🪐 Planet & Space
How tall is Mount Everest?
The answer
8,849 m
Since a joint China–Nepal survey in 2020 the official height is 8,848.86 m, 86 cm more than the 8,848 m used since the 1950s (so 8,848 still counts as spot on).
Source: Everest Gets A Growth Spurt As China, Nepal Revise Official Elevation Upward – NPR
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