Qomolangma: location and coordinates

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The Path of the longest mountain belt of the Universe blazed through the whole of Eurasia. He took the top from the foot of the French Alps, stretches down to the expanse of South Vietnam. The highest ridge of a giant mountain chain is recognized as the Himalayas.

The Majestic mountain like a huge petrified wave, ascended into heaven. The crest of a wave, frozen in stone, crowned by the Great Himalayas. In the main Himalayan range extending across the border of Tibet and Nepal, joined 11 vertices. Each mountain range has here a height in excess of 8 000 meters.

Historical names of the highest mountain massif

Here, ‘abode of eternal snow" on the land of China, spread Qomolangma-the highest of the Himalaya “eight thousand” range. The giant mountains, soaring in the sky to an incredible height, has two more titles. The Nepalese called it Sagarmatha – “Lord of the sky”.

Mount Everest

The Tibetans refer to the top of mount Everest (translated as “the Goddess of the Earth”). For Europeans, it is the peak of Everest. They called the mountain, when India was going through the era of colonization, while under the yoke of great Britain, and topographic service of the enslaved state was led by major D. Everest that studied enormous mountain system.

Top of the world

The Himalayan massif is a unique place. This wonderful area is the source of the Indus and the Ganges. The Chinese Qomolangma with its high status became known much earlier than the people from the New world. Tibetan monks at the Northern foot “the top of the sky” the monastery was founded Rongbuk, operating today.

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Before the man, facing the inner cloister, a magnificent spectacle – the impressive mountain ranges of stunning beauty. The splendor of the Grand peaks felt from the mountain passes surrounding it and located many kilometers away from him.

Formation of mount Everest

The Himalayan range, according to geologists, was formed in the era of the split from the ancient Gondwana continent. The continent broke apart on the plate. The Indian plate, moving North, across the Eurasian chip. In the area of interfacing plates has been compression of the earth's crust and the formation of huge folds, which is called the Himalayas.

The Himalayan mountain system was formed into three Grand stages range from North to South. Lower height have ‘an exposed" that form the southern tier. The mountain ranges here have a height of about 1000 m.

The Middle tier represent arrays, towering 3,500 m. In the Northern part the height of mountain peaks varies in the range of 6000-8000 m. the Width of mountain ranges up to 80-90 km.

The Growth of the Himalayan mountain range is not suspended so far. Scientists assure us that the height of the Himalayas is annually increased by 3-10 mm. In the mountain chain is 75 peaks that exceed a height of 7 000 meters. The Nepalese Himalayas are recognized as the most high.

Mount Everest where is

And above all ridges ascended mount Everest. Where is her top? It towers over the vast expanses Chinese. The highest peak Everest is surrounded by other giant peaks that form a real "world's roof" of holding the sky above the earth.

The Height of mount Everest

The Mountain peak, proudly towering up from the eternal Himalayan snows, attracts tourists with grandeur and breathtaking beauty. Many climbers dream of conquering the steep slopes of the Grand massif with the shape of a triangular pyramid. Overcoming challenging mountain paths with a length of 8848 meters (this is height of mount Everest) – a great honor!

The Exact height of the peak established English surveyors in 1852. Since then, many attempts have been made, which would have denied the primacy of Everest. However, their repeatedly debunked, because they were all insolvent.

Height of mount Everest

While the bulk of the high peaks within the mountain complexes in the world, and obedient to the climbers, to the “mountains” and “the eight-thousanders" that formed mount Everest, Everest, if you will, the climbers did not know how to approach it.

Climate on mount Everest

The Steepness of the southern slope is much more than the other two. The snow on it is not delayed, so before the eyes of the travelers appears naked rock. The remaining slopes are covered glaciers extending up to 5 000 meters.

the Coordinates of mount Everest

Specifying the coordinates of mount Everest, tourists realize that the climate at the "top of the world" is far from comfortable. When on a mountain range played by the bad weather, stay on his vast very dangerous. The thermometer stops here on the mark –600 C, and the wind whistling with the speed of 200 km/h.

Climbing mount Everest

Magnetic attraction of the highest point of Land is incredible. Climbers year after year, heading East, to where mount Everest, where the tip of its giant peak, piercing the clouds. The temptation to conquer this mountain bike, but reaches its units.

The Philosophy of Everest is harsh. The path in his rush ordered those who are fussy and hasty, unprincipled and reckless. It often leads them to tragedy. The first menstarted climbing at the dawn of the twentieth century, failed because of poor equipment. For the first time mount Everest conquered people in 1953.

Climbers continually compete in the difficulty of climbing Everest. Some are trying to climb the icy slopes in winter. Others, intending to climb to the top, refuse to capture oxygen. Emancipated women, United in a group, trying to overcome a difficult way without a man.

Mount Everest Chomolungma

However, to surprise everyone managed only to Reinhold Messner. Defiance mount Everest gave him great mercy – to put several records at the same time! He is climbing alone on the North side without oxygen overcame to rise to the top in 3 days. In 1992 ascended to the peak 32 of the climber in the Russian team «Lada-Everest”.

Climbing last time

The success of the expedition depends not only on the quality of the equipment as from the climate, which causes the latitude and longitude of mount Everest (27°59′17″ n, 86°55′31″ e), as well as its height. In addition, climbers have to overcome the mountain sickness that occurs at high negative pressure.

the Latitude and longitude of mount Everest

To conquer the peak every year sent about 500 travelers. The governments of China and Nepal are not averse to earn the right to climb the slopes of the harsh peaks. Now almost all the climbing is performed on a commercial basis. Tourists agree in specialized firms on the organization of climb to the peak of Everest.

Professional guides accompany the travelers to the top. Complete service climbers in 65 000 dollars. This amount includes tuition, all required equipment and security (to the extent possible) on the time-consuming mountain route. For acclimatization and the ascent takes about 2 months.


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