Summit heights of Himalayan peaks vary on maps and in expedition literature. For example, Makalu appears variously as 8,481, 8,475 and 8,463 metres, and Everest was for a long time given as 8,848 metres; but a measurement in 1987 by the Global Positioning System apparatus (using Navstar satellite data) established 8,872 metres as a new height, until in 1993 another GPS measurement came to 8,846 metres. At present, we are at 8,850 metres. Not to worry, peaks will always be measured again!
Conversion Table Metres to Feet (from the American Alpine Journal)
3,300 — 10,827
3,400 — 11,155
3,500 — 11,483
3,600 — 11,811
3,700 — 12,139
3,800 — 12,467
3,900 — 12,795
4,000 — 13,124
4,100 — 13,452
4,200 — 13,780
4,300 — 14,108
4,400 — 14,436
4,500 — 14,764
4,600 — 15,092
4,700 — 15,420
4,800 — 15,748
4,900 — 16,076
5,000 — 16,404
5,100 — 16,733
5,200 — 17,061
5,300 — 17,389
5,400 — 17,717
5,500 — 18,045
5,600 — 18,373
5,700 — 18,701
5,800 — 19,029
5,900 — 19,357
6,000 — 19,685
6,100 — 20,013
6,200 — 20,342
6,300 — 20,670
6,400 — 20,998
6,500 — 21,326
6,600 — 21,654
6,700 — 21,982
6,800 — 22,310
6,900 — 22,638
7,000 — 22,966
7,100 — 23,294
7,200 — 23,622
7,300 — 23,951
7,400 — 24,279
7,500 — 24,607
7,600 — 24,935
7,700 — 25,263
7,800 — 25,591
7,900 — 25,919
8,000 — 26,247
8,100 — 26,575
8,200 — 26,903
8,300 — 27,231
8,400 — 27,560
8,500 — 27,888
8,600 — 28,216
8,700 — 28,544
8,800 — 28,872