Mount Everest: Earth’s highest mountain

Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China^[1][2]. Its elevation is 29,032 feet (8,849 meters)^[3]. Locally, it is known as Sagarmāthā in Nepal and Qomolangma (or Chomolungma) in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China^[4][5]. The first recorded people to reach the summit were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953^[6]. Would you like to know more about the historical climbing routes on the mountain?