How tall is tallest peak? Historical row over Mt Everest height explained

The revised height of Mt Everest puts an end to the decades-long dispute between Nepal and China. All you need to know about the controversy

"This is a historic day. The new height of Mt Everest is 8,848.86 metres," Nepal and China announced on Tuesday after they remeasured Mt Everest at 8,848.86 metres, over six decades after India conducted the previous measurement in 1954.

The revised height of Mount Everest puts an end to the decades-long dispute between the two neighbours on the height of the world's tallest mountain that straddles their shared border. Describing Mount Everest "an important symbol of the China-Nepal traditional friendship," Xi Jinping said it is agreed by both countries as the boundary peak and the "Peak of China-Nepal Friendship," the