View Mount Everest Top Peak Images. Shouldn't all mountains be measured from the lowest point of the ocean floor? Mount everest reaches more than 29,000 feet above sea level.
Mount everest is the world's highest mountain, rising 8850 meters above sea level. The other consideration is mount chimborazo in ecuador. In the nineteenth century, the mountain was named after george everest.
50 years ago may 29 1953 the top of mount everest was reached for the first time by edmund hillary and tenzing norgay.
The guinness book of world records has also declared that mount everest is the world's highest peak above sea level. There are two commonly climbed routes up the mountain, the south col route and the northeast ridge. The very first aircraft to fly over the peak of mount everest was an raf westland pv3 in 1933. Here's everything you need to know about the world's most famous mountain.