Mount Everest (known then as Peak B) was discovered and measured by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.
In 1856, Andrew Waugh announced that Mount Everest (then known as Peak XV) was 29,002 ft (8,840 m) high.
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 for the first time by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.
Today the height of Mount Everest is calculated using GPS and Satellite.
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.
The first recorded height for Mount Everest was 29.002ft 8.839m in 1852.
There is no monument that is higher than Mount Everest. Mount Everest stands at a height of 29,028feet or 8,848metres.
Mount Everest has a height of 885,000cm
Mount Everest is 8,848 meters high
The official height of Mount Everest is 29,028 ft or 8,848 m
Andrew Waugh discovered and measured the height of Mount Everest.
Any atlas should tell you the height of Mount Everest and other high mountains
The first recorded height for Mount Everest was 29.002ft 8.839m in 1852.
Mount Everest is 8,848m high
It is called Everest 84 because it's height is 8,848m (29,029 feet).