Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, was a Scottish nobleman and aviator who was the first man to fly over Mount Everest.
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Wreckage of Hess' plane, Eaglesham, Scotland
Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation of 8,848.86 m was most recently established in 2020 by the Chinese and Nepali authorities.
Aerial photo from the south, with Mount Everest rising above the ridge connecting Nuptse and Lhotse
North Face of Everest as seen from the path to North Base Camp
Everest and Lhotse from the south (Nepal): in the foreground are Thamserku, Kangtega, and Ama Dablam
The name "Mount Everest" was first proposed in this 1856 speech, later published in 1857, in which the mountain was first confirmed as the world's highest.