Mount Everest/ Sanskrit and Nepali< Sagarmatha, Tibetan Chomolungma, Chinese Zhumulangma Feng or Chu-mu-lang-ma< Feng, also_ spelled Qomolangma Feng, mountain on the crest of the Great Himalayas of southern Asia that lies on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous >Region of China, <at 27°59′ N 86°56′ E. Reaching an *elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850 metres), Mount Everest is %the highest mountain in the world.
Everest is composed <of multiple layers of rock folded back on themselves (nappes). Rock on the lower> elevations of the mountain consists of >metamorphic schists and gneisses, topped by igneous granites. Higher up are* found sedimentary rocks of marine origin . Notable is the Yellow Band, a limestone formation that is prominently >visible just below the summit %pyramid
