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Everest, Mount (mountain) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 27 59 18 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 27.9880 decimal degrees |
| Long: 086 55 28 E degrees minutes |
Long: 86.9240 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in central Himalayas on border of Nepal and Tibet; is highest mountain in world, reaching 29,028 feet; first known successful climb was made by Sir Edmund Hilary of Great Britain in 1953. |
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| Everest, Mount (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for Sir George Everest, British surveyor of the Himalayas |
| Mount Everest (C,V,display)
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| Qomolangma Feng (C,V)
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| Sagarmāthā (C,V)
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| Chomolungma (C,V,Tibetan,U,N)
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| Chu-mu-lang-ma Feng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,U,N)
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| Zhumulangma Feng (C,V)
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| Zhumulagmafeng (C,O)
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| Sagarmatha (C,O)
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| 珠穆朗玛峰 (C,V)
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