Mount Everest’s precise height revealed: China and Nepal announce the summit is 29,032 feet tall
China and Nepal have jointly announced a new height for Mount Everest, ending a decade-long discrepancy between the two nations. The world’s greatest mountain now stands 29,032 feet (8,848.86 meters) tall, slightly more than Nepal’s previous measurement and about 13 feet (four metres) taller than China’s. Nepal previously measured Everest’s height as 29,028.87 feet (8,848 … Read more