This is fact. Does anyone know the name of the third 'highest mountain'?
Traditionally, the world's tallest mountains were determined as measured from sea level. Everest isn't even the second tallest. I don't think so. This mountain is 6,384 kilometers (3,967 miles) from the Earth's core.To put some of the giants listed above into perspective with the tallest mountains on each continent the world, take a look at the following chart:Here is a chart comparing the height of Mount Everest with other well-known mountains in the world:Mount Maranui Estate in the Western region of Waihi Beach on the east coast of New Zealand has a peak of roughly 43.6m. Mt Everest is the tallest peak (highest) as measured from sea level.Mt St. Elias in Alaska has the world's highest vertical relief (as measured above sea level) of any mountain. It is clearly the highest peak or point on Earth. Still, most interesting to me is the climb itself; specifically, the vertical relief of a mountain above surrounding terrain, and particularly the point from which the expedition begins. That's almost a mile higher than St. Elias in the same distance. Everest, at nearly 30,000 ft. above sea level. Mount Lam Lam in Guam is the tallest. Perhaps you are more of an expert than they are.... We regard Everest as the tallest because when you stand on the top of it, no object on Earth is higher than you. The site gives ample information about the geographical statistics of various peaks. Virgie J. Note that Nanga Parbat's northern Rakhiot Flank rises almost 23,000 feet above the Indus River valley. Mauna Kea is considered a dormant not extinct volcano. Mt. For the Solar System, see 1. Also, while Everest may be the "highest" mountain on Earth as measured from sea level, it is by no means the "tallest" mountain on Earth.I will say that height above sea level is a measurement which should never be disregarded, as the greatest dangers of the eight-thousanders are fierce weather and oxygen levels too low to support life (even with acclimatization, one cannot remain in the death zone for more than a day). Above sea level it is Denali (McKinley) of Alaska. i used to hear about it ten years ago or so but not anymore. Who says the Mauna kea is the highest mountain in the world he/she is wrong!! For those of you who keep posting about this mountain near Guam being 37,000 ft because it sits next to the Marianas Trench you don't know what you're talking about. Here's the real fact: Measuring a mountain is the same as you measure a person. Everest sits on a plateau which is roughly 15,000 ft. above sea level which means it's only roughly 15,000 ft. tall.Mt. Anon7004 - perhaps according to your definition, Mauna Kea is not a mountain but according to record books, geology.com and most geologists, it is a mountain. Base to summit is the best in my opinion. anon18804- If you stand on the top of Mt. Also, because of its latitude and proximity to the Pacific Ocean, Denali almost has a death zone of its own, and is also the site of some of the coldest and altogether worst weather on Earth. Mauna Kea of Hawaii still has the record using below and above sea level measurement for a single mountain. Now, if you're six feet tall and stand in water that's four feet deep, and on shore you have a five foot person standing on land, yes, the five foot person looks taller, but lift the person in the water and he becomes taller.
Mckinley in Alaska is the tallest mountain in the world above sea level, from its base where it sits in foothills to its very top is 20,320. Many islands are in fact undersea mountains, with just their tops poking out of the water. And you're wrong. 1000 feet above sea level. It rises from the base of the Marianas Trench, seven miles deep, to aprox. There is a mountain in Guam that is more than 37,000 feet to its base. And suffers from peripheral neuropathy in the other direction. Nothing comes close. Everest you will not be the highest object on planet Earth. If the tallest tree was growing out of a lake 50 feet deep, it would still be the tallest tree and I'd measure it from its bottom/base. In fact, all the measurements in our article describe height above sea level. I don't care that Mauna Kea is taller if you measure from the base. By this measure, Mauna Kea in Hawaii is tallest, at over 10,000 meters (32,808 feet). There are many ways to measure mountains. With regard to height, Everest is the winner. Different sources often differ by many metres, and the heights given below may well differ from those elsewhere in this encyclopedia. Amazing that more than half the height of the mountain (20,000 feet) is actually under water! The mountain that is "closest to space" is Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador.Why hasn't Mt. Before a standard route was established on Nanga Parbat, about 3 out of 4 people who attempted the mountain died on it. As an extreme example, Though some parts of the world, especially the most mountainous parts, have never been thoroughly mapped, it is unlikely that any mountains this high have been overlooked, because The highest mountains above sea level are generally not the highest above the surrounding terrain. If one would argue highest, Everest would be what one would be looking for at 8850m above sea level. Denali, while higher, too sits on a plateau like Everest. If you stand on top of it you are quite simply not very high up at all. As the climate is cold, rainfall changes to snowfall above approxi… Everest has a base of around 15,000 feet above sea level, so it cannot be considered even close to being the tallest mountain in the world.
By the definition of a mountain, the "Tallest Mountain" is Mauna Kea. Note that 38 peaks are on "List of highest mountains" redirects here. The term tall stands for the vertical size of something. O.K. :PDoes anyone know what the longest 'climb' is? When you measure a mountain, you measure from the bottom (ocean floor) like a human, from the feet. there is a difference between tallest and highest. It is like saying a toddler standing on a ladder is the tallest person in the room, simply because their head is above everyone else's. Measuring from the center of the planet gives yet a different result, with Ecuador's Chimborazo the tallest.