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Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas in Asia.
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Mount everest and the dead sea are located on what continent?
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What is the difference between sea level and elevation?
Sea level ~ average (mean) height of the sea, with a reference to a suitable reference point. Elevation ~ height of a geographic location above mean sea level.
What is the Informaion on the name of Everest?
The official Nepalese name for Mount Everest is Sagarmatha which means 'Mother of the Universe'
The official Tibetan name for Mount Everest is Qomolangma or Chomolungma which means 'Goddess Mother of the World'
I expect you are refering to Apa Sherpa. He has now climbed Mount Everest 21 times but has recently retired.
What is the name of the British climber who led an expedition in 1953 to conquer Mount Everest?
The leader of the British 1953 Mount Everest Expedition was John Hunt.
What did sir Edmund Hillary write in his diary when he was climbing mount Everest?
we were nearly at the top a few more steps then i would have been the first one there (on the summit of the mountain
How did sir george Everest die?
George Everest died at the age of 76 in 1866 in London. It is not known what he died off.
What contribution did weihenmayer make to the expedition?
By reaching the summit of Mount Everest Erik Weihenmayer proved that you can do the impossable no matter what disability you have. Erik was blind when he got to the summit.
K2 lies along the southern edge of the Eurasian tectonic plate and is made up of ancient sedimentary rocks (more than 390 million years old). Those strata were folded and thrust-faulted, and granite masses were intruded when the Indian plate collided with Eurasia plate beginning more than 100 million years ago.
Where is the real Mt Sinai located and what is the scripture reference to it?
its in the sinai desert which is next to the Suez canal and it is now part of Egypt
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What tectonic margin moved mount everest?
It is thought that the summit of Mount Everest started at the bottom of the ancient Tethys Sea, the motion of the Indian sub continental plate and the urasian continental plate colliding, about 30 - 50 million years ago, caused the mountain to rise up and become the highest mountain on the Earth.
Why does mount everst keep growing?
Every year the mountain grows taller by 4mm as a result of the upward thrust generated by two opposing tectonic plates.
Do gps still calculate that Mt. Everest is still rising slowly?
It is said that Mount Everest raises a few millimeters every year.
When was the first time Queen Elizabeth climbed Mount Everest?
Queen Elizabeth never climbed Mount Everest.
What did Edmund hillary find on mt Everest?
On the summit of Mount Everest Edmund Hillary did not find anything. He did have a quick look around to see if there was any evidence that George Mallory had been there in 1924.
What made Edmund Hillary famous?
Edmund Hillary became famous for being the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953.
Why were four flags put on Mount Everest?
The four flags (United Nations, British, Nepal and India) were put on the summit of Everest on the 29th May 1953 by Hillary and Tenzing to mark the first ascent and to show the country's that had helped them reach the summit.
This would be impossible to say but around 5,000 people from all over the world have reached the summit of Mount Everest to date.
