Mount Everest is the Earth's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) above sea level.
Indian mathematician Radhanath Sikdar was the first to identify Everest as the world's highest peak in 1852. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit on 29 May 1953.

What was the highest mountain in the world before Mount Everest was discovered?