Why is it named Mount Everest?

The peak was named after British surveyor George Everest in 1856. The story goes that in 1852 Radhanath Sikhdar, a mathematician working for the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, discovered what he thought was the highest summit in the world. read more

Sir Everest, after whom the mountain is named, never even saw Mount Everest, let alone ascend it. However, the renowned geographer’s name was proposed as the mountain’s name by Surveyor General of India, Andrew Scott Waugh, who was the first European to see the mountain. read more

The mountain named after him – Mount Everest – is pronounced / ˈ ɛ v ə r ɪ s t / ("EVER-ist") or / ˈ ɛ v r ɪ s t / ("EV-rist") Biography Everest's grave, St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove. read more