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Answer: Wikidata gives Mount Everest a preferred elevation above sea level of 8848.86 metre. [S1]

Key facts

• Wikidata also lists other elevation values for Mount Everest, including 8844.43 metre and 8848 metre. [S1]
• The GeoNames record for Mount Everest gives an elevation of 8848 m. [S2]
• GeoNames also shows SRTM3 8794 m and ASTER 8727 m for Mount Everest. [S2]
• Mount Everest is in the Himalayas; its country values are Nepal and the People's Republic of China. [S1]

Checklist for quoting a figure

• Cite Wikidata item Q513 (Mount Everest). [S1]
• Cite the GeoNames record, GeonameId 1283416. [S2]
• Use the Wikidata elevation above sea level with rank preferred. [S1]
• Compare the GeoNames elevation with SRTM3 and ASTER. [S2]

Claims

• id: C1 claim: "Wikidata gives Mount Everest a preferred elevation above sea level of 8848.86 metre." source: S1 evidence: "elevation above sea level (P2044): 8848.86 metre. [rank preferred]"

• id: C2 claim: "Wikidata also lists other elevation values for Mount Everest, including 8844.43 metre and 8848 metre." source: S1 evidence: "elevation above sea level (P2044): 8844.43 metre."

• id: C3 claim: "The GeoNames record for Mount Everest gives an elevation of 8848 m." source: S2 evidence: "Elevation 8848 m"

• id: C4 claim: "GeoNames also shows SRTM3 8794 m and ASTER 8727 m for Mount Everest." source: S2 evidence: "SRTM3 8794 m · ASTER 8727 m"

• id: C5 claim: "Mount Everest is in the Himalayas; its country values are Nepal and the People's Republic of China." source: S1 evidence: "located in/on physical feature (P706): Himalayas."

Sources

• [S1] Mount Everest (Q513). Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513 CC0 1.0; accessed 2026-11-05.
• [S2] Mount Everest (GeonameId 1283416). GeoNames. https://www.geonames.org/1283416 CC BY 4.0; accessed 2026-11-05.

Attribution: place data from GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0 1.0. Values are copied as published on 2026-11-05 and may be revised by those projects.

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  title = {{How tall is Mount Everest?}},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-11-05},
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