PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS
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8, 840 m
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8, 848 m
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8, 858 m
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8, 872 m
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Detailed explanation-1: -The new height was announced as per the joint measurement efforts by Nepal and China, the two countries the 8, 848.86-metre mountain straddles. This new height converts to 29, 031. 69 feet. The earlier accepted height was 8, 848 metres or 29, 028 feet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak of the world at the height of 8848 m. The value at sea level is 9.80 m s−2.
Detailed explanation-3: -Measured in 1954 by Survey of India, 8, 848 metres is the widely accepted and recognized height of Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for the famed world’s tallest peak. In 1975, Chinese surveyors measured Mt. Everest 8, 848.13 meters above sea level, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.
Detailed explanation-4: -The figure 29, 028 feet (8, 848 metres), plus or minus a fraction, was established by the Survey of India between 1952 and 1954 and became widely accepted.
Detailed explanation-5: -Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalaya mountain range. It is located between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China. At 8, 849 meters (29, 032 feet), it is considered the tallest point on Earth. In the nineteenth century, the mountain was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.