Mount Everest
8,848.86 m (29,032 ft)
Summit height above sea level
Earth's highest mountain, measured above sea level. Height: 8,848.86 m above sea level (2020 Nepal-China survey).
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How big is that?
8,848.86 m is 27 times the Eiffel Tower and 0.25% of the Moon.
Mount Everest is the 13th smallest of the 39 Cosmic Scale objects, and the 27th largest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Mount Everest in orange beside the Cosmic Scale objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Mount Everest |
|---|---|---|
| Bennu (Asteroid)The spinning-top asteroid NASA's OSIRIS-REx brought samples back from. | 484 m across | 5% of the size |
| Mount Kilimanjaro (Earth)Africa's highest mountain, measured above sea level. | 5,895 m tall | 67% of the size |
| Mount Everest | 8,848.86 m tall | – |
| Halley's Comet (Nucleus)The icy core of the famous comet, measured along its longest side. | 15 km long | 1.7× bigger |
| Olympus Mons (Mars)The tallest volcano in the Solar System. Its real slopes are far gentler; only the height counts here. | 21.2 km tall | 2.4× bigger |
In other units
| Metres | 8,848.86 |
|---|---|
| Kilometres | 8.84886 |
| Feet | 29,030 |
| Yards | 9,677 |
| Miles | 5.498 |
How it's measured
Summit height above sea level. Joint Nepal-China survey, announced 8 December 2020.
Mountains are measured from sea level, not from the surrounding land, which is often already high.
Sources
- aljazeera.com: Nepal and China jointly announced 8,848.86 m.
- en.wikipedia.org (supporting): Measured in 2020 through a joint survey: 8,848.86 m.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Mount Everest is one of the objects in Cosmic Scale, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.