Mount Everest officially taller than previously thought as China and Nepal agree on new height
China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.
Key points:
The famous peak is now officially 86cm taller than what had been the most accepted height
The new height is about 4m higher than China's previous figure
The announcement appears to be as much about politics as geography
The new height of the world's highest peak is 8,848.86 metres, which is slightly more than Nepal's previous measurement and about four metres higher than China's.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Nepalese counterpart, Pradeep Gyawali, simultaneously pressed buttons during a virtual conference on Tuesday and the new height flashed on the screen.
The height of Everest, which is on the border between China and Nepal, was agreed on after surveyors from Nepal scaled the peak in 2019 and a Chinese team did the same in 2020.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-...agree/12962924
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