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Everest

Location

Directly south of Dingri County, Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, on the border between China and Nepal in the middle part of the Himalayas

Reasons to visit

Mount Everest (Jo-mo glang-ma), referred to as Everest, also translated as Mount Everest, known as Sagarmatha Peak in Nepal, also known as "Epherez", is located in the Himalayas at the junction of the People's Republic of China and Nepal Above

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Mount Everest (Jo-mo glang-ma), referred to as Everest, also translated as Mount Everest, known as Sagarmatha Peak in Nepal, also known as "Epherez", is located in the Himalayas at the junction of the People's Republic of China and Nepal Above, there is snow all year round. It is the highest peak in the world (the highest known peak in the solar system is Olympus Mons on Mars with an altitude of 27,000 meters). In Tibetan, "Qomolangma jo-mo glang-ma ri" means "Mother of the Earth". In Tibetan, Jo-mo "Zhumu" means goddess, and glang-ma "Langma" should be understood as female elephant (in Tibetan, glang-ma has two meanings: mountain willow and female elephant). Mythology says that Mount Everest is the palace where the five-year-old goddess (tshe-ring mched lnga) lives.

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