Mount everest highest mount at world (if is measuresed from sea face). the top crest indicates border between nepal and tibetan; the top resides in tibetan. at nepal, this mount is called sagarmatha and in tibetan chomolangma or qomolangma (" universal mother" ), pronounced in chinese language (pinyin: zhumùlangma feng)
This mount gets the english language name from name sir george everest. this name is given by sir andrew waugh, surveyor-general english nationality indians, router everest. top everest be one of the seven principal tops at world.
Radhanath sikdar, surveyor and expert mathematics from obstinate, be first person that declare top everest as highest top passes calculation trigonometrik in 1852. this calculation is done to use theodolite from distance 150 the far miles at indians. a part indians people believes that top should called to follow sikdar, not everest.
This mount has height around 8.850 m; although found variation from size aspect (government good nepal also china not yet legalize this size officially, top height everest still assumed 8.848 m by they). mount everest first time measuresed in the year 1856 has height 8.839 m, but declared as 8.840 m (29.002 foot). addition 0,6 m (2 foot)s will show that during the period correct height as big as 29.000 foot will be assumed as estimate that rounded off. general estimate that used at the moment 8.850 m that got to pass global positioning system reading (gps). himalayan mount stills then increase tall plate movement consequence tektonik area.
Mount everest mount the top achieves farthermost distance from sea face. two mounts other kadangkala also called as" highest mount at world" mauna loa at hawaii, highest if measuresed from base it in base middle sea, but only achieve height 4.170 m on sea face and mount chimborazo at ekuador, the top 2.150 m higher from earth centre is compared mount everest, because earth mengembung at equator area. any way, chimborazo only achieve height 6.272 m above sea face, so that even bot such a highest top at andes.
Base inmost at deeper ocean is compared height everest: challenger deep, located in trough mariana, so in up to suppose himalayan mount is put in it, still found almost 1,6 km water cover it.
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