Everest (the name was given in honor of Sir George Everest ) , or Chomolungma ( Tibetan "Divine ") or Sagarmatha ( Nepal with "Mother of the Gods" ) . As was common name Chomo - Kankar , which in Tibetan means " the mother - the queen of snow white ."
For a long time ( until 1903 ) was called the vertex Gaurizankar , due to the fact that the traveler G. Schlagintweit put forward the version that the top of Mount Everest and Gaurizankar identical.
The highest peak of the world height of 8848 m, is located in the Himalayas .