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Correction for the height of Mount Everest

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How long is 370 leas?
It's about three times as tall as Mount Everest
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The height of Mount Everest is about 120.9650 leas.
(a.k.a. Mount Chomolungma, a.k.a. Sagarmatha, a.k.a. Mount Qomolangma, a.k.a. सगरमाथा, a.k.a. Chajamlungma, a.k.a. ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, a.k.a. 珠穆朗玛峰, a.k.a. Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) (Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal and Tibet, China) (to summit, excluding snow depth)
Mount Everest rises 120.9650 leas above sea level at its summit. The plate tectonics of the Indian subcontinent continuously alter the mountain's peak — raising it by 0.00005468070 leas and shifting it to the northeast by 0.00006151570 leas each year.
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