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Tag: Edmund Hillary

  • Tuesday, December 8th 2020 - 14:26 UTC

    Nepal and China agree that Mount Everest is 86cm higher: 8,848.86m

    Employing trigonometry hundreds of kilometers away on the Indian plains, British  geographers first determined Everest's height in 1856 at 8,840m above sea level.

    The highest point on Earth got a bit higher on Tuesday as China and Nepal finally agreed on a precise elevation for Mount Everest after decades of debate. The agreed height unveiled at a joint news conference in Kathmandu of 8,848.86m is 86cm higher than the measurement previously recognized by Nepal, and more than 4m above China's official figure.