Mount Everest

Seven Quick Facts

Tallness: 29,029 feet (8,848 m)

First Ascent: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29th, 1953

Age: Himalaya Mountains are 25 million years of age. Everest has been the most elevated crest for the last half million.

Found: A British review of the area found it was the tallest mountain on the planet in 1852, yet didn't discharge this data to people in general until1856.

Area: Border of Nepal and The People's Republic of China.

Framed By: An up-push at the crash of the Indian and Eurasian structural plates.

Other: Called Qomolangma in China and Sagarmãthã in Nepal.