# Mount Everest

By [James](https://paragraph.com/@james-37) · 2022-08-11

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    Mount Everest (Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, Wiley: Jo mo glang ma[Note 2], Tibetan Pinyin: Qomolangma, China is called Mount Everest, Hong Kong is called Mount Everest, Taiwan is called Mount Everest ), called Sagarmata Peak in Nepal (Nepalese: सगरमाथा, transliteration: Sagarmāthā), called Mount Everest in the West, also translated as Mount Everest (English: Mount Everest), is the main peak of the Himalayas. The highest peak in the world, 8848.86 meters above sea level

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