2006-09-20 12:23:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
stil Mt everest people
some justt thought this was a serious question
2006-09-20 14:06:19 · update #1
Mt. Everest. It was still the tallest, we just didn't know it. This is one of the oldest questions in the book
2006-09-20 12:33:58 · answer #1 · answered by Nurse Autumn Intactivist NFP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everest has always been the tallest mountain (at least for the past 14,000 years or so), even if nobody knew about it. :)
For a long time people in Europe thought several of the mountains in the Alps were the tallest in the world, but they didn't know anything about the outside world, and didn't have real measurements of their height. Alaskan eskimos knew about Denali, and thought it was the biggest in the world. And so on...so the answer to your question depends on who you ask :)
2006-09-20 12:27:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Everest was still the tallest mountain before people reached the top; they just didn't know it was the tallest.
2006-09-20 12:25:26 · answer #3 · answered by theinsidejob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mt Everest was still the tallest mountain, even though it had not been discovered.
2006-09-20 12:24:59 · answer #4 · answered by Shaken Not Stirred 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Everest was still the tallest mountain whether anyone was aware of it or not.
2006-09-20 12:25:19 · answer #5 · answered by rollo_tomassi423 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tallest mountain is actually Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Everest is the highest mountain.
2006-09-20 12:26:49 · answer #6 · answered by Max D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how u measure it. Everest is the tallest measured from sea level. The volcano Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest measured from the middle of the earth. This is due to the equatorial bulge.
2006-09-20 12:49:53 · answer #7 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest grew to become into explored and grew to become into given its contemporary English call with the aid of Andrew Waugh in 1865. on the different hand, K2 or Mount Godwin-Austen grew to become into explored with the aid of Thomas Montgomerie in 1856. 11 years earlier Mt. Everest. This makes K2 the tallest mountain earlier Mt. Everest grew to become into chanced on.
2016-10-15 05:44:48 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everest was the tallest mountain always, it just hadnt been discovered yet...try phrasing your question a little better
2006-09-20 12:29:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Kilimanjaro at Himalayas.
2006-09-20 13:00:23 · answer #10 · answered by ron lynn m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋