1''/3cm Mt. Everest, China/Tibet, Steel

The Nepalese call Mt. Everest "Samgarmatha" ("Goddess of the Universe" or literally “Forehead of the Sky”) and Sherpas and Tibetans call it "Qomolangma" ("Goddess Mother of the Land"). For them the mountain is sacred and climbing it was never considered. According to a Sherpa legend, Mt. Everest is the home of a goddess bearing a bowl of food and a mongoose spitting jewels.

Mt. Everest has two main climbing routes, the southeast ridge from Nepal and the north ridge from Tibet, as well as many other less frequently climbed routes. Of the two main routes, the southeast ridge is technically easier and is the more frequently used route. This was Edmund Hillary’s and Tenzing Norgay’s route during the first recorded successful summit in 1953 and the first recognized of fifteen routes to the top by 1996.

Our model of Mt. Everest covers 330 square km in area and spans 4.6 vertical km. It includes the entirety of the Mt. Everest massif (Nuptse, Lhotse, Peak 38, and Shartse on the South Ridge, the West Ridge towering above Rongbuk Glacier and Khumbu Ice Falls, Northeast and Fantasy Ridge, and across the North Col to Changtse), plus numerous nearby peaks and ridges, including Khumbutse, Lingtren, and Pumori to the Northwest, Chukhung and Pokalde to the Southwest, and Island Peak and Cho Polu under Lhotse's massive South face.

Model scale is 1:546100
Model covers an area approximately 16.4 by 16.4 km
Altitudes covered: 4729m to 8848m
There is no vertical exaggeration applied to this model. This is a true-to-life scale model of a real place.

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Metal TinyMtn models are available in many precious solid and plated metals, but are most affordable in one of the varieties of "Steel." This model is in "Steel," which is 3D printed 420 Stainless Steel infused with bronze, and has a final composition of approximately 60% steel and 40% bronze. It is offered in matte and polished, and a variety of finishes. When you receive the model it will be ready for display and will not need any other care. "Steel" models are strong and dense, but not as strong as solid, machined steel. Read more about this popular material here.

These models have been optimized for the above metals as well as some non-metal materials, and are not offered in other materials for strength or cost reasons. If you need one in another material or are unable to locate it on the site, please contact us and we'd be happy to help.

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Model created using GDAL, NetPBM, Gmsh, Carve, MeshLab, and other custom software
Source of digital elevation data: U.S. Geological Survey and NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
The USGS home page is https://www.usgs.gov/