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Mount Everest, Khumbupasanglahmu, Solukhumbu District, P1 Koshi Pradesh, Nepali
Regional Level Types
Mount EverestMountain
KhumbupasanglahmuMunicipality (Rural)
Solukhumbu DistrictDistrict
P1 Koshi PradeshProvince
NepalCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 59' 16'' North , 86° 55' 30'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Lobujya8,767 (2013)11.5km
Namche Bazar2,324 (2013)29.3km
Lukla230 (2013)38.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
2433
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:2433:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Qomolangma
Other Languages:
French:
Everest, District de Solukhumbu, Province n°1, Népal
German:
Mount Everest, Solukhumbu, Nepal
Italian:
Everest, Distretto di Solukhumbu, Provincia No. 1, Nepal
Nepali:
सगरमाथा, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला, प्रदेश नं. १, नेपाल
Russian:
Джомолунгма, Солукхумбу, 1-я провинция, Непал
Simplified Chinese:
珠穆朗瑪峰, 索卢坤布, 第一省, 尼泊尔
Spanish:
Monte Everest, Distrito de Solukhumbu, Provincia N.º 1, Nepal
Achinese:
Gunong Everest, Nèpal
Afrikaans:
Berg Everest, Nepal
Albanian:
Mali Everest, Nepali
Alemannic:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Amharic:
ኤቨረስት ተራራ, ኔፓል
Anglo-Saxon:
Eferest Beorg, Nepal
Arabic:
جبل إفرست, نيبال
Aragonese:
Everest, Nepal
Armenian:
Էվերեստ, Նեպալ
Asturian:
Everest, Nepal
Aymara:
Everest
Azeri:
Everest, Nepal
Bashkir:
Джомолунгма, Непал
Basque:
Everest, Nepal
Bavarian:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Belarusian:
Джамалунгма, Непал
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Эвэрэст, Нэпал
Bengali:
মাউন্ট এভারেস্ট, সোলুখুম্বু জেলা, প্রদেশ নং ১, নেপাল
Bosnian:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Breton:
Menez Everest, Nepal
Bulgarian:
Еверест, Непал
Burmese:
ဧဝရက်တောင်, နီပေါနိုင်ငံ
Catalan:
Everest, Districte de Solukhumbu, Província núm. 1, Nepal
Cebuano:
Mount Everest, Solukhumbū, Nepal
Central Bikol:
Bukid Everest, Nepal
Chechen:
Джомолунгма, Непал
Cheyenne:
Vose Everest
Chuvash:
Джомолунгма, Непал
Cornish:
Menydh Everest, Nepal
Croatian:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Czech:
Mount Everest, Nepál
Danish:
Mount Everest, Solukhumbu District, Nepal
Doteli:
सगरमाथा, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला, नेपाल
Dutch:
Mount Everest, Solukhumbu, Nepal
Egyptian Arabic:
ايفيريست, نيبال
Esperanto:
Ĉomolungmo, Provinco 1, Nepalo
Estonian:
Džomolungma, Nepal
Faroese:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Farsi/Persian:
کوه اورست, بخش سولوکومبو, استان شماره ۱, نپال
Fiji Hindi:
Mount Everest, Solukhumbu jila, Nepal
Finnish:
Mount Everest, Solukhumbun piirikunta, Nepal
Franco-Provençal:
Everest, Nèpal
Galician:
Everest, Nepal
Gan:
珠穆朗瑪峰
Georgian:
ევერესტი, ნეპალი
Greek:
Έβερεστ, Νεπάλ
Greenlandic:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Guarani:
Éverest, Nepal
Gujarati:
માઉન્ટ એવરેસ્ટ, નેપાળ
Haitian:
Everest, Nepal
Hakka:
Chomolangma Fûng, Nepal
Hawaiian:
Mauna Everest, Nepala
Hebrew:
אוורסט, נפאל
Hindi:
एवरेस्ट पर्वत, सोलुखुंबु जिला, प्रदेश संख्या १, नेपाल
Hungarian:
Csomolungma, Nepál
Icelandic:
Everestfjall, Nepal
Ido:
Monto Everest, Nepal
Iloko:
Bantay Everest, Nepal
Indonesian:
Gunung Everest, Provinsi Nomor 1, Nepal
Interlingua:
Monte Everest, Nepal
Irish Gaelic:
Sliabh Everest, Neipeal
Jamaican Patois:
Mount Evares, Nepal
Japanese:
エベレスト, ソンクルブ郡, 第一州, ネパール
Javanese:
Mount Everest, Népal
Kabiye:
Everest pʋʋ, Nepaalɩ
Kannada:
ಎವರೆಸ್ಟ್‌ ಶಿಖರ, ನೇಪಾಳ
Karachay-Balkar:
Эверест, Непал
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Джомолунгма, Непал
Kikuyu:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Korean:
에베레스트산, 네팔
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Çiyayê Everest, Nepal
Kyrgyz:
Жомолунгма, Непал
Latin:
Everestius mons, Nepalia
Latvian:
Everests, Nepāla
Lezghian:
Джомолунгма, Непал
Limburgian:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Lithuanian:
Džomolungma, Nepalas
Lombard:
Everest, Nepal
Low Saxon/Low German:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Luganda:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Luxembourgish:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Macedonian:
Монт Еверест, Непал
Maithili:
सगरमाथा, सोलुखुम्बु जिला, प्रदेश नं. १, नेपाल
Malay:
Gunung Everest, Nepal
Malayalam:
എവറസ്റ്റ്‌ കൊടുമുടി, നേപ്പാൾ
Maori:
Everest
Marathi:
एव्हरेस्ट, नेपाळ
Mazanderani:
اورست, نپال
Meadow Mari:
Эверест, Непал
Min Dong Chinese:
Chomolungma Hŭng, Nepal
Mingrelian:
ევერესტი, ნეპალი
Mongolian:
Жомолунгма, Балба
Nahuatl:
Everest, Nepal
Neapolitan:
Everest
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
चोमोलुङ्मा, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला, नेपाः
Northern Frisian:
Mount Everest, Nepaal
Northern Sami:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Norwegian:
Mount Everest, Solukhumbu, Nepal
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Mount Everest, Nepal
Occitan:
Mont Everest, Nepal
Odia:
ଏଭରେଷ୍ଟ ଶୃଙ୍ଗ, ନେପାଳ
Ossetian:
Джомолунгмæ, Непал
Picard:
Everest, Népal
Piedmontese:
Everest, Nepal
Polish:
Mount Everest, Solukhumbu, Nepal
Portuguese:
Monte Everest, Solukhumbu, Nepal
Punjabi:
ਐਵਰੈਸਟ ਪਹਾੜ, ਨੇਪਾਲ
Quechua:
Chomolungma, Nipal
Romanian:
Everest, Nepal
Romansh:
Mount Everest
Russia Buriat:
Жомолунгма, Балба
Rusyn:
Монт Еверест, Непал
Samogitian:
Everests, Nepals
Sanskrit:
एवरेस्ट् शिखरम्, सोलुखुम्बुमण्डल्, नेपालदेशः
Sardinian:
Everest
Scots:
Munt Everest, Nepal
Scottish Gaelic:
Beinn Everest, Neapàl
Serbian:
Монт Еверест, дистрикт Солукумбу, Непал
Serbo-Croatian:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Sicilian:
Everest, Nepal
Silesian:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Sindhi:
مائونٽ ايوريسٽ, نيپال
Sinhalese:
එවරස්ට් කන්ද, නේපාලය
Slovak:
Mount Everest, Nepál
Slovenian:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Somali:
Buurta Everest, Nebal
South Azerbaijani:
اورست داغی, نپال
Sranan Tongo:
Everest
Swahili:
Everest, Nepal
Swedish:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Tagalog:
Bundok Everest, Nepal
Tamil:
எவரெசுட்டு சிகரம், சோலுகும்பு மாவட்டம், நேபாள மாநில எண் 1, நேபாளம்
Tatar:
Джомолунгма, Солукһумбу районы, 1 нче номерлы Вилаять, Непал
Telugu:
ఎవరెస్టు పర్వతం, నేపాల్
Thai:
ยอดเขาเอเวอเรสต์, ประเทศเนปาล
Tibetan (Standard):
ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ།, ཤར་ཁུམ་བུ་རྫོང་ཁ།, བལ་ཡུལ།
Traditional Chinese:
珠穆朗瑪峰, 尼泊爾
Turkish:
Everest Dağı, Nepal
Turkmen:
Jomolungma, Nepal
Ukrainian:
Джомолунгма, Солукхумбу, Непал
Upper Sorbian:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Urdu:
ماؤنٹ ایورسٹ, سولوکھومبو ضلع, صوبہ نمبر 1, نیپال
Uyghur:
ئېۋېرېست, نېپال
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Jomolungma, Nepal
Venetian:
Monte Everest, Nèpal
Veps:
Džomolungm, Nepal
Vietnamese:
Everest, Solukhumbu, Nepal
Walloon:
Everest
Waray:
Bukid Everest, Nepal
Welsh:
Mynydd Everest, Nepal
West Frisian:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Western Punjabi:
ماؤنٹ ایورسٹ, ضلع سولوکھمبو, صوبہ نمبر 1, نیپال
Wu Chinese:
珠穆朗玛峰, 第一省, 尼泊尔
Yakut:
Дьомолууҥма, Непал
Yiddish:
עווערעסט, סאלוכומבו, נעפאל
Zazaki:
Koyê Everesti, Nepal
Zeelandic:
Mount Everest, Nepal
Zulu:
Mount Everest, Nepal


The highest mountain in the world (8,848 meters or 29,028 feet high).
Grayish to dark gray or white, parallel laminated and bedded, Ordovician limestone inter-layered with subordinate beds of recrystallized dolomite with argillaceous laminae and siltstone.

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5 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O CalciteCaCO3
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
O Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
MgMagnesium
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
Si Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
PPhosphorus
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
FeIron
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fe PyriteFeS2
ZrZirconium
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest
Wikidata ID:Q513

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