are the himalaya mountain peakes still rising?

Question

are they????

Answer 1

Yes, I think by about 1 inch every year.

Answer 2

Mount Everest is pushing up at a rate of about 2.4" every or so. This is caused by the ancient collision of the Indian subcontinent with the mainland of Asia, a collision which is still in the process of grinding to a halt.

Using state-of-the-art technology Professor Brad Washburn of the Boston Museum of Science, the world's foremost mountain cartographer, and his team have calculated that earth's highest elevation is actually 7 feet higher than the previous record. That makes the official height 29,035 ft/8850m. Thanks to some engineering whizzes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who developed really light, high-tech gear, the work of Washburn was made easier because he was able to hand carry a radar device to the top of Everest where it could be positioned to measure the actual height of the mountain - underneath all that snow. GPS technology was also deployed near the summit, which uses satellite signal relays to take readings from the top of Everest. After months of crunching numbers Washburn's team arrived at the new, official world-record elevation.

Some scientists say this is not the case and that the horizontal movement of the tectonic plates is causing the peaks to actually subside. According to some measurements made by scientists in 2005, the altitude of Mount Qomolangma, or Everest, is 8844.43 meters, 3.70 meters lower than the figure obtained in 1975.

It all depends on the accuracy of your measurements.

Answer 3

Yes - they are formed by the movement of the Indian subcontinent Northward in its tectonic plate. This process continues today.