{"id":4194,"date":"2020-12-08T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=4194"},"modified":"2020-12-08T14:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T08:56:27","slug":"8848-86-meter-is-now-the-new-official-height-of-worlds-highest-peak-mount-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=4194","title":{"rendered":"8,848.86 meters is now the new official height of world\u2019s highest peak Mount Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KATHMANDU\u00a0 &#8211;<\/strong> Nepal and China have jointly made public the new revised height of Sagarmatha (Mount Everest).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two countries have announced that the world\u2019s highest mountain Sagarmatha is now 8,848.86 meters tall, up by 86 centimeters than the previous official height.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department of Surveys under the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation had completed the measurement of the world\u2019s highest peak on its own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The department had spent nearly Rs 130 million and two years to complete the measurement. The government had decided to carry out the measurement following disputes whether the height of the highest peak changed due to earthquakes in 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nepal\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi were present in the ceremony to unveil the revised height of Sagarmatha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU\u00a0 &#8211; Nepal and China have jointly made public the new revised height of Sagarmatha (Mount Everest). The two countries have announced that the world\u2019s highest mountain Sagarmatha is now 8,848.86 meters tall, up by 86 centimeters than the previous official height. 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