Proceedings Am. Philos. Soc. Vol. LII. No. 211 



Plate XXXI 



MT. EVEREST, THE HIGHEST PEAK OF THE HIMALAYAS AND OF THE 



WORLD. 



Altitude 29,002 feet above sea level. Photograph by Vittorio Sella, from Chunjerma 



Pass (Nepal), 80 miles distant. National Geographical Magazine for June, 1909. 



