China, Nepal settle long debate over Mount Everest's exact altitude
- 3 years ago
에베레스트 높이는 8천848.86m…중국•네팔, 공동측량 결과 발표
The long debate over how tall Mount Everest is... has ended...
China and Nepal have jointly announced the new official altitude of the world's tallest mountain.
It is eight-thousand-eight-hundred-48-point-eight-six meters.
That's about one meter taller than previously thought.
The figure was mutually agreed by the two countries,... as it reflects surveys by both sides.
In the past, they differed over whether to include the snowcap,... which China did not count.
The long debate over how tall Mount Everest is... has ended...
China and Nepal have jointly announced the new official altitude of the world's tallest mountain.
It is eight-thousand-eight-hundred-48-point-eight-six meters.
That's about one meter taller than previously thought.
The figure was mutually agreed by the two countries,... as it reflects surveys by both sides.
In the past, they differed over whether to include the snowcap,... which China did not count.