Mount Everest, which is also termed as Sagarmatha in Nepali and Chomolungma in Tibetan, is the world's highest mountain peak. It measures about 8, 848 meters above the average sea level. Mount Everest is located in the Mahalangur Himal range in Himalayas in the border of Nepal, Tibet and China. The first height measurement for Mount Everest was published in 1856 as 8,840 meters and it was called as Peak XV at that time. Based on the suggestion by Andrew Waugh, a famous British Army Officer and Surveyor general, it was initially called as Royal Geographical Society. Tibetans were using the name Chomolungma for centuries but this has not been they could not establish a common name since both Tibet and Nepal were not open to foreigners.
