Correction for the height of Mount Everest
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How long is 822,270 barleycorns?
It's about four-fifths as tall as Mount Everest
The height of Mount Everest is about 1,045,140 barleycorns.
(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 1,045,140 barleycorns above sea level at its summit. The plate tectonics of the Indian subcontinent continuously alter the mountain's peak — raising it by 0.4724410 barleycorns and shifting it to the northeast by 0.5314960 barleycorns each year.