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The 12,389-foot peak's last recorded eruption began in December 1707 and lasted two weeks.

Japan volcano erupts with big blast of ash and rocks 2011

Getty Images While there is no dispute that Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, estimates of the Himalayan peak's height vary slightly.

Why Measure a Mountain? Because It's There Carl Bialik 2011

The peak's last major eruption continued for a year and a half in 1716 and 1717.

Japanese volcano may erupt for months; humans outscore chimps, but only barely Post 2011

I was of that ilk, until we moved from Boulder to Beulah, a southern Colorado mountain community, and set up residence in a log cabin too deep in the peak's shadow to receive anything but one network and a PBS signal.

EllynAnne Geisel: Big Bird and the 'hood @ 40 2009

We're not at the -- we may be at the peak but the peak's probably going to last through the end of 2008.

CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2008 2008

In a trial run, climbers carried seven torches with different kinds of fuel to test which mix burned best in the peak's thin air.

Everest Looms 2008

Read the legend of the peak's name at 123savoie. com.

Savoie the Fair 2008

We're not at the -- we may be at the peak, but the peak's probably going to last through the end of 2008.

CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2008 2008

Creeping flames seemed to lick endlessly down the peak's face.

Inside The Inferno 2008

We're not at the -- we may be at the peak, but the peak's probably going to last through the end of 2008.

CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2008 2008