23,710 would be the height in Biblical hands (half-cubits). Maybe someone's moonlighting as a Talmudic scholar and got their measurement systems mixed up? Anyway at least they didn't refer to "Mount Denali".
Terry E
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Jul 6, 2022
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San Francisco, CA
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I’m astounded that a such a high-quality publication would make this mistake.
Looks like the original article (before an edit) had it listed as 85 miles south of the north pole as well... although North Pole (the town) is about that distance away.