SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Mount Everest
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Mount Kilimanjaro
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Mauna Kea (White mountain)
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mount Everest’s peak is the highest altitude above mean sea level at 29, 029 feet [8, 848 meters]. Mount Chimborazo’s peak is the furthest point on Earth from Earth’s center. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base to peak at more than 33, 500 feet [10, 210 meters]. 20-Jan-2023
Detailed explanation-2: -Mauna Kea, dormant volcano, north-central Hawaii island, Hawaii, U.S. The focus of a state forest preserve, it is the highest point in the state (13, 796 feet [4, 205 metres] above sea level).
Detailed explanation-3: -Mount Everest is the tallest mountain above sea level, while Mauna Kea can certainly claim to be the world’s tallest mountain (when sea level isn’t taken into account).
Detailed explanation-4: -2. K2, Karakoram, Pakistan/China – 8611m. The second highest mountain in the world is K2. The mountain took its name from the notation used by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India.