Correction for the height of Mount Everest
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How long is 0.220 rods?
It's about one-eight-thousandth as tall as Mount Everest
The height of Mount Everest is about 1,759.50 rods.
(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 1,759.50 rods above sea level at its summit. The plate tectonics of the Indian subcontinent continuously alter the mountain's peak — raising it by 0.000795355 rods and shifting it to the northeast by 0.000894775 rods each year.