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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Mount Everest Travel World Ekspedition From Himalaya







Everest Travel World Ekspedition From Himalaya
Mount Everest – also called Qomolangma Peak, Mount Sagarmāthā, Chajamlungma (Limbu), Zhumulangma Peak or Mount Chomolungma – is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, and the highest point on the Earth's continental crust, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.

In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m). In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon recommendation of Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India at the time. Chomolungma had been in common use by Tibetans for centuries, but Waugh was unable to propose an established local name because Nepal and Tibet were closed to foreigners.

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