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DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 21, 1993                   TAG: 9304210042
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: GENEVA                                LENGTH: Short

STUDY MAKES BIG MOLEHILL OF BIGGEST PEAK

Mount Everest is nearly 7 feet shorter than previously believed, scientists said Tuesday.

After taking delicate measurements in September and making laborious calculations since then, the scientists concluded that the world's highest mountain tops out at 29,022 feet, 7 inches - about 6 feet, 8 inches lower than it looked the last time it was measured.

That was in 1974, by Chinese scientists. Since then, technology has advanced markedly.

- Associated Press 


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