Interesting Facts About Mount Everest
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22 Aug 2024
Mount Everest, standing at a height of 8,848 metres, is the highest mountain in the world and is located between Nepal and Tibet
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Here are the most interesting facts about Mount Everest
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The mountain is named after British Surveyor General of India Sir George Everest
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The first ever recorded people to climb Everest were New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and his Tibetan guide Tenzing Norgay in 1933
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Although Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, its summit is not the farthest point from the Earth center
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Mt Everest has the harshest climate in the world. It is capped with snow and ice all year round and the warmest temperature on the summit is -20°C
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Mt Everest grows on average 4 millimeters a year or about 40 centimeters per century
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Mount Everest is about 60 million years old and was formed when India's continental plate crashed into Asia
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Dead bodies are a common sight on Mt Everest because it is impossible to bury a body due to ice-hard ground and conditions
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