2007-05-28 07:46:10 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Actually, there are three answers.
Everest, Tibet, the obvious one, measured from sea level to peak height.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii, measured from base to peak.
and
Chimborazo, Ecuador, is the furthest distance from the Earth's core (due to the fact that the Earth is not a sphere, it's a geoid)
2007-05-30 06:03:54 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everest is the tallest abovesea level.K2 is actually taller but starts under sea level so does not reach as high. This is like a 5' 6" man standing on the floor and a 6' man standing in a 1' hole.The smaller man would look down on the taller man by 6".
2007-05-29 18:17:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world, even taller than Mount Everest, according to the Guinness Book of Records
2007-05-28 14:56:11 · answer #3 · answered by andrea v 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is no unique answer to your question unless you specify the base from which you are measuring height. Everest is the tallest from sea level. What base did you have in mind? Seems like you are just trying to tell people that they are wrong.
2007-05-28 18:16:59 · answer #4 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although Mount Everest, at 29,029 feet tall, is often called the tallest mountain; Mauna Kea, an inactive volcano on the island of Hawaii is actually taller. Only 13,796 feet of Mauna Kea stands above sea level, however, if you measure it from its base, which is below sea level, it is 33,465 feet. If you stand Mauna Kea and Mount Everest next to each other, Mount Kea would be 4400 feet taller
2007-05-28 14:52:13 · answer #5 · answered by Al 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Everest is the tallest above sea level, but mauna kea in the pacific is taller from base to summit, although a lot of it is below sea level.
2007-05-28 15:00:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hawaii's Mauna Kea, though, 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."
2007-05-28 14:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rubbish, the roots of everest go down to the tectonic plates just like your Hawaiian volcano. Just because Everest is surrounded by land and not water doesn't make it shorter.
2007-05-31 21:10:48 · answer #8 · answered by cernunnicnos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want the highest, it's Everest.
You want the tallest, it's Mauna Kea.
You want flat, though, try Virginia Beach, Virginia: The highest point (at 60 feet above sea level) is the sanitary landfill, called Mount Trashmore. No kidding...
2007-05-28 18:12:08 · answer #9 · answered by mike 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mauna Kea is taller than Mount Everest by over 4436 feet. But only 13796 feet of it is above sea level.http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/mountains/tallest.htm
2007-05-28 14:53:22 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋