What Are The Highest Mountains In The World? (Answer)
HIGHEST MOUNTAINS – In this topic, we will now know the answer as to what are the highest mountain in the world.
Mount Everest | Highest Altitude, not the Highest Mountain
According to Geology, everyone says that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain because it has the “highest elevation above sea level”, with its peak at about 8,850 meters or 29,035 feet.
However, Mt. Everest has the highest altitude in the world, not highest mountain since being the highest mountain also have some aspects to determine if it is the highest mountains; and Everest has other rivals in terms of those other aspects.
Mauna Kea | Tallest Mountain
Mauna Kea has an altitude of 4,205 meters or 13,786 feet which is lower than Everest. However, it is the tallest mountain if you consider the fact that it is an island. If you measure its bottom of the nearby Pacific ocean floor up to its peak, it is 10,000 meters high, making it the tallest mountain.
Chimborazo | The Highest Above The Earth’s Center
Now if you measure the distance from the earth’s core up to its peak, then Chimborazo from Ecuador earns the crown. The distance to the peak is 6, 384 meters above or 3,697 miles above the Earth’s center, which is 2 kilometers father compared to Mount Everest.
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