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The highest mountains in the world are in the Himalyas. Mount Everest is the tallest at over 29,000 feet, approximately 5-1/2 miles. The second highest is K2, also known as Mount Godwin Austen, at over 28,000 feet in height.
NotesThe above is the standard information regarding elevations above sea level. However, the Hawaiian volcano Mauna Kea 13,796 feet above sea level, is a volcanic mountain that rises 33,000 feet from base to summit. When measured this way, Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world. Mauna Loa, with an elevation above sea level that is just a little under Mauna Kea, is also taller than Everest. Mauna Kea is the largest volcano in the world, with an estimated volume of 18,000 cubic miles.The summit of Equador's Mount Chimborazo has the distinction of being the point farthest from the center of the earth at an elevation of 20,700 feet above sea level. This is because of the slight bulge in the planet around the equator. Chimborazo is about one degree south of the equator.
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There is a mountain, Mount Olympus Mons, in Mars that is 14 miles tall and is over 3 times taller than Mount Everest.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agono, none of the mountains are taller than Mount Everest.
None of the mountains are higher in elevation than Mt. Everest. Mauna Loa is in fact
taller, from base to top...it starts well below sea level.
Measuring from sea level Mt Everest is taller, but measuring from the base of the mountains Mauna Loa is taller.
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∙ 10y agoThe mountains that stand next to Mount Everest are:
Lhotse and Nuptse.
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∙ 12y ago- mt.everest isn't the tallest mountain if measured from the cinter of the earth.mt.chimbonzaro is higher from there but everest is higher from sea level
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∙ 10y agoMount Everest is 8,708ft higher than Mount McKinley
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∙ 10y agoThere is no mountain higher than Mount Everest as Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
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∙ 11y agono .they are smaller than the mount Everest
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∙ 11y agoThe Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth with a peak 8,848 meters above sea level.
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== == Additional information:Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, and the highest point on the Earth's crust, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft).The mountain, which is part of the Himilaya range in Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China. Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth as measured from Sea Level, but... Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the point on earth closest to the moon and outer space. This is because the Earth is not perfectly round, it is bulging slightly at the equator. Mount Chimborazo, in the Andes, is a 20,000-plus-foot peak sitting on top of a bulge on the Earth. Mount Everest is a 29,000-plus-foot peak sitting lower down on that same bulge. Because Chimborazo is a bump on a bigger part of the bulge, it is higher. Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is 1.5 miles closer to outer space than Mount Everest. (source: See Related Links)
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When do the highest tides occur?
High tides are the biggest when the moon is Full or when the moon is a New Moon. The gravitational pull of the Moon is greatest at these phases which makes a bigger bulge in the ocean causing high tide. But it also depends on the time of year when the tides are low or high.
Explain why lunar eclipses occur during a full moon?
A lunar eclipse can only occur during a full moon because the lunar eclipse causes the Moon to pass directly behind the Earth and into its shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely with the Earth in the middle.
Has an XII earthquake ever happened before?
Well, a 19 should almost shatter the planet ... and the moon was formed by an impact so that must have been quite a bit bigger than a 20.
What do you call the portion of the earth nearest to the moon?
Mount everest, or more generally the Himalayan mountains.
How far is the moon from Mount Everest?
Yes, Mount Everest can be seen from the moon. There are also many photographs of Mount Everest taken from space if you search on Google Images for them.
Where would a person weigh the least on the moon Mount Everest or sea level?
The Moon.
Are there mountains on the moon?
Yes, there are lots of mountains on the moon, as proved by Italian professor of Mathematics, Galileo. The proved this by making the first 20x zoom telescope and noticing mounting-looking hills, later realizing they were in fact mountains, measuring about 2.5 miles high. To compare, Mount Everest is 3 miles high.
How tall is mt Everest in kilometres?
the answer is 42005024 kilometers-this answer is incorrect. Mount Everest cannot be that tall, that would mean that it stretched farther than the moon. The moon is only 356,334 kilometers from earth.-Mount Everest is 29,029 miles high or 8,848 meters.-Methinks someone is mistaken. 29029 miles? I think you mean feet.It is 8848 m (19002 ft) 8.848 kmMount Everest's elevation is 8.85 kilometers.Mount Everest is 8.848 kilometers high (29,028 feet).Mount Everest is actually 8850 km. In metres, it is 8850000 m.
Is Mount Kilimanjaro visble from the moon?
Yes it would be visible using a telescope on the Moon in the same way as we look at mountains on the Moon using a telescope on Earth.
Why did Alan Shepard go to the moon?
Because it is there! Like climbing Mount Everest. Also as a technology exercise, and to explore first hand.
Are the earths mountains taller than the Moon's mountains?
One thing that makes answering this a bit tricky is determining how to measure. The Moon has no "sea level", so the comparison that makes the most sense is to measure from the highest point to the lowest. On the Moon, this is a bit over 18km. On Earth, Mt. Everest is at nearly 9km above sea level, and the deepest point is the Mariana Trench at not quite 11km below sea level, for a total difference of well over 19km. By that standard, the Earth's mountains are taller than the Moon's mountains. However, the difference is only about 10%, and the Earth is a lot more than 10% bigger than the Moon, so proportionally speaking the Moon's mountains are taller.
Do you feel heavier or lighter while climing mount Everest?
I think you feel lighter as you are higher off the ground and when you are on the moon you feel much lighter than on Earth
Where are the mountains of the moon?
the mountains of the moon are on the moon duhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!dont get smartthere are't any
If the moon can go as far north as 28.5 degrees north or south during the major lunar standstill - does that mean the moon can be almost directly overhead when viewed from the summit of Mount Everest?
On my map, the summit of Mt. Everest is marked at latitude 29° North. So the moon could come within about 1/2 degree of directly overhead there, but not quite all the way. I suspect, though, that a person standing at the summit of Mt. Everest has more important things to worry about than measuring the elevation of the moon.
Why does the moon seem bigger when it is rising?
Moon illusion is when the moon seems bigger when it is rising. So really the moon is not bigger it is in the mind.
