GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Pike’s Peak
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Mt. Everest
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K2
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Mt. Vesuvius
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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. The summit is over 6, 800 feet [2, 072 meters] farther from Earth’s center than Mount Everest’s summit.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ‘Seven Summits’ are comprised of the highest mountains on each of the seven continents of the Earth: Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Mount Vinson and Carstensz Pyramid.
Detailed explanation-3: -How old is Mount Everest? According to National Geographic, earth scientists estimate that Mount Everest is about 50 to 60 million years old. As for the idea of “Mount Everest” in the popular imagination – it was was declared the world’s tallest peak in 1856.