Editing Edmund Hillary (section)

==Public recognition==
[[File:Nz5d.jpg|thumb|left|Hillary on the [[New Zealand five-dollar note]]]]

On 6 June 1953, Hillary was appointed [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]], and he received the [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]] the same year.<ref name=gazetteKnighthood>{{London Gazette|issue=39886|page=3273|date=12 June 1953}}</ref> On 6 February 1987, he was the fourth appointee to the [[Order of New Zealand]].<ref name=induction01>"The Order of New Zealand" (12 February 1987) 20 ''[[New Zealand Gazette]]'' 705 at 709.</ref> He was also awarded the [[Polar Medal]] in 1958 for his part in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41384|page=2997|date=13 May 1958}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = medal, award|url = http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-711200|website = [[Auckland War Memorial Museum]]|access-date = 16 November 2015}}</ref> the class of commander of the Order of Sports Merit of France in about 1960,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Commander of the Order of Sports Merit (descriptive name) Sir Edmund Hillary (associated name)|url = https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-711230|website = [[Auckland War Memorial Museum]]|access-date = 29 January 2021}}</ref> the [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu|Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, 1st Class]] of the [[Nepal|Kingdom of Nepal]] in 1953 and the Coronation Medal in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/about/museum/3754281.pdf |title=The orders, decorations and medals of Sir Edmund Hillary, KG, ON Z, KBE (1919–2008) |publisher=Reserve Bank Museum |access-date=7 November 2010 |first=Phillip |last=O'Shea |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128111743/http://rbnz.govt.nz/about/museum/3754281.pdf |archive-date=28 November 2010}}</ref> On 22 April 1995, Hillary was appointed [[Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter]].<ref name="Gazette">{{cite news|last1=Editorial Staff|title=State Intelligence|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54017/page/6023|page=6023|access-date=12 March 2018|work=the [[London Gazette]]|date=25 April 1995}}</ref><ref>"The Most Noble Order of the Garter-K.G." (4 May 1995) 42 1071 at 1088.</ref> On 17 June 2004, Hillary was awarded the [[Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland|Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zmarł Edmund Hillary, pierwszy zdobywca Mt Everest|url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114873,4828817.html|work=Gazeta.pl Wiadomości|publisher=Agora S.A.|access-date=15 November 2013|language=pl|date=10 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720082150/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1%2C114873%2C4828817.html|archive-date=20 July 2014}}</ref> The Government of India conferred on him its second highest civilian award, the [[Padma Vibhushan]], posthumously, in 2008.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/06/stories/2008050660611400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509071134/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/06/stories/2008050660611400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 May 2008 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Pranab, Tendulkar, Asha Bhosle receive Padma Vibhushan | date=6 May 2008}}</ref>

To mark the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Everest, the [[Nepalese government]] conferred honorary citizenship upon Hillary at a special [[Golden Jubilee]] celebration in [[Kathmandu]], Nepal. He was the first foreign national to receive that honour.<ref>[http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=34096 Mountaineering Great Edmund Hillary passes away] 12 January 2008 The Rising Nepal {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304025552/http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=34096 |date=4 March 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Britannica" />

Since 1992, New Zealand's $5 note has featured Hillary's portrait, making him the only living person not a current head of state ever to appear on a New Zealand banknote. In giving his permission, Hillary insisted that [[Aoraki / Mount Cook]] rather than Mount Everest be used as the backdrop.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Edmund Hillary – Commemorative $5 Bank Note |url=http://www.siredmundhillary.com/banknote.htm |website=www.siredmundhillary.com |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326231656/http://www.siredmundhillary.com/banknote.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/notes-and-coins/notes/banknotes-in-circulation |title=Banknotes in circulation |website=Reserve Bank of New Zealand |access-date=16 March 2018 |archive-date=28 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128144441/https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/notes-and-coins/notes/banknotes-in-circulation |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Hillary statue and Mount Cook.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of Hillary gazing towards [[Aoraki / Mount Cook]], one of his favourite peaks<ref>[http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/notes_and_coins/explaining_currency.pdf Explaining Currency] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712052241/http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/notes_and_coins/explaining_currency.pdf |date=12 July 2013 }} NZ Government</ref>]]

Annual ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' polls from 2005 to 2007 named Hillary as "New Zealand's most trusted individual".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/595189/423466/article.html|title=Sir Ed tops NZ's most trusted list|publisher=[[Television New Zealand]]|date=30 June 2005|access-date=12 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10442361|title=Parents trust firefighters, but want kids to be high-earning lawyers|first=Juliet|last=Rowan|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=29 May 2007|access-date=12 June 2010}}</ref>

Hillary's favoured New Zealand charity was the [[Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre]], of which he was patron for 35 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Uniqueness|url=http://www.hillaryoutdoors.co.nz/our-uniqueness/|publisher=Hillary Outdoors Education Centres{{!}}OPC|access-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202235620/http://www.hillaryoutdoors.co.nz/our-uniqueness/|archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> He was particularly keen on how this organisation introduced young New Zealanders to the outdoors in a very similar way to his first experience of a school trip to Mt Ruapehu at the age of 16. A {{convert|2.3|m|ft|1|adj=on}} bronze statue of Hillary was erected outside [[The Hermitage Hotel, Mount Cook Village|The Hermitage Hotel]] at [[Mount Cook Village]]; it was unveiled by Hillary himself in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Edmund Hillary at The Hermitage July 2003|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/hillary.htm|website=www.rootsweb.ancestry.com|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> Various streets, institutions and organisations around New Zealand and abroad are named after him – for example, the [[Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate]] in [[Ōtara]], which was established by Hillary in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Collegiate Story|url=http://sehc.school.nz/collegiate-story/|website=sehc.school.nz|publisher=Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate|access-date=10 December 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Two Antarctic features are named after Hillary. The [[Hillary Coast]] is a section of coastline south of Ross Island and north of the Shackleton Coast.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hillary Coast|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:0::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:6780|work=[[Geographic Names Information System]]|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=10 December 2017|language=en-us|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616212152/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:0::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:6780|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Hillary Canyon, an undersea feature in the Ross Sea, appears on the [[General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans]], published by the [[International Hydrographic Organization]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10487079|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907122816/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10487079|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2012|title=Hillary's first mountain could take name|date=16 January 2008|access-date=26 August 2008|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |first=Jarrod|last=Booker}}</ref>