What is Mount Everest?
{{Infobox mountain | fetchwikidata = ALL | name = Mount Everest | photo = Mount Everest as seen from Drukair2 PLW edit.jpg | photo_size = 300 | photo_caption = Aerial photo from the south, with Mount Everest rising above the ridge connecting [[Nuptse]] and [[Lhotse]] | native_name = {{native name list|tag1=ne|name1=सगरमाथा|postfix1=&nbsp;{{transliteration|ne|(''Sagarmāthā'')}}|tag2=bo|name2=ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ|postfix2=&nbsp;{{transliteration|bo|(''Chomolungma'')}}|tag3=zh|name3=珠穆朗玛峰|postfix3=&nbsp;{{transliteration|zh|(''Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng'')}}}} | translation = Holy Mother, Skyhead | etymology = [[George Everest]] | elevation_ref = <!-- This elevation, and the reasons for supporting it, are laid out and referenced in the measurement section, but some editors believe we should support 8844 m or 8850 m instead. If any editor thinks we should change it, could they please make the case on the talk page and allow time for discussion before making the change. -->{{NoteTag|Based on the 2020 surveys of elevation of snow cap, not rock head. For more details, see ''[[#Surveys|Surveys]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-08-26|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=#Surveys|reason= }}''.}}<br /> [[List of highest mountains on Earth|Ranked 1st]] | prominence_ref = <br />[[List of mountain peaks by prominence|Ranked 1st]]<br />[[Topographic prominence#Definitions|(Special definition for Everest)]] | isolation = n/a <!-- Topographic isolation can not be measured to itself but only to another peak by definition. Giving a value here to show the circumstances of Earth is not correct. --> | map = Nepal#Nepal Province1#China#China Tibet topography#Asia | map_caption = Location on the border between [[Koshi Province (Nepal)|Koshi Province]], Nepal and [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], China | label = Mount Everest | label_position = left | location = [[Solukhumbu District]], Koshi Province, Nepal;<ref>''Geography of Nepal: Physical, Economic, Cultural and Regional'' by Netra Bahadur Thapa, D. P. Thapa Orient Longmans, 1969.</ref><br />[[T