View Associated Mountain Range Of Mt Everest Background. It is located between nepal and tibet, an autonomous region of china. Its peak is 8,848 metres above sea level.
As part of the himalayan mountain range, everest (chomolungma) is the highest peak in the world, but not the highest single mountain as measured from sea level.
Its peak is 8,848 metres above sea level. In the nineteenth century, the mountain was named after george everest. Mount everest is the highest peak of the world 29028ft. In 1865, andrew waugh named this mountain after sir george everest, the man who preceded him as british surveyor general of india.