Mount Everest (known then as Peak B) was discovered and measured by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.
Andrew Waugh discovered and measured the height of Mount Everest.
Mount Everest (known then as Peak B) was discovered and measured by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.
When Mount Everest was measured in 1852 it was said to be 29.002ft or 8.839m. In 1999 it was measured to be 29.035ft or 8.850m. That is a difference of 33ft or 11m.
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Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, measured from mean sea level to its peak.
Today they use satalites to measure the height of Mount Everest. When the mountain was first measured by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847 they used a very large Theodolites weighing up tp 1100lbs and needing 12 men to carry them.
Everest. Nepal. :) Everest is the tallest from sea level. Measured from sea level to the peak - 8516 Meters - Mt Everest Measured from the base of the mountain - Mauna Kea in Hawaii at 10,200 Meters Measured from the center of the Earth - Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador. Largest in size (Mass) - Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania Africa. (from another's good answer)
Mount Everest (known then as Peak B) was discovered and measured by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.
Mount Everest (known then as Peak B) was discovered and measured by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.
a man measured 29,000 feet isn't that cool!
Mountains are nornmally measured from sea level, thus Mount Everest is the tallest at 29,035 feet. However if you measured from a base below sea level, Mauna Kea is taller that Everest by 4436 feet
Mount Everest (known then as Peak B) was discovered and measured by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.