The Himalayas.
MOUNT EVEREST.Mount Everest is in the Himalayas and is the highest mountain in the world. It has been measured to have a height of 8,848 m (29,028.8 ft).
The National Geographic Society has determined the height as being 29,035 feet. However, this "new" height is not yet determined as official to my knowledge. As the norm with Everest, nothing is simple.
Longitude: 86º55’40" E
Latitude: 27º59’16" N
The mountain was formed around 60 million years ago and has been the destination for adventurers for centuries. It was named after Sir George Everest (the British surveyor-general of India), in 1865. To the Nepalese, it is known as Sagarmatha (meaning "goddess of the sky") and the imposing mountain is known in Tibet as Chomolungma (meaning "mother goddess of the universe").
THE HIMALAYAS.
The Himalayas stretch across six nations: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is the source of three of the world's major river systems, the Indus Basin, the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin and the Yangtze Basin. An estimated 750 million people live in the watershed area of the Himalayan rivers, which also includes Bangladesh. The Himalayas, geologically young and structurally old, stretch over the northern borders of India. These mountain ranges run in a west-east direction from the Indus to the Brahmaputra. The Himalayas represent the loftiest and one of the most rugged mountain barriers in the world. They form an arc, which covers a distance of about 2,400 km. Their width varies from 400 km in Kashmir to 150 km in Arunachal Pradesh. The altitudinal variations are greater in the eastern half than those in the western half. The Himalayas consists of three parallel ranges in its longitudinal extent. A number of valleys lie between these ranges. The northern-most range is known as the Great or Inner Himalayas or the 'Himadri'.
The Himalaya mountain range is the highest on Earth and is often referred to culturally as the "roof of the world". The range is home to the world's highest peaks: the Eight-thousanders, including Mount Everest. The Himalayas has over 200 separate mountains exceeding 7,200 meters