The world's highest-altitude peak is called Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet. Photo by shrimpo1967 via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 On Tuesday, China and Nepal announced the results of a year ...

The world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest is officially higher now. After many years, China and Nepal had finally agreed on conducting a very precise elevation for the mountain. The new agreed-upon ...

A group of eight researchers from China finally summited Mount Everest on Wednesday, May 27. One of only two climbing teams on the mountain this year, they were there for a very specific purpose—to ...

The highest point on Earth has a newly announced elevation. Mount Everest is 29,031.69 feet above sea level, according to survey results presented today. That is more than two feet higher than the ...

Nepal will measure Mount Everest afresh to settle a controversy over height of the world’s tallest peak, especially after some estimates suggested it became a little shorter in the wake of an ...

The Nepalese government spent $1.10 million to conduct the arduous surveys prior to determining the height of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, an official said on Wednesday. Around 80 people ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal—How tall is Mount Everest? Until now, it depended on whom you asked. China said it was 29,017 feet. Nepal said it was a little taller, at 29,028 feet. The countries have closed that ...

The world's highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced. Until now the countries differed over whether to add ...

A team of Chinese surveyors have scaled Mount Everest, becoming the only climbers to summit the world's highest peak during the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese media report the team is there to ...