It is called peak XV because is the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m).
Mt. Everest is also called "Goddess Mother of Snow" Mt.Everest is silently called as Peak "XV" Nepalese call Mt.Everest as "Sagamatha"
It was decided that Peak XV should be named as Mount Everest, after George Everest, the Surveyor General of India.
It was decided that Peak XV should be named as Mount Everest, after George Everest, the Surveyor General of India.
Mt Everest was named after George Everest. George Everest was a Welsh person who was the Surveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843.
It was decided that Peak XV should be named as Mount Everest, after George Everest, the Surveyor General of India.
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'chomolungma is the name of mt Everest but it was named after George Everest because he was the first person to figure out the height of mt Everest
Mt. Everest is the highest peak in the world.
The peak of Mount Everest is in the Troposphere.
Mt. Everest is in both Tibet and Nepal. It is called Qomolangma peak in Tibetan and Mount Sagarmatha in Nepali.
'Everest' of the Himalayan range of mountains is the highest mountain peak of the World.
In 1841, Sir George Everest, Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843, first recorded the location of Everest.It was subsequently named "Peak XV".In 1865, it was renamed Mt. Everest to honor Sir George.Everest is also called Chomolungma in Tibetand Sagarmatha in Nepal.
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