Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The closest sea to Mount Everest's summit is the Bay of Bengal, almost 700 km (430 mi) away. To approximate a climb of the entire height of Mount Everest, one would need to start from this coastline, a feat accomplished by Tim Macartney-Snape's team in 1990. Climbers usually begin their ascent from base camps above 5,000 m (16,404 ft).
The interactive map on this page ranks Himalayan peaks above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) and is more inclusive. A peak has a different definition to a mountain and different authorities may use different definitions of either. In the table below sorting by coordinates sorts by longitude (i.e. West to East) and "HP" = High point.
Cropped from Image:Mount Everest Base Camp.jpg; cropped by and illustrations added by Zephronion. ... coordinates of the point of view. 28°6'29.99"N, 86°51'51.95"E.
Aerial view of Mount Everest from the south. The peak rises over Lhotse, while Nuptse is the ridge on the left.. There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft; 4.5 mi) or greater above sea level.
World top 100 most prominent peaks, from the same authors as the top 50. Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones; Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence. Compiled by Aaron Maizlish. The latest estimate is that there are 1,516.
The South Summit is a dome-shaped peak of snow and ice approximately 130 metres (430 ft) distant from the summit of Mount Everest and 100 metres (330 ft) below it, connected to it by the Cornice Traverse and Hillary Step. It was first climbed by Charles Evans and Tom Bourdillon of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition on 26 May 1953.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Rongbuk monastery with Mount Everest in the background. Here is the starting point for the North Base Camp. Tourists may reach it with horse-drawn carriages managed by the government. A visit to the North Base Camp requires a permit from the Government of the People's Republic of China, on top of the permit required to visit Tibet itself.