SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Highest point on Earth
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Mount Everest
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Mount McKinley
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Mount Denali
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The Mariana Trench
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -29 May 1953-Mount Everest (8, 848 m 29, 029 ft) was first climbed, when the summit was reached by Edmund Percival Hillary (New Zealand), and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Detailed explanation-2: -Everest which is 8, 848m above sea level and the lowest point is Challenger Deep at the bottom of Mariana Trench which is 10911m below sea level.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1847 “Kangchenjunga” was discovered as highest mountain before discovery of mount everest. Kanchanjunga ( 8, 586 m) was considered to be the highest mountain from 1838 until 1852. Mount Everest was declared the highest peak of the world in 1852 and confirmed in 1856.
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