EVEREST, MOUNT, the highest mountain in the world. It is a peak of the Himalayas situated in Nepal almost precisely on the intersection of the meridian 87 E. long. with the parallel 28 N. lat. Its elevation as at present determined by trigono metrical observation is approximately 29,140 ft. The peak has been called Everest after Sir George Everest (q.v.), who com pleted the trigonometrical survey of the Himalayas in 1841 and first fixed its position and altitude. See MOUNTAINEERING.
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