Mount Everest is located on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Quick Scoop

  • The summit of Mount Everest lies exactly on the international border between Nepal and China (Tibet).
  • The southern slope and the famous Everest Base Camp trekking route are in Nepal’s Solukhumbu District, inside Sagarmatha National Park.
  • The northern slope is in Tibet (China), in Tingri County, within the Tibetan Plateau region.

So if you see people asking “Mount Everest which country?”, the precise answer is: it is shared by two countries, Nepal and China , with the peak itself marking their border.