1. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal, the highest mountain peak in the world (29,032 feet/8,849 meters high)
   "They attempted to reach the summit of Mount Everest in May";
   - Everest, Mt. Everest

Type of: mountain peak

Part of: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Himalaya, Himalaya Mountains, Himalayas, Nepal, Sitsang, Thibet, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Xizang

Encyclopedia: Mount Everest