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Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It rises about 5 1 /2 miles (8.9 kilometers) above sea level. It is one of the mountains that make up the Himalaya, on the frontiers of Tibet and Nepal, north of India. In 1999, a team of researchers used advanced satellite technology to calculate the mountain's height at 29,035 feet (8,850 meters). However, the same geological forces that created Mount Everest are still at work. The mountain will probably grow higher over the course of many years. In 2010, Chinese and Nepalese officials agreed to record the official height of Mount Everest as 29,029 feet (8,848 meters). This figure, which includes the mountain's snowy cap, was based on an Indian survey of the mountain taken in 1955. The officials noted that the mountain's height without the snow is 29,016 feet (8,844 meters). This figure was calculated by China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.

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