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| India to measure whether Everest shrank in Nepal quake | India to measure whether Everest shrank in Nepal quake |
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| The Indian government has announced it will measure the height of Mount Everest for the second time to assess whether it changed as a result of the 2015 Nepal earthquake. | The Indian government has announced it will measure the height of Mount Everest for the second time to assess whether it changed as a result of the 2015 Nepal earthquake. |
| Surveyor-General Swarna Subba Rao said an expedition would be sent to the world's highest mountain in two months. | Surveyor-General Swarna Subba Rao said an expedition would be sent to the world's highest mountain in two months. |
| Satellite data has indicated the quake impact reduced the height of the peak. | Satellite data has indicated the quake impact reduced the height of the peak. |
| The most widely recognised height, 8,848m (29,028ft), came from an Indian survey 62 years ago. | The most widely recognised height, 8,848m (29,028ft), came from an Indian survey 62 years ago. |
| Scientists have said that the height of a swathe of the Himalayas dropped by around one metre shortly after the 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake. | Scientists have said that the height of a swathe of the Himalayas dropped by around one metre shortly after the 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake. |
| Satellites dissect Nepal quake | Satellites dissect Nepal quake |
| Himalayan 'drop after Nepal quake' | Himalayan 'drop after Nepal quake' |
| They added at the time that a ground survey and GPS or an airborne mission would be needed to determine whether the world's highest peak had seen a change in its height by a few centimetres. | They added at the time that a ground survey and GPS or an airborne mission would be needed to determine whether the world's highest peak had seen a change in its height by a few centimetres. |
| Mr Rao told the BBC: "The Survey of India will work with the government of Nepal, which has agreed in principle to collaborate." | |
| Everest's height will be assessed using a combination of GPS measurement and triangulation. | |
| Mr Rao said it was an open question whether the quake had affected Everest's height. | |
| "We don't know what happened, there's been no confirmed report. Some scientists do believe it has shrunk. But there's a school of thought it may have grown." | |
| There will be about 30 people in the team, including three or four Indian scientists. | |
| He told the Press Trust of India news agency that the team would take about a month to make its observations and another 15 days to compute and declare its data. |