See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

MOUNT See also:

• MOUNT EVEREST
• EVEREST, SIR GEORGE (1790—1866)

EVEREST  , the highest See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain in the See also:

• WORLD

world . It is a See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak of the Himalayas situated in See also:

• NEPAL, NEPAUL

Nepal almost precisely on the intersection of the See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

meridian 87 E. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long. with the parallel . 28 N. See also:

• LAT

lat . Its See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation as at See also:

• PRESENT

present determined by trigonometrical observation is 29,002 ft., but it is possible that further investigation into the value of See also:

• REFRACTION
• REFRACTION (Lat. refringere, to break open or apart)

refraction at such altitudes will result in placing the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit even higher . It has been confused with a peak to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of it called Gaurisankar (by Schlagint weit), which is more than 5000 ft. See also:

• LOWER

lower; but the observations of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood from peaks near Khatmandu, in Nepal, and those of the same officer, and of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major See also:

• RYDER, ALBERT PINKHAM (1847– )

Ryder, from the route between See also:

• LHASA (LIIASSA, LASSA, " God's ground ")

Lhasa and the See also:

• SOURCES

sources of the See also:

• BRAHMAPUTRA

Brahmaputra in 1904, have definitely fixed the relative position of the two mountain masses, and conclusively proved that there is no higher peak than See also:

• EVEREST, MOUNT
• EVEREST, SIR GEORGE (1790—1866)

Everest in the Himalayan See also:

• SYSTEM

system . The peak possesses no distinctive native, name and has been called Everest after See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Everest (q.v.), who completed the trigonometrical survey of the Himalayas in 1841 and first fixed its position and See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude . (T . H .