Mount Everest is bigger now than the last time it was measured.
Written by Avishay Kumar on July 16, 2023
Mount Everest may not have physically grown, having reached maturity a long time ago, but the most recent measurement performed by surveyors representing China and Nepal has the mountain peak standing taller than we’d thought in the past.
Previous readings have ranged from 29,002 feet above sea level in 1856 down to 20,029 in 1955, according to NPR. After the long process of measuring the mountain with GPS devices, however, experts have now stated that Mount Everest stands at a whopping 29,031.69 feet, due to plate tectonics.
