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Mount Everest

Also known as

Adrar n Everest
Apu everest
Bantay Everest
Beinn Everest
Berg Everest
Bjeshka Everest

Image illustrating Mount Everest — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Mount Everestsee Wikimedia Commons

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in countryPeople's Republic of China1949 CE
place of death ofDavid Sharp1972 CE
place of death ofFrancys Arsentiev1958 CE
place of death ofMin Bahadur Sherchan1931 CE
place of death ofTakashi Ozaki1952 CE
place of death ofTomas Olsson1976 CE
place of death ofYasuko Namba1949 CE

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