Mount McKinley is approximately 83 feet shorter than previously believed according to a press release issued by Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell's office.
Officials have now determined that the mountain is actually 20,237 feet instead of 20,320 feet.
"That's 83 feet shorter than we thought," Treadwell said in a press statement. "The good news is: Denali is still the tallest peak in North America."
The new height was measured last year with a radar mapping system arranged by the Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative. The project will produce 11,000 new maps of Alaska by 2016, according to the press release.
Alaska invested approximately $10 million in a Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative since 2010, while the U.S. government invested $14 million to the overall cost of creating a "digital elevation model" of the state, according to CNN.
McKinley is the only mountain in North America that is higher than 6,000 meters. The second tallest is Mount Logan Canada, which is 19,551 feet tall.
"Alaska's maps are nearly 50 years old and have never met National Map Accuracy Standards," Treadwell said, in a press statement. "The combined effort of multiple federal partners and the State of Alaska to get Alaska mapped is making great progress."
The 20,320 height had stood since 1952, when the mountain was measured by using photogrammetry, according to Treadwell.
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