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Last updated: October 2026 \u00b7 3 min read<\/em><\/p>\n

Standing on the border of Nepal and Tibet (China), Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth above sea level. It has drawn adventurers for a century. Here are 10 incredible facts about the roof of the world.<\/p>\n

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10 incredible facts about Mount Everest<\/h2>\n

1. Its official height is 8,848.86 m<\/h3>\n

In 2020, Nepal and China jointly announced Everest’s height as 8,848.86 metres above sea level.<\/p>\n

2. An Indian mathematician first measured it<\/h3>\n

In 1852, Radhanath Sikdar, a mathematician with the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, calculated that “Peak XV” was the highest mountain in the world.<\/p>\n

3. It is named after a surveyor<\/h3>\n

The British named the peak after Sir George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India. Locally it is called Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet.<\/p>\n

4. Its summit was once under the sea<\/h3>\n

The rocks near the top contain fossils of ancient sea creatures, because they formed on an ocean floor before the Indian plate pushed them up.<\/p>\n

5. It is still rising<\/h3>\n

As the Indian plate keeps pushing into Asia, the Himalayas, including Everest, continue to rise by a few millimetres each year.<\/p>\n

6. The first summit was in 1953<\/h3>\n

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first climbers confirmed to reach the summit, on 29 May 1953.<\/p>\n

7. Indian women have made history there<\/h3>\n

In 1984, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to climb Everest. In 2013, Arunima Sinha became the first female amputee to reach the summit.<\/p>\n

8. The air at the top is very thin<\/h3>\n

At the summit, each breath contains only about a third of the oxygen available at sea level, which is why most climbers use bottled oxygen.<\/p>\n

9. Above 8,000 m is the “death zone”<\/h3>\n

At these heights the human body cannot acclimatise, and climbers can stay only a limited time before the lack of oxygen becomes life-threatening.<\/p>\n

10. It is not the tallest mountain base-to-peak<\/h3>\n

Measured from its base on the ocean floor, Mauna Kea in Hawaii is taller, at about 10,000 metres, though most of it is under water.<\/p>\n

Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n

Which countries is Mount Everest in?<\/h3>\n

It sits on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.<\/p>\n

How long does it take to climb Everest?<\/h3>\n

Most expeditions take around two months, including weeks of acclimatisation.<\/p>\n

Who was the first Indian to climb Everest?<\/h3>\n

Avtar Singh Cheema, part of the 1965 Indian expedition led by Captain M.S. Kohli, was the first Indian to reach the summit; Nawang Gombu, also on that expedition, became the first person to climb it twice.<\/p>\n

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