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id: kb-2026-00384
title: Mount Everest
schema_type: TechArticle
category: geography
language: en
confidence: medium
last_verified: '2026-05-28'
created_date: '2026-05-22'
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  - id: fact-mount-everest-01
    statement: Nepal and China jointly announced Mount Everest's height as 8,848.86 meters, or 29,031.69 feet, in 2020.
    source_title: Mount Everest - Britannica
    source_url: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest
    confidence: medium
  - id: fact-mount-everest-02
    statement: Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-China border.
    source_title: Mount Everest - Britannica
    source_url: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest
    confidence: medium
  - id: fact-mount-everest-03
    statement: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.
    source_title: Mt. Everest - NASA
    source_url: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/mt-everest/
    confidence: medium
completeness: 0.78
known_gaps:
  - Current annual climbing statistics, death counts, permitting, and route conditions change over time and are not tracked here.
disputed_statements: []
primary_sources:
  - title: Mount Everest - Britannica
    type: reference
    year: 2026
    url: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest
    institution: Encyclopaedia Britannica
  - title: Mt. Everest - NASA
    type: government_reference
    year: 2009
    url: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/mt-everest/
    institution: NASA
secondary_sources:
  - title: Into Thin Air
    type: book
    year: 1997
    authors:
      - Krakauer, Jon
    url: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/306270/into-thin-air-by-jon-krakauer/
    institution: Villard
---

## TL;DR

Mount Everest is the highest mountain above sea level and lies in the Himalayas on the Nepal-China border.

## Core Explanation

The current compact article records stable facts: official height, location, and first confirmed ascent. It does not include live summit/death counts because those figures change and require a maintained mountaineering database.

## Evidence Notes

The previous version used a memoir page to support height, route, death, and traffic claims. This repair keeps only stable facts backed by Britannica and NASA.

## Further Reading

- [Mount Everest - Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest)
- [Mt. Everest - NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/mt-everest/)

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