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| Xêgar | |
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 Xêgar
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| Coordinates: 28°38′N 87°50′E / 28.633°N 87.833°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture | Xigazê Prefecture |
| County | Tingri County |
| Time zone | CST (UTC+8) |
Xêgar (also Shekar Dzong[1]) is a town at the base of Mount Everest in Tibet, currently administrated as part of China. It is notable for being the starting point for many climbing expeditions to the highest mountain in the world.[2] The town is located at a latitude of 28° 37' 60N and a longitude of 87° 4' 60E. Its elevation is 14,891 feet above sea level.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tingri is sometimes listed as an alternate name for the town, but sources such as Howard-Bury, Charles and Leigh-Mallory, George Herbert (1922) Mount Everest: the reconnaissance, 1921 Longmans, Green and Company, New York, pages 96 and 120, OCLC 3767054, indicate that it is a separate village.
- ^ Anderson, Ken "George Mallory to Sherpa Tenzing - Conquering Mighty Everest", accessed 23 August 2010
[edit] External links
- Photograph of Shekar Dzong in 1924 at The Bentley Beetham Collection
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Coordinates: 28°38′N 87°05′E / 28.633°N 87.083°E
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