Mt Everest

Roof of Earth

Mt Everest is the standard abbreviation for Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain at 29,032 feet, located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border.

The name appears constantly in metaphors for ultimate achievement or daunting challenge: Finishing law school was my Mt Everest.

Also written Mt.

Everest.

peakUtmost height attained
iceWater's solid form
glacierSlow-moving ice mass
summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
roof of the worldLofty plateau nickname

summit bid · wind · altitude · prayer flags · elevation · Edmund Hillary · ridge · rock · alpine · crevasse · hiking · geology · avalanche · altitude sickness · sacred mountain · base camp · climbing season · high altitude

Opposites

elevation extremity

Mt EverestDead Sea

Landlocked hypersaline lake

Mariana Trench · Challenger Deep · Death Valley · sea level · below sea level

verticality/topographic form

Mt EverestMariana Trench

Deepest oceanic chasm

Grand Canyon · ocean floor · valley · chasm · abyss

accessibility/achievement difficulty

Mt Everestmolehill

Burrower's earth pile

anthill · speed bump · curb · backyard · sea level

Family

Everest, mounts, mounted, mountains, mountainous, mountaineer, mountaineering, remount

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G