Everst top
Mount Everest is considered the highest and highest mountain peak among all the peaks on the surface of the Earth, as this peak rises to a height estimated at approximately 8848 metres. Mount Everest is considered the highest mountain peak among all other mountain peaks, and it is the highest peak on the seven continents of the world. As for the rest of the seven summits, they are distributed among the different continents of the world, including Kilimanjar in Africa, the Vinson Massif in Antarctica, Albrus Peak in Europe, and Acongagua Peak in The South American continent, the summit of Mount Maknai in the North American continent, the summit of the Kastens Pyramid and the summit of Usuzu.
Everest site
Mount Everest is located within the most famous mountain range known as the Himalayas, as it is located on the Chinese-Nepalese border to the north of India.
Discovering the summit of Everest
The summit of Everest was discovered for the first time in the middle of the nineteenth century, specifically in the year 1847 AD. Many people who have a hobby in mountain climbing rushed to climb this mountain, but many of the expeditions that went to climb this mountain failed and were unable to reach the summit. Some climbers have fallen victim to the harsh weather conditions on this mountain. Because of the ruggedness of the road leading to the top of this mountain, Nepal has licensed climbing only from the southeast of this mountain, and this is the side considered the least dangerous for climbing. The first person to be able to climb this mountain and reach the summit was Edmund Hillary, in addition to Tenzing Norgay, who were able to climb and reach the top of this dangerous peak, and that was in the year 1953 AD, and after that a large number of people were able to reach the summit several other times. . Nearly 4000 people have succeeded in climbing and reaching the summit.
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Mount Everest is considered one of the modern mountains in terms of geological formation. As for the reason for naming this mountain by this name, Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest, who was able to discover this mountain in the year 1856 AD, and he was the one who described it as being of great height, and he was also the one who said that it was the highest mountain in the world. At that time, the height of this mountain was estimated at about 29002 feet, but in the modern era, the height of this mountain was estimated at about 29028 feet, after modern technical means were used, which gave greater and higher accuracy in measurement.
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