Mount Everest is the Earth’s highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level and is the fifth furthest point from the center of the Earth.
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953 using the southeast ridge route. Tenzing had reached 8,595Â m (28,199Â ft) the previous year as a member of the 1952 Swiss expedition.
A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. Most mountains form at places where the Earth’s plates move towards one another and the planet’s crust is subjected to immense forces.
The height of a mountain is usually measured in meters above the sea-level. Mountains cover nearly one-quarter of Earth’s land mass and are a source of most of the world’s rivers.