China and Nepal have found a solution to a longstanding dispute over the height of Mount Everest in the giant peak’s rock and snow. The world’s highest mountain lies on the border between the two countries and they have disagreed for years over its exact height, which Nepal puts at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) — nearly four meters more than the measurement used by China. Officials from the two neighbors reached a compromise at talks in Kathmandu this week by agreeing the two measurements referred to different things — one to the height of Everest’s rock and the other to the height of its snow-cap.
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