Meaning of Peak XV | Babel Free

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Synonym of Mount Everest.

historical

Examples

“The revision has proceeded to some extent, and I am now in possession of the final values for the peak designated XV in the list in the Office of the Surveyor-General of India. […] Mont Everest, or Himalaya Peak XV.”

“1856 A survey of India finds that Peak XV in the Himalayas is the world's tallest mountain.”

“In the course of this massive survey project, the surveyor-general of India, Andrew Waugh, reported to the Royal Geographical Society in 1856 that Peak XV of the Himalayas was the highest mountain known to man, at 29,002 feet. This peak would subsequently become known as Mount Everest.”

CEFR level