What is the height of Mount Everest in metre ?
The mountain was recently found to be 8,848 m (29,028 feet) high, although there is some variation in the measurements. Radhanath Sikdar, an Indian mathematician and surveyor from Bengal, was the first to identify Everest as the world’s highest peak in 1852, using trigonometric calculations based on measurements of “Peak XV” (as it was then known) made with theodolites from 240 km (150 miles) away in India. Measurement could not be made from closer due to a lack of access to Nepal. “Peak XV” was found to be exactly 29,000 feet (8,839 m) high, but was publicly declared to be 29,002 feet (8,840 m). The arbitrary addition of 2 feet (0.6 m) was to avoid the impression that an exact height of 29,000 feet was nothing more than a rounded estimate. Have a look @ the following link http://en.wikipedia.
