Mount Everest lies at the coordinates 27°59′ N, 86°56′ E on a map. To check out an extensive mapping of Mount Everest as performed by National Geographic's Alex Tait click here .

Prior to that, George Everest had served as surveyor general of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, which took place over several decades starting in 1802.

Bengaluru’s Mekhri Circle marks the starting point of an extraordinary scientific journey—the Great Trigonometric Survey of India, which led to the discovery of Mount Everest’s height.

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Sir George Everest was Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843 who played an important role in the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, a mission to map the entire Indian subcontinent with ...