---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Determination | | | Height as | of height Observing | Year of | Distance | determined | with revised station. | observation. | in miles. | by Waugh. | correction for | | | | refraction. ------------+--------------+-----------+-------------+---------------- | | | Feet | Feet Jirol | 1849 | 118 | 28,991 | 29,141 Mirzapur | 1849 | 108 | 29,005 | 29,135 Joafpati | 1849 | 108 | 29,001 | 29,117 Ladnia | 1849 | 108 | 28,998 | 29,144 Harpur | 1849 | 111 | 29,026 | 29,146 Minai | 1850 | 113 | 28,990 | 29,160 Suberkum | 1881 | 87 | -- | 29,141 Suberkum | 1883 | 87 | -- | 29,127 Tiger Hill | 1880 | 107 | -- | 29,140 Sandakphu | 1883 | 89 | -- | 29,142 Phallut | 1902 | 85 | -- | 29,151 Senchal | 1902 | 108 | -- | 29,134 ------------+--------------+-----------+-------------+---------------- Mean | -- | -- | 29,002 | 29,141 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The height 29,141 is still, Burrard thinks, too small, as it has yet to be corrected for the deviations of gravity. But though it is a more reliable result than 29,002, the latter is still to be retained in maps and publications of the Survey of India. As to the name, it was called Everest after the distinguished Surveyor-General of India under whose direction the triangulation had been carried out, one result of which was the discovery of the mountain. From the Indian side and Nepal it is not a conspicuous peak on account of its lying so far back. No native name for it could be discovered and Sir Andrew Waugh, the successor of Sir George Everest, called it after his predecessor. From the Tibetan side it is much more conspicuous and, as General Bruce stated in his lecture to the Royal Geographical Society in November 1920, and as Colonel Howard-Bury found in 1921, the Tibetans call it Chomolungma, which Colonel Howard-Bury translated, the "Goddess Mother of the Mountains"--a most appropriate name. But the name Mount Everest is now so firmly established throughout the world that it would be impossible to change it. It is therefore now definitely adopted.