Now, now, now...don't tell me Everest..I know...
What I am asking is...some mountains rise from the ocean beds and protrude out the water surface...so what is visible is just a few hundred meters only...therefore, if measured this way, then which mountain is the highest?? still Everest??
2007-03-10 17:32:46 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
By convention, when talking about the world's highest mountains, we always measure above sea level. However, the world's tallest mountains could include those from the sea bed itself, such as mountains in Hawaii that arise from sea level. Mauna Kea - rising about 33, 474 feet (10,200 meters) from the Pacific Floor, is the world's tallest mountain island.
2007-03-10 17:43:27 · answer #1 · answered by greymatter 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you know that ancient Indians were experts in
geography?
In Matsya Purana, the height of Mamdara Mountain is
given as 100 yojanas (9812 miles). We know that there
is no mountain on our planet having a summit of this
height. The original text from which the Matsya Purana
account was translated may have used the word 'extent'
to mean 'length'. The Guiness Book of Records says that
the Greatest of all mountain ranges on the globe is the
submarine Mid-Atlantic Range which is 10,000 miles
long. The figure of 100 yojanas given in the Matsya
Purana tallies with the length of submarine
Mid-Atlantic Range if we understand that it is a
rounded off figure during translation. The figure given
by the Guiness Book is also a rounded figure.
Who are the first to prepare world map?
Rig Veda mentions ships with 100 oars. The Buddhist
Jataka stories wrote about large Indian ships carrying
seven hundred people. History says that that Telugu
King Samudra Gupta went around the world several times.
The Harivamsa informs that the first geographical
survey of the world was performed during the period of
king Vaivasvata. The towns, villages and demarcation of
agricultural land of that period were depicted on maps.
Brahmanda Purana provides the best and the most
detailed description of world map drawn on a flat
surface using an accurate scale. Padma Purana says that
world maps were prepared and maintained in book form
and kept with care and safety in chests. Surya
Siddhantha speaks about construction of wooden globe
representing earth and marking of horizontal circles,
equatorial circles and further divisions. Accidental
finding of an old map some where can only open
questions. Any continued knowledge must have many
centuries of usage. Only India has it.
2007-03-10 23:14:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world's highest mountain is Mount Everest but the world's tallest mountain is Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
2007-03-12 23:15:26 · answer #3 · answered by irfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest
2007-03-12 03:46:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mount Everest
2007-03-10 17:39:17 · answer #5 · answered by shah baaz paktun s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The world's highest mountain is Mount Everest but the world's tallest mountain is Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
As you say in your question, some mountains start below sea level. Geographers use the term "tallest" to describe the height from the base to the top, while they use "highest" to describe height about sea level.
2007-03-11 03:52:12 · answer #6 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everyone who said Everest is wrong. If measured from base to summit, including portions beneath the ocean surface, Mauna Kea in Hawaii is taller than Everest.
2007-03-10 18:25:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mount Everest
2007-03-11 14:22:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
there is a belief that in pacific ocean there are highest mountain than Everest. under water drowning the depth equal to height of Everest is not possible
2007-03-11 04:26:39 · answer #9 · answered by narayanaswamy r THAMBU 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Everest
2007-03-14 13:12:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋