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Mount Everest has risen to a height of 6 cm. Nepal and China jointly announced the new height of Mount Everest on Tuesday. According to the claims of these two countries, the new height of Mount Everest is 6,848 meters 6 centimeters.
The exact height of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, has long been a source of contention between China and Nepal. Both countries measure the height of Everest on their own. The 1954 Study of India measured the highest peak in the world at 8,848 meters (29,026 feet). Nepal recognizes that measure.
On the other hand, China measured the height of Everest in 1985 and 2005. For the first time, they calculated that the height of Everest was 8,844 meters 13 centimeters. In 2005, they claimed that the height of Everest was 7,844 meters 43 centimeters. That is about 4 meters less than the Indian survey.
Following the devastating earthquake in 2015, the government of Nepal announced that the height of Everest has increased. Experts say that the 2015 earthquake in Nepal caused a major change in the Himalayan mountains. Due to which the height of Everest can also change. They said it too.
During his visit to Nepal in 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping jointly decided to measure the height of Everest. The two countries then jointly measure the height of Everest. They revealed the new height of Everest on Tuesday.
In this context, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Gayali said: “This is a historic moment. We set a new height for Mount Sagarmatha Chomolungma (the name of Mount Everest in Tibetan).
The work of measuring the height of Everest began in 1849. The Bengali mathematician Radhanath Sikder was the forerunner of measuring that height.
MRM
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