Everest, or other name Jomolungma - the highest mountain on Earth. We find out where it is.
Where is Everest?
Mount Everest has 2 vertices, the highest northern, 8848 m high, southern - 8760 m.
Mount Everest received its name named George Everest - English Geodesist, more than 37 years dedicated to the study of this area. This is the European name, the inhabitants of Tibet (China) are called their Mountain, and for the residents of Nepal, the name of the mountain sounds like Sagarmatha.
Jomolungma is located in the Himalayan Ridge of Mountains (South Asia), which are located on the territory of 5 countries: China, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan and India.
The northern peak of Everest belongs to the territory of China, and South - on the Sino-Nepalese border.
Himalayan mountains stretch for 3000 km, and 350 km width.
The climbing on Everest is held from the Chinese and Nepalese territory.
When was Everest formed?
The Himalayan Mountains formed about 60 million years old, in Jurassic Triassic periods. The formation of the mountains served as a collision of two tectonic plates: Asian and Indian. Mountains "grow" to the present day.
Mount Everest is composed of the following rocks:
- Dark shale fine-grained.
- White limestones crystallized.
- Rogs striped dark green.
Almost on the top there are intrusion with quartz and granite veins.
A little about climbing Everest?
To visit the peaks of Everest, you need about 40 days. First, the climbers pass acclimatization (addictive to the mountains) in the mountains below in height, in the main basic camps, which are only 2. Acclimatization is needed, so as not to get a mountainous disease.
Even before the ascent, it is necessary to eat special nutrition - to eat a lot of rice and pasta to make a stock of energy, because more than 10 thousand kcal is spent in the mountains every day.
In the mountains, there is not enough oxygen, so most climbers are ascent to high peaks, like Everest, with oxygen springs, which begin to use when the height is approaching 8 thousand meters above sea level.
Another negative factor on Everest is the air temperature can be lowered to -62ᵒc, and also hurricane winds, so climbers' clothes on goose fluff.
In order not to "fly" from the cliff, the conquerors of Everest for fastening use synthetic ropes (nylon), 10 mm in diameter, and ice axes, on shoes dressed "cats" - special devices with metal spikes.
The first conquers of Everest were the Englishman Edmund Hillary and Nagali Tenzing Norgay. It happened in 1953.
So, now we know where Everest is.
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