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Monday 26 August 2013

Mount Everest on the border of Tibet and Nepal





Mount Everest on the border of Tibet and Nepal

Mount Everest (Tibetan/Sherpa: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, Chomolungma[4][5]; Chinese: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng[6]; Nepali: सगरमाथा, Sagarmāthā[7]) is the Earth's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level and the 5th tallest mountain measured from the centre of the Earth.[8] It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international border between China and Nepal runs across the precise summit point. Its massif includes neighboring peaks Lhotse, 8,516 m (27,940 ft); Nuptse, 7,855 m (25,771 ft) and Changtse, 7,580 m (24,870 ft).

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