Peak XV
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- (historical) Synonym of Mount Everest
- [1857 May 11 [1856 March 1], A. S. Waugh, Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, page 345:
- 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.]
- 2002, Joy Masoff, “Chronology”, in Everest: Reaching for the Sky, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 45:
- 1856 A survey of India finds that Peak XV in the Himalayas is the world's tallest mountain.
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