Mount Everest lies on the border of Nepal and which country? Mount Everest lies on the border of Nepal and China, at the edge of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.
The summit stands in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and is the highest point on Earth above sea level. Nepal is home to the mountain’s southern approach, while the northern route begins in Tibet. The international boundary runs across the summit, so Everest is both a national high point of Nepal and a high point of China.
The mountain is known as Sagarmāthā in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet. A joint Nepalese-Chinese survey announced its current official elevation in 2020: 8,848.86 metres. The height includes the snow and ice cap, which can change slightly, while earlier surveys sometimes reported the underlying rock height separately.
The first confirmed ascent was completed on 29 May 1953 by Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal. Climbers still face thin air, extreme weather, avalanches and the dangerous Khumbu Icefall on the southern route.