2007-11-05 03:02:24 · 27 answers · asked by dafyddjones1926 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
'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'
It is taller than Everest (8,848 meters), but it is underwater.
2007-11-05 03:07:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest with the height of 8,848 metres located in the Himalayan mountains in Asia is the highest mountain in the world.
2007-11-08 01:13:53 · answer #2 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest
2007-11-05 11:06:13 · answer #3 · answered by Y_aurora 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest
2007-11-05 11:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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My Story: Edmund Hillary
Facts About Mt. Everest
* Tallest mountain in the world.
* Number of people to attempt to climb Mt. Everest: approximately 4,000.
* Number of people to successfully climb Mt. Everest: 660.
* Number of people who have died trying to climb Mt. Everest: 142.
* Height: 29,028 feet, or 5 and a half miles above sea level. This is equivalent to the size of almost 20 Empire State Buildings.
* Location: part of the Himalaya mountain range; straddles border of Nepal and Tibet.
* Named for: Sir George Everest, a British surveyor-general of India.
* Age: approximately 60 million years old.
* Other names: called "Chomolungma" by Tibetans and Sherpas, which means "Mother Goddess of the Earth."
* Countries visible from the summit: Tibet, India, and Nepal.
* First to climb to summit: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953.
* Notable dates:
1921 — Dalai Lama allows British reconnaissance party to visit Tibet and the northern side of Mt. Everest.
1924 — British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappear near the summit, along the Northeast Ridge. It is possible that they may have actually been the first to reach the summit, but they never returned.
1949 — Nepal opens its borders, making access to the mountain's southern peak possible.
1953 — Hillary and Norgay reach summit.
1963 — First Americans reach the summit.
1989 — First two women, both American, reach the summit.
1990 — Sir Edmund Hillary's son, Peter, reaches summit.
1996 — Eleven people die during spring expeditions.
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2007-11-05 11:45:19 · answer #5 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest,,,sweetheart
2007-11-05 11:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by breezyair4ever 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest.
2007-11-05 11:04:34 · answer #7 · answered by Rodimus Prime 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mt Everest is the highest mountain above sea level at just over 29,000 feet. However, the tallest mountain from it's base is Mauna Kea (part of the big island of Hawaii). It rises over 33,000 feet from the floor of the Pacific Ocean, but about 20,000 feet of it is below sea level.
2007-11-05 11:09:07 · answer #8 · answered by cyswxman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everest
2007-11-05 11:06:12 · answer #9 · answered by Ferrari F430 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everest
2007-11-05 11:05:01 · answer #10 · answered by Angie_B3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋