What is the tallest mountain in the world measured base to peak with the base not under water?

Question

Mt. Everest is the highest, but is it really the tallest above water?

Answer 1

TALLEST MOUNTAIN (Mt. Everest)

Elevation(height) 8,848 metres (29,029 ft)
Ranked 1st (the tallest mountain above sea level)
Location Nepal Tibet, China
Range Mahalangur Himal, Himalaya
Prominence 8,848 m (29,029 ft)
Coordinates 27°59′17″N, 86°55′31″ECoordinates: 27°59′17″N, 86°55′31″E(i wonder if you would understand this)
First ascent (First person the reach the top) May 29, 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Easiest route South Col (Nepal)

To tell you the truth the tallest mountain in the world is at Hawaii.
IT'S NAME IS Mauna Kea.
It 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.

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A third way to determine the world's highest mountain is to measure the distance from the center of the earth to the peak. Using this method, Chimborazo in the Andes triumphs. Although it stands but 20,561 feet (6,267 meters) above sea level, its peak is the farthest from the earth's center.

Answer 2

Your question is somewhat ambiguous. Mt. Everest is the highest mountain peak above sea level. However, if you mean what mountain rises the most above the plateau on which it sits, the answer is different. Mt. McKinley has a larger rise from its base. See the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_McKinley

Mount McKinley has a larger bulk and rise than Mount Everest. Even though the summit of Everest is about 9,000 feet (2,700 m) higher as measured from sea level, its base sits on the Tibetan Plateau at about 17,000 feet (5,200 m), giving it a real vertical rise of little more than 12,000 feet (3,700 m). The base of Mount McKinley is roughly a 2,000 foot plateau, giving it an actual rise of 18,000 feet (5,500 m).

As for the free standing mountain with the largest rise in the world, that is Mt. Kilimanjaro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawensi, and Shira, is an inactive stratovolcano in north-eastern Tanzania. Although it does not have the highest elevation, Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain rise in the world, rising 4,600 m (15,100 ft) from its base, and includes the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,340 ft).

Answer 3

Almost everyone knows that Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and climbers from everywhere travel to Everest hoping to earn the distinction of climbing the "World's Highest". The peak of Mount Everest is 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) above sea level. This high elevation gives Mount Everest the distinction of being the mountain with the highest altitude. BUT !!!!! Mauna Kea has an altitude of 4,205 meters (13,796 feet) - much lower than Mount Everest. However, Mauna Kea is an island and if the distance from the bottom of the nearby ocean floor to the peak of the island is measured, then Mauna Kea is taller than Mount Everest. Mauna Kea is over 10,000 meters tall compared to 8,848 meters for Mount Everest - making it the world's tallest mountain. AND Chimborazo: "Highest Above Earth's Center" Chimborazo in Ecuador has an altitude of 6,310 meters (20,703 feet). Mount Everest has a higher altitude and Mauna Kea is "taller". However, Chimborazo has the distinction of being the highest mountain above Earth's center. This is because Earth is not a sphere - it is an oblate spheroid. As an oblate spheroid, Earth is widest at its equator. Chimborazo is just one degree south of Earth's equator and at that location it is 6,384 kilometers from Earth's center or about 2 kilometers farther from Earth's center than Mount Everest.

Answer 4

Yup. Mt. Everest is the tallest (Tallest- Highest, it's the SAME thing.) All non-subterrainian Mountains are measured from sea- level...

Answer 5

Highest and tallest are the same thing.

Answer 6

yes. mauna kea is tallest, i think, is the tallest with its base under water

Answer 7

YES

Answer 8

yes, it is. they call it the roof of the world for that reason.

Answer 9

i think so

Answer 10

yes it is .