Question

Who did calculated the Mount Everest at the first. Hint: he was an Indian

Answer 1

Answer:

Its elevation (snow height) of 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) was most recently established in 2020 by the Nepali and Chinese authorities.

Answer 2

Sibylle Hechtel:

Sibylle Hechtel:Methods to measure the height of Mount Everest have changed over time, from simple geometry in the past, to GPS more recently. A story in The New York Times, “How Tall Is Mount Everest? For Nepal, It’s a Touchy Question.” discusses the controversy over different results for the height of Everest, and a planned expedition to measure it from the summit.

Sibylle Hechtel:Methods to measure the height of Mount Everest have changed over time, from simple geometry in the past, to GPS more recently. A story in The New York Times, “How Tall Is Mount Everest? For Nepal, It’s a Touchy Question.” discusses the controversy over different results for the height of Everest, and a planned expedition to measure it from the summit.Estimates of the height of Everest vary. According to The New York Times article:

Sibylle Hechtel:Methods to measure the height of Mount Everest have changed over time, from simple geometry in the past, to GPS more recently. A story in The New York Times, “How Tall Is Mount Everest? For Nepal, It’s a Touchy Question.” discusses the controversy over different results for the height of Everest, and a planned expedition to measure it from the summit.Estimates of the height of Everest vary. According to The New York Times article:“Today, Everest’s height is widely recognized as 29,029 feet. But teams from around the world, including China, Denmark, Italy, India and the United States, have come up with other calculations, which have sometimes strayed a little bit higher, or a little bit lower, than that figure. Italy, in 1992, lopped seven feet off the standard height, measuring it at 29,022 feet. In 1999, a measurement by American scientists pushed the peak a little higher, saying the mountain reached 29,035 feet.”