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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Mount Everest(Nepal)--worlds highest mountain peak


Definition of Mount Everest : a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world.
Nepali Name : Sagarmatha (which means Goddess of the sky)
Tibetan Name Chomolungma (which means mother Goddess of the Universe)
Height : 8848 meters or 29,029 ft
Location : On the border between Nepal and Tibet, where all of the worlds 14 Eight thousand meter peaks are found.
Longitude 86ยบ55'40' E
Latitude latitude 270 45’ N and 280 0’ N and longitude 800 30’ E and 870 0’ E in the Solukhumbhu District of Sagarmatha Zone of the kingdom of Nepal
Local People : Sherpas and Tibetan