Mount Everest's new height is 8848.86 metres: Nepal & China

Mount Everest's new height is 8848.86 metres, as per the joint announcement by Nepal and China on December 8, 2020.

Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali announced that Nepal has recalculated Mt Everest's height and it is 0.86 cms more than the previous measurement. 

Nepal and China jointly announced the new height of Mt Everest after working for almost a year on processing data regarding the measurement of the world's highest peak.

What is the new height of Mt. Everest?

The new height of Mt. Everest is 8848.86 metres.

What was the old height of Mt Everest?

The old height of Mt Everest was 8.848 metres, as per the measurement done by the Survey of India in 1954. 

Why did Nepal undertake measurement of Mt Everest again?

Nepal had undertaken the initiative to measure the height of Mount Everest after several speculations that its height - 8.848 metres might not be the actual length after the devastating 2015 earthquake that had caused massive destruction in the nation. 

How did Nepal undertake the process?

Nepal deployed Nepali officials and experts to re-measure the mountain's height and also coordinated with China in its domestic efforts.

Background

Nepal and China had signed an agreement during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the Himalayan nation in 2019 to jointly announce the height of the world's tallest peak.