A little more than Nepal's previous measurement and about four meters higher than China's: this is the new agreement about the altitude of Everest: 8,848.86 meters.
In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey Project established the first published altitude of Everest, then known as Peak XV, in 8840 meters. China and Nepal reached a consensus last year on jointly announcing the new height of the peak, and it is being made public now.
Everest height conflict
In 2005, China measured the mountain's altitude again and came up with a result of 8,844.43 meters. Thus began a discussion between China and Nepal that lasted five years. China argued that the measurement should be made up to the altitude of the rock, which is 8844 meters, but Nepal objected that it should be made up to the altitude of the snow, which is It is 8848 meters.
In 2010, both nations reached an agreement that the altitude of the mountain is 8,848 meters, and Nepal recognized China's claim that the altitude up to the rock of Everest is 8,844 meters. Now, in 2020, both countries have closed the matter with a commonly recognized height.
However, we should not confuse the highest point on Earth with the highest mountain in the world. This mountain is the Mauna Kea, is the Hawaiian Islands, which is 10,205 meters from its underwater base in the Hawaiian Depression to its summit. Of this total height, 4,205 meters are above sea level.
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The new height of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, is 8,848.86 meters: China and Nepal agree
was originally published in
Xataka Science
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Sergio Parra
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