Mount Everest is higher than we thought, say Nepal and China

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Mountaineers had suggested a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 which killed nearly 9,000 people in Nepal may have altered the height of Everest. Nepal , which is home to another seven of the worldࢀ™s 14 highest peaks, sent its first team of surveyors in May last year to measure Everest. Chinese surveyors then climbed the peak in spring this year, when the mountain was closed by both countries for other climbers due to the coronavirus pandemic. EARTHQUAKE Damodar Dhakal, spokesman for Nepal ࢀ™s Department of Survey, said the Nepal i surveyors had used the Global Navigation Satellite System to get…

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