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Mt. Everest!

Mt. Everest!. The highest point on Earth!. Where is Mt. Everest?. Latitude; 27º58’48.20 North Longitude; 86º55’13.50’ East Mt. Everest is a part of the Himalayan mountains. Between India and China Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the Himalayan’s, and in the world!

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Mt. Everest!

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  1. Mt. Everest! The highest point on Earth!

  2. Where is Mt. Everest? Latitude; 27º58’48.20 North Longitude; 86º55’13.50’ East Mt. Everest is a part of the Himalayan mountains. Between India and China Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the Himalayan’s, and in the world! Mt. Everest started forming about 10 million years ago.

  3. Boundary’s, faults and Stress -Mt. Everest was a convergence of the Indian and Eurassion Plate. Plate boundary; Convergent Fault; Reverse Stress; Compression

  4. TOPOGRAPHIC MAP Highest Point 29,035ft. (8,850m) Steep Slopes South side Lowest Point 4,200 meters

  5. Satellite Image! With a route that climbers take to reach the top!

  6. Mt. Everest!

  7. Fun facts!First person ever to reach the summit: Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on may 29, 1953  First solo ascent: Reinhold Messner on August 20, 1980 First winter ascent: L. Cichy and K. Wielicki on February 17, 1980 First ascent by an American: James Whittaker on May 22, 1963 First ascent by a woman: Junko Tabei on May 16, 1975 First ascent by an American woman: Stacey Allison on September 29, 1988 First oxygen-less ascent: Reinhold Messneron May 8, 1978 First woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest: Cathy O' Dowd on May 25,1996 Fastest ascent from south side: BabuChhiriFastest ascent from the north side: Hans KammerlanderYoungest person: SambuTamangOldest person: Lev SarkisovMost ascents: Appa Sherpa First ski descent: DavoKarnicar on October 7, 2000 First married couple ever to climb Everest: Andrej and MarigaStremfelj on October 7, 1990 Year of the most deaths: 1996 (15)

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