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===Other names=== [[File:Gaurisankar 1890.jpg|thumb|1890 graphic with the Himalayas, including Gaurisankar (Mount Everest) in the distance]] * "Peak XV" (temporary, assigned by British Imperial Survey)<ref name=everest_bwp70/><ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="rgs1857"/> * "Deodungha"<ref name=five>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyextra.com/facts/5-facts-about%E2%80%A6-mount-everest |title=5 Everest facts |publisher=historyextra.com |access-date=1 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406051156/http://www.historyextra.com/facts/5-facts-about%E2%80%A6-mount-everest |archive-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> (Old Darjeeling) * "Gauri Shankar", "Gaurishankar", or "Gaurisankar" (misattribution; used occasionally until about 1900. In modern times the name is used for [[Gaurishankar|a different peak]] about {{convert|30|mi|km|abbr=off}} away.<ref name="Ahluwalia1978">{{cite book |author=H.P.S. Ahluwalia |title=Faces of Everest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK-CAAAAMAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |isbn=978-0-7069-0563-2 |access-date=11 July 2016 |archive-date=5 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005160711/https://books.google.com/books?id=EK-CAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>)
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