• Key Information

  • Mount Everest

  • Type
    Mountain
  • Height
    29,031.7 ft
  • Other Names
    Sagarmāthā, Chomolungma
  • Learning Point
  • A young mountain, but the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest was only climbed successfully for the first time in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
  • Project
  • Draw a picture of Mount Everest with you and your family on top of it.
  • Location
  • Located in
    China, Tibet, Nepal
  • Fun Facts
  • The world's tallest mountain at over 29,000 ft.
  • Climbers often need oxygen for the final part of the climb because the air is so thin.
  • It is the seventh deadliest mountain in the world.
  • It can take several weeks or even months to climb to, up and down the mountain.