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When was Mount Everest first measured with any degree of accuracy?How is it measured so precisely today?

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 13, 2024
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: The Great Trigonometric Survey of India was a geographical survey of the Indian subcontinent, which began in 1802. Sir George Everest, who was the Surveyor General of India until 1843, carried out a large part of the work. Sir Andrew Waugh was succeed by Waugh, who surveyed the Himalayan mountains from 1843 to 1861, and was responsible for the Himalayan giants: Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga. Kangchenjunga was said to be the world's highest mountain at the time of the survey.