What is Sagarmatha National Park?
[[File:Khumbu Glacier from Kala Patthar, Mountains of Nepal, Asia.jpg|thumb|View of mountains at Sagarmatha National Park]] '''Sagarmatha National Park''' is a national park at the [[east|eastern]] part of [[Nepal]]. It is named after [[sagarmatha]], which is another name for [[Mt. Everest]]. It covers an [[area]] of {{convert|1148|km2|abbr=on}} which is mostly [[wikt:occupy|occupied]] by Mt. Everest. It was [[wikt:establish|established]] in 1976 and was made [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]] in 1979.<ref name=nbrb2007>Bhuju, U. R., Shakya, P. R., Basnet, T. B., Shrestha, S. (2007). [http://books.icimod.org/demo/uploads/ftp/Nepal%20Biodiversity%20Resource%20Book.pdf ''Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726170342/http://books.icimod.org/demo/uploads/ftp/Nepal%20Biodiversity%20Resource%20Book.pdf |date=2011-07-26 }}. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Kathmandu, Nepal. {{ISBN|978-92-9115-033-5}}</ref> In January 2002, a Buffer Zone comprising 275 km<sup>2</sup> (106 sq mi) was added to the old Sagarmatha National Park Zone. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Soul|first=Himalayas|title=Sagarmatha National Park|url=https://www.soulhimalayatreks.com/everest-basecamp-trek}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{commonscat|Sagarmatha National Park}} {{Protected areas of Nepal}} {{WHSite}} [[Category:National parks of Nepal]] [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Asia]] {{asia-stub}}