Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most r
View of Mt. Everest from the west
North Face of Everest as seen from the path to North Base Camp
View from the south (Nepal) shows Everest rising behind the ridge connecting Nuptse and Lhotse; 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.
The Himalayas, or Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the highest peaks on Earth, including the highe
Mount Everest
…in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China) is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most recently measured in 2020 through a joint survey by Nepalese and Chinese…
Mount Everest and surrounding peaks as seen from the north-northwest over the Tibetan Plateau. Four eight-thousanders can be seen, Makalu (8,462 m), Everest (8,848 m), Cho Oyu (8,201 m), and Lhotse (8,516 m).
Panoramic view of the Himalayas from Poon Hill in Nepal during sunrise, showing the Dhaulagiri massif (left, shining with alpenglow) and the Annapurna massif (right, with the sun rising from behind). Dhaulagiri and Annapurna, the highest peaks of these massifs, are respectively the seventh and tenth highest mountains in the world, and are two of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders.
Panorama of the Garhwal and Kumaon Himalayas from Ranikhet, India, showing peaks such as Trisul, Nanda Devi, Nanda Kot and Panchachuli. Nanda Devi is the highest mountain located entirely within India's borders, and the second highest mountain in India after Kangchenjunga (which is the world's third highest and is located along the Indo-Nepalese border).
The movement of the Indian plate toward the Eurasian plate starting 71 million years ago at the average speed of 5–15 centimetres (2.0–5.9 in) per year, which closed the Neo-Tethys Ocean above and opened the Indian Ocean below