Question

who measure height of mount everest

Answer 1

In 1856, Andrew Waugh announced Everest (then known asPeak XV) as 8,840 m (29,002 ft) high, after several years of calculations based on observations made by the Great Trigonometric Survey.

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Answer 2

Mount Everest, which at 29,035 (8,595 m (28,199 ft)) feet above sea level is the highest point on earth..

Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953, using the southeast ridge route. Norgay had reached 8,595 m (28,199 ft) the previous year as a member of the 1952 Swiss expedition.