Riding border between Nepal and China, Mount Everest is located in the eastern part of the Himalayas by latitude 27 ° 59 '16 " North and Longitude 86 ° 56' 40'' East. Highest peak in the world, its elevation is due to the collision between Indian subcontinent and Asian continent.

The mountain has a three side pyramid-shaped, its main features is its very large mass. The three sides are delimited by three edges : the west ridge, the southeast ridge and the north-eastern edge. The latter two are the easiest and usual ways to the summit. His elevation was measured several times and the results varied from a few meters or feet. By far the most prevalent is 8848 meters or 29029 feet. The thrust of the Indian subcontinent continues to lift it.

Several glaciers slide on its sides: First from southwest face, Khumbu Glacier which stretches for 18 km; Second from the east face, Kangshung which measures 14 km and from the north face, Rongbuk which comes to die near the famous monastery of Rongbuk located at the foot of the Tibetan face of Everest after a 13km sliding. Secondary glaciers West Rongbuk and the East Rongbuk are also located on the Tibetan face of the mountain.

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North Face

East Face

Southwest Face

The Everest consists mainly of three types of rocks: metamorphic, granite and sedimentary. The sedimentary rock is made of several layers of sediment formed by the accumulation of marine animals’s remains at the bottom of Thethys, the old ocean that separated India and Asia. The ocean’s floor was raise, there are several tens of millions of years, when the Indian plate (Indian subcontinent) dug under the Eurasian plate (Asia). This process has led to the formation of the Himalayas and Mount Everest.

The Geographical Survey conducted by British Empire in India had discovered Mont Everest in the middle of 19th century. Previously, the highest peak known was Kanchenjunga, close from Darjeeling. But the surveyors found a peak much higher in the distance and they  first attributed it the figure XV before decided to honour Their precedent director George Everest.