尼泊尔将重测珠峰高度
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Nepal has ordered a new survey of Mount Everest to end the "confusion" over the exact height of the world's tallest mountain, a government spokesman has said.

尼泊尔政府一位发言人称,尼泊尔已经下令对世界最高峰珠穆朗玛峰的准确高度进行测量以结束“混淆”。

Everest is the world's highest peak
Everest is the world's highest peak
The official overall height of Everest is designated as 8,848m (29,029ft).

But China and Nepal have had a long-running disagreement over the height.

The Chinese have argued it should be measured by its rock height. Nepal said it should be measured by its snow height - which is four metres higher.

The world's highest mountain traverses(横贯) the border of the two countries.

Last year the two sides agreed that Mount Everest should be recognised as being 8,848m tall.

But Nepal government spokesman Gopal Giri told AFP news agency that, during border talks between the two countries, Chinese officials often use the rock height.

"We have begun the measurement to clear this confusion. Now we have the technology and the resources, we can measure ourselves," Mr Giri said.

"This will be the first time the Nepal government has taken the mountain's height."

He said stations will be set up at three different locations using the global positioning system, and the task of measuring the peak would take two years.

Correspondents say that while thousands of people have climbed the mountain since the first ascent1 in 1953 by Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, its exact height has been disputed ever since the first measurement was made in 1856.

The broadly-accepted height of 8,848m was first recorded by an Indian survey in 1955.

But geologists2(地质学家) say that the estimates of both countries over the height of Mount Everest could be wrong.

They say that the mountain is becoming higher as India is gradually pushed beneath China and Nepal because of shifting continental3 plates.

In May 1999 an American team used GPS technology to record a height of 8,850m - a figure that is now used by the US National Geographic4 Society, although it has not been officially accepted by Nepal.



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1 ascent TvFzD     
n.(声望或地位)提高;上升,升高;登高
参考例句:
  • His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊。
  • Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.伯克按动电钮,电梯开始缓慢上升。
2 geologists 1261592151f6aa40819f7687883760a2     
地质学家,地质学者( geologist的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Geologists uncovered the hidden riches. 地质学家发现了地下的宝藏。
  • Geologists study the structure of the rocks. 地质学家研究岩石结构。
3 continental Zazyk     
adj.大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的
参考例句:
  • A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
  • The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
4 geographic tgsxb     
adj.地理学的,地理的
参考例句:
  • The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
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