[DOC] [TLE] Highest mountain | Guinness World Records [PAR] The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. ... world's highest mountain 
in 1856 by the Survey Department of the Government of India, from theodolite... [DOC] [TLE] New project could finally answer mystery of Mt. Everest's height | Fox ... [PAR] Mar 1, 2012 ... But China says the world's highest mountain (which it calls ... the ongoing three-
year Nepal government project to settle the mountain's height. ... Until a British 
survey of the Indian subcontinent in 1852, it was thought the tallest... [DOC] [TLE] Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain ... [PAR] For the fun part Mt.Everest is the answer :p. Kangchenjunga ( 8,586 metres (
28,169 ft)) was ... Established as highest in 1852 and officially confirmed in 1856. 
Kangchenjunga Main is the highest mountain in India, and the easternmost ... 
Before Mt Everest was discovered, Mount Everest was the highest mountain in 
the world. [DOC] [TLE] Everest Almanac: Measuring Mountains - Fact Monster [PAR] The world's highest peak and past pretenders to the throne ... In 1852 the Great 
Trigonometrical Survey of India measured Everest's elevation as 29,002 feet... [DOC] [TLE] MEASURING A MOUNTAIN - The Washington Post [PAR] Jan 14, 1998 ... "I will always remember that when I said GPS' to the Sherpas, their eyes got real 
... I have discovered the highest mountain in the world. ... to foreigners, 
measurements had to be taken from Darjiling, India, at an altitude of ... In 1995, 
the Nepalese government granted Washburn permission to survey Everest... [DOC] [TLE] Photos: The World's Tallest Mountains - Live Science [PAR] Aug 9, 2010 ... The 10 highest mountains on Earth, called the "eight-thousanders," are all 
located in the Himalayas. Mount Everest is the tallest. [DOC] [TLE] Mount Everest - Wikipedia [PAR] Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmth and in China as 
Chomolungma/, is Earth's highest mountain. Its peak is 8,848 metres (
29,029 ft)... [DOC] [TLE] Mount Everest | mountain, Asia | Britannica.com [PAR] Mar 31, 2016 ... Mountain on the crest of the Great Himalayas of southern Asia that lies on ... 
however, until 1852, when the governmental Survey of India established that fact. 
.... Living in close proximity to the world's highest mountains, the Sherpas ... been 
carried out by local communities and the Nepalese government. [DOC] [TLE] Indian mathematician 1st to identify Everest as highest mountain peak [PAR] Jun 2, 2008 ... When was Everest discovered as the world's highest mountain? ... peak as he 
was the first person to calculate the height of the mountain in 1852. ... After 100 
years, it was rechristened as Sagarmatha by the government of Nepal. ... of 8,848 
m (29,029 ft) was first determined by an Indian survey in 1955. [DOC] [TLE] BBC NEWS | South Asia | The man who 'discovered' Everest [PAR] Oct 20, 2003 ... One day in 1852 in British-ruled India, a young man burst into an office in the ... 
The Indian Government-sponsored exhibition celebrates 200 years of the ... 
Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, is 29,035 ft high today ... 39 when 
he made his discovery, was one of the survey's largely unsung heroes. [DOC] [TLE] Mount Everest - Overview and Information - Geography - About.com [PAR] As the world's highest mountain, climbing to the top of Mount Everest has been a 
goal of ... Indian surveyor Radhanath Sikdar, part of the the British-led Survey of 
India, determined in 1852 that Mount Everest was the tallest mountain in the 
world and ... The peak of Mount Everest has three somewhat flat sides; it is said 
to be... [DOC] [TLE] Naming Mount Everest [PAR] In 1852 the highest mountain was located and recorded, this mountain was 
named ... Everyone who worked on the survey was keen to keep local names 
used by the ... Andrew Waugh (George Everest's successor) said that he could 
not find any ... adopted Mount Everest as the name for the highest mountain in 
the world

Question: An 1852 survey by the government of India said it was the tallest mountain in the world
Answer: Mount Everest