Everest is higher than what has been said | China and …

Finally, it was determined that Mount Everest is at 8,848.86, only 43 centimeters more than we thought. This has been reported by the governments of Nepal and China, who asked a group of researchers to calculate together the actual height of The highest mountain in the world and put an end to the controversy that had arisen in this regard.

Until this Tuesday, respecting an internationally recognized measure carried out by India in 1955, Nepal claimed that the height was 8,848 meters. While China claimed the mountain measured 8,844.43 meters, according to its last measurement in 2005.

The controversy ended this morning when at a virtual event, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi of Beijing and Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali of Kathmandu announced that “The height of Mount Everest is 8,848.86 meters”.

It is the first time that the two countries agree on the height of Everest, ending a controversy around the “roof of the world” since was first measured in 1849 by the British.

With this joint announcement, friendship between the two countries will reach “new heights”Nepalese and Chinese authorities said.

“For Nepal, it is a special time for everyone. Mount Sagarmatha (name of Everest in Nepalese), Qomolangma (in Tibetan), has remained as an everlasting symbol of good relations and continued friendship between Nepal and China“Assured Minister Gyawali.

The project for The new Everest measure started in 2017 and it took place during Chinese President Xi Jingping’s visit to Nepal in October 2019.

In the first measurements, when it was not yet known that it was the highest mountain in the world, trigonometric calculations were used and it was at this time that the “peak XV” received the name Everest, the surname of the British geographer who led them. in 1849.

In 2005, the China Bureau of Topography and Mapping recalculated the peak using GPS and radar equipment and set its height almost four meters below widely recognized. Reduction of about three meters of snow covering the top of the mountain, arguing that this layer varies depending on climatic conditions.

This announcement also dispels the doubts arising from the speculations of geologists on the impact of the 2015 earthquake in the area, with a magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter scale, in which more than 9 thousand people died, including 19 on Everest.