Called Chomolungma ("goddess mother of the world") in Tibet and Sagarmatha ("goddess of the sky") in Nepal, Mount Everest once went by the pedestrian name of Peak XV among Westerners. That was before ---- surveyors geographers scientists explorers established that it was the highest mountain on Earth, a fact that came as something of a surprise—Peak XV had seemed lost in the crowd of other formidable Himalayan peaks, many of which gave the ---- appearance illusion impression idea of greater height.

In 1852 the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India measured Everest's elevation as 29,002 feet above sea level. This figure remained the officially ---- accepted known recognized measured height for more than one hundred years. In 1955 it was adjusted by a mere 26 feet to 29,028 (8,848 m).

The mountain received its official name in 1865 in honor of Sir George Everest. He had some ---- doubts concerns reservations questions about having his name bestowed on the peak.

Before the Survey of India, a number of other mountains ranked supreme. Chimborazo was considered the highest. It is now nowhere near the highest, ---- mountain peak summit surpassed by about thirty other Andean peaks and several dozen in the Himalayas.