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Is 265.810 fathoms as long as Mount Everest?

It's about one-twentieth as tall as Mount Everest
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The height of Mount Everest is about 4,838.620 fathoms.
(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 4,838.620 fathoms above sea level at its summit. The plate tectonics of the Indian subcontinent continuously alter the mountain's peak — raising it by 0.00218723 fathoms and shifting it to the northeast by 0.00246063 fathoms each year.
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