News Headline
Mt Everest grows by nearly a metre to new height
Source
BBC News
Publication Date
2020-12-08
The world's highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced. Until now the countries differed over whether to add the snow cap on top. The new height is 8,848.86m (29,032 ft). China's previous official measurement of 8,844.43m had put the mountain four metres lower than Nepal's.