Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas
(Redirected from Mt. Everest)
Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain at 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft). It straddles the border of China / Tibet and Nepal and can be visited from either side:
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- Everest Base Camp Trek through Khumbu (Sagarmatha National Park), the more commonly visited region on the Nepalese (southern) side of the mountain
- Qomolangma, the less visited nature reserve on the Tibetan (northern) side
See also Hillary and Norgay, the first to climb Everest.