they name Mt Everest?
It was decided that Peak XV should be named as Mount Everest, after George Everest, the Surveyor General of India.
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.
What mountain was the tallest when Mt. Everest was not discovered?
Mt Everest.
Was George Everest successful at climbing mt Everest and coming back down?
If you mean George Everest who after the mountain was named after then he never climbed on Mount Everest.
Where in the world is Mt. Everest?
Mt Everest is located in China :)
What continent is mt. Everest?
Mt. Everest can be found on Asia
Who climbed to the top of Everest with sir edmand hillary?
A sherpa giude named Tensing Norgay climbed Mt. Everest with Sir Edmund.
