雅思新闻|珠峰最新勘测高度为8844.43米

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Mount Everest is marginally① higher than previously thought, according to a new joint Chinese-Nepali calculation that settles a long-running conflict over the height of the world’s tallest peak, which straddles② the countries’ shared border. Kathmandu and Beijing had differed over its exact height, but after each sent an expedition③ of surveyors to the summit they have agreed that the official height is 8,848.86 metres.

中国和尼泊尔一道重新测算了珠穆朗玛峰的海拔高程，结果略高于从前的计算，解决了长期以来围绕珠峰高度的争议。珠峰横跨中尼边境，是世界第一高峰。此前，中尼在珠峰的确切高度上存在分歧。

Nepal previously relied for its measurement on an estimate of 8,848 metres made by the Survey of India in 1954, which included snow lying in the rock summit pyramid. A Chinese measurement in 2005 determined that the rock height of the summit was 8,844.43 metres. (The Guardian)

这次，双方各自派出测量队，最终一致认定珠峰的官方高程为8848.86米。此前，尼泊尔采用了1954年印度调查局估算的8848米，该数据包括了岩石顶峰金字塔上的积雪高度。2005年，中国测定的珠峰顶峰岩石面高程为8844.43米。

【注释】

① marginally: [ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlɪ] adv. very slightly; not very much 略微，微小地

② straddle: [ˈstrædl] vt. to cross, or exist on both sides of (a river, a road or an area of land) 跨越，跨立于

③ expedition: [ˌekspəˈdɪʃn] n. the people who go on an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known 探险队，考察队，远征队

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