Mount Everest, world high point benchmark paperweight

3 1/4 inch diameter
Cast in fine pewter
Felt backing
With soft fleece pouch
In clear-vinyl covered box

PLACE NAME: Mount Everest
ELEVATION: 29,035 ft.
COORDINATES: N27° 59 17 E86° 55 31
LOCATION: Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
MARKERSLEUTH PHOTO CONTRIBUTOR: Bradford Washburn, 1998

Remember EVEREST, the movie that took your breath away, with this expedition commemorative marker!
In the early 1800s the British began the greatest of surveying projects--the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. Peak XV was determined to be the highest peak in the world and was named after the father of Indian geodesy, Sir George Everest. While highest, its exact altitude remained elusive. With cooperation from Nepal and China, and under the direction of veteran cartographers, Dr. Bradford Washburn and Dr. Roger Bilham, the American Everest Expedition 1995 set out to use the most current technology to increase scientific knowledge of the peak. Their work cont

• Product Number: GSU_PW_W_HP_EVER
• Reference Product Number: 2306193M
• ISBN: - None -
• Map format: - None -
• Map type: Accessories - Other Accessories
• Geographical region: Nepal