Multiple choice general knowledge

Standing tall nearly nine kilometres high, Mt Everest, named after the surveyor Sir George Everest, is the highest land peak on earth. You'll often hear climbers refer to Everest by its Tibetan name which is what?

  1. Makalu

  2. Sagarmatha

  3. Kanchenjunga

  4. Chomolungma
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Explanation

Mount Everest's Tibetan name is Chomolungma, which means 'Goddess Mother of the Universe' or 'Mother of the World' in Tibetan. The Nepali name is Sagarmatha, meaning 'Forehead of the Sky'. The mountain was named 'Everest' by the British in 1865 after Sir George Everest, the Surveyor General of India.

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