which is the higest mountan in the world?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Mount Everest
Mount Everest, mountain peak in the Himalayas of southern Asia, considered the highest mountain in the world. Mount Everest is situated at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau (Qing Zang Gaoyuan), on the border of Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Mount Everest was known as Peak XV until 1856, when it was named for Sir George Everest, the surveyor general of India from 1830 to 1843. The naming coincided with an official announcement of the mountain's height, taken as the average of six separate measurements made by the Great Trigonometrical Survey in 1850. Most Nepali people refer to the mountain as Sagarmatha, meaning “Forehead in the Sky.” Speakers of Tibetan languages, including the Sherpa people of northern Nepal, refer to the mountain as Chomolungma, Tibetan for “Goddess Mother of the World.”

The height of Mount Everest has been determined to be 8,850 m (29,035 ft). The mountain’s actual height, and the claim that Everest is the highest mountain in the world, have long been disputed. But scientific surveys completed in the early 1990s continued to support evidence that Everest is the highest mountain in the world. In fact, the mountain is rising a few millimeters each year due to geological forces. Global Positioning System (GPS) has been installed on Mount Everest for the purpose of detecting slight rates of geological uplift.

II Geological Formation

Mount Everest, like the rest of the Himalayas, rose from the floor of the ancient Tethys Sea. The range was created when the Eurasian continental plate collided with the Indian subcontinental plate about 30 to 50 million years ago. Eventually the marine limestone was forced upward to become the characteristic yellow band on the top of Mount Everest. Beneath the shallow marine rock lies the highly metamorphosed black gneiss (foliated, or layered, rock) of Precambrian time, a remnant of the original continental plates that collided and forced up the Himalayas.

Extracted from:http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571675/Everest_Mount.html-very good information.

Answer 3

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.

More recently, the mountain has been found to be 8,848 m (29,028 feet) high, although there is some variation in the measurements.

Answer 4

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.

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Answer 5

I believe Hawaii's Mauna Kea is the highest mountain in the world . It is the tallest mountain in the world when measured from base to peak, its base being some 19,678 feet (5998 m) under the surface of the Pacific Ocean, which would bring its total height to 33,474 feet (10,203 m).Mount everest is the highest peak on land but as you've asked about the world, its definitely Mauna Kea

Answer 6

The highest mountain in the word fom top to bottom is Mt. Mauna Kea in Hawaii, with a height of 10,642m. Mt. Everest is highest only from sea level. Mauna Kea is some 4000 odd metres below sea level.

Answer 7

Mount Everest also known as Sagarmatha is the tallest or highest mountain in the world with a height of 8848 m or 8.848 km above the mean sea level.

Answer 8

Mt Everest is the highest mountain and also has the world's highest
peaks i.e
1)The original peak Everest(8858m)
2)The South Peak (8756m)
I'm not sure of South Peak's height

Answer 9

The highest mountain above sea level is Mt. Everest. However, the highest mountain from base to summit is Manua Kea in Hawaii but as its base is on the sea floor most of it is under water and therefore is not as high as Everest above sea level.

Answer 10

Hawaii's Mauna Kea is actually the biggest mountain in the world, measuring from the ocean floor to its' peak (and still growing). The link I provided shows the different heights depending on where you are measuring from. Ex. Ocean floor, center of earth or sea level. Good Luck

Answer 11

the highest mountain in the world and the highest point in the world is the Mt. Everest.It lies in the great Himalayan range it has a height of 8848mts or 8.848 KM above sea level!