what is the tallest mountian in the world?

Answer 1

Mount Everest or Sagarmatha or Chomolungma is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level. The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet.

Measurement
Radhanath Sikdar, an Indian mathematician and surveyor from Bengal, was the first to identify Everest as the world's highest peak in 1852, using trigonometric calculations based on measurements of "Peak XV" (as it was then known) made with theodolites from 240 km (150 miles) away in India. Measurement could not be made from closer due to a lack of access to Nepal. "Peak XV" was found to be exactly 29,000 feet (8,839 m) high, but was publicly declared to be 29,002 feet (8,840 m). The arbitrary addition of 2 feet (0.6 m) was to avoid the impression that an exact height of 29,000 feet was nothing more than a rounded estimate.

The mountain was recently found to be 8,848 m (29,028 feet) high, although there is some variation in the measurements. The mountain K2 comes in second at 8,611 m (28,251 feet) high. On May 22, 2005, the People's Republic of China's Everest Expedition Team ascended to the top of the mountain. After several months' complicated measurement and calculation, on October 9, 2005, the PRC's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping officially announced the height of Everest as 8,844.43 m ± 0.21 m (29,017.16 ± 0.69 ft). They claimed it was the most accurate measurement to date.[5]. But this new height is based on the actual highest point of rock and not on the snow and ice that sits on top of that rock on the summit, so, in keeping with the practice used on Mont Blanc and Khan Tangiri Shyngy, it is not shown here. The Chinese also measured a snow/ice depth of 3.5 m,[6] which implies agreement with a net elevation of 8,848 m. But in reality the snow and ice thickness varies, making a definitive height of the snow cap, and hence the precise height attained by summiteers without sophisticated GPS, impossible to determine.

The elevation of 8,848 m (29,028 ft) was first determined by an Indian survey in 1955, made closer to the mountain, also using theodolites. It was subsequently reaffirmed by a 1975 Chinese measurement [7]. In both cases the snow cap, not the rock head, was measured. In May 1999 an American Everest Expedition, directed by Bradford Washburn, anchored a GPS unit into the highest bedrock. A rock head elevation of 8,850 m (29,035 feet), and a snow/ice elevation 1 m (3 ft) higher, were obtained via this device[8]. Nepal, however, did not officially recognize this survey, and the discrepancy with the above mentioned 2005 Chinese survey is significantly greater than the surveys' claimed accuracy.

It is thought that the plate tectonics of the area are adding to the height and moving the summit north-eastwards. Two accounts, [8], [9] suggest the rates of change are 4 mm per year (upwards) 3-6 mm per year (northeastwards), but another account mentions more lateral movement (27 mm)[10], and even shrinkage has been suggested [11].

Everest is the mountain whose summit attains the greatest distance above sea level. Two other mountains are sometimes claimed as alternative "tallest mountains on Earth". Mauna Kea in Hawaii is tallest when measured from its base; it rises over 10,203 m (about 6.3 mi) when measured from its base on the mid-ocean floor, but only attains 4,205 m (13,796 ft) above sea level. The summit of Chimborazo in Ecuador is 2,168 m (7,113 ft) farther from the Earth's centre (6,384.4 km or 3,967.1 mi) than that of Everest (6,382.3 km or 3,965.8 mi), because the Earth bulges at the Equator. However, Chimborazo attains a height of 6,267 m (20,561 ft) above sea level, and by this criterion it is not even the highest peak of the Andes.

The deepest spot in the ocean is deeper than Everest is high: the Challenger Deep, located in the Mariana Trench, is so deep that if Everest were to be placed into it there would be more than 2 km (1.25 mi) of water covering it.

The Mount Everest region, and the Himalayas in general, are thought to be experiencing ice-melt due to global warming.[12] The exceptionally heavy southwest summer monsoon of 2005 is consistent with continued warming and augmented convective uplift on the Tibetan plateau to the north.

You could get more information from the link below...

Answer 2

That depends on the defintion of height of a mountain.

The most common measure is the elevation above sealevel. The Mt. Everest peaking at 8848 m above sealevel is the tallest mountain by this defintion.

If you look for the farthest point from the center of the Earth, you will find it on the summit of the Chimborazo. The Chimborazo peaks at 6,384.4 km from the center of the earth and is 2.1 km "taller" than the Everest, although his elevation above sealevel is only 6,267 m. The reason for this is, that the Chimborazo is closer to the equator than the Everest. Due to the elliptic form of the earth the distance from sealevel to the center of the earth ist greater near the equator.

If you measure the elevation from base to peak, the tallest mountain is the Mauna Kea, which base is far beyond sea level on the ground of the pacific ocean. This volcano peaks at 4,205 m above sealevel, but its total elevation from base is 10,203 m. The Everest is much smaller, because its base is somewhere in the highland of Tibet with ~4500 m above sealevel.

Answer 3

The tallest mountain in the international is the Mount EVEREST, that's 8848 meters extreme from the sea point, which lies in Nepal a south Asian united states of america. not basically this yet in addition there 10 maximum toppest mountain of the international like Mount Makalu, Mount Manasalu, Mount Amadablam, Mount Annapurna etc.

Answer 4

Mount Everest in the Himalayan mountains , Nepal (29.028') almost 9600 meters. However, "Hawaii's Mauna Kea, rises an astonishing 33,476 feet (10,203 meters) from the depths of the Pacific Ocean floor. Measuring from base to peak, Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on earth."

Answer 5

The tallest mountain on earth is Mount Everest in Nepal at 29,035 feet. The tallest mountian on each continent is as follows:

Mount Everest , Asia - 29,035 feet
Cerro Aconcagua, South America - 22,834 feet
Mount McKinley (Denali), North America - 20,320 feet
Kilimanjaro, Africa - 19,340 feet
El'brus, Europe - 18,510 feet
Vinson Massif, Antarctica - 16,067 feet
Mount Kosciuszko, Australia - 7,310 feet

Answer 6

Mount Everest in India.
Height:-8,848 meters (29,028 feet)
Location:- Nepal and China (Tibet)
Coordinates:- 27°59′17″N, 86°55′31″E
First ascent May 29, 1953, by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Answer 7

Mt. Everest in the Himalayan Mountains is located in Nepal and at 29,028 ft. is the tallest mountain in the world.

Answer 8

Mount Everest , Nepal

Answer 9

Mt. Everest

Answer 10

Mt. Everest

Height-8,850 metres
Nepal-China border