The highest point on Earth got a bit higher 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 8,848.86 meters (29,031 feet) was 86 centimeters (2.8 feet) higher than the measurement previously recognized by Nepal, and more than four meters above China’s official figure.
The discrepancy was due to China measuring the rock base on the summit and not as with the new reading the covering of snow and ice on the peak.Nepal decided to conduct the survey, it’s first after suggestions that tectonic plate movements including a major earthquake in 2015 may have affected the height. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/
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