The elevation, which was announced on December 8 in a joint statement by the Survey Department of Nepal and Chinese authorities ... by many countries and map publishers. Then in 1999 a survey ...

On Tuesday, after years of fraught discussion and surveying work, China and Nepal announced a revision to the elevation of Mount Everest: Officials say the summit now stands precisely at 8,848.86 ...

On Tuesday, after years of fraught discussion and surveying work, China and Nepal announced a revision to the elevation of Mount Everest: Officials say the summit now stands precisely at 8,848.86 ...