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Mount Everest is the highest peak above sea level

Its summit stands at 8,848 metres above the ocean

Rising in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and China, Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. Tectonic collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates continues to push the range upward by about four millimetres each year. Severe weather and low oxygen levels make climbing hazardous.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Its summit stands at 8,848 metres above the ocean. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.