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This is easier to determine than the prominence parent; however, it tends to give non-intuitive results for peaks with very low cols such as Jabal Shams which is #110 in the list. Either sort of parent of a typical very high-prominence peak such as Denali will lie far away from the peak itself, reflecting the independence of the peak.
Tallest mountain base-to-peak on land [15] [n 3] Mount Everest: 3.6 to 4.6 km (2.2 to 2.9 mi) [16] 0.072: tectonic: 4.6 km on north face, 3.6 km on south face; [n 4] highest elevation (8.8 km) above sea level, as well as by wet and dry prominence (but not among the tallest from base to peak, and in distance to Earth's center Mt Chimborazo rises ...
Mount Kilimanjaro (/ ˌ k ɪ l ɪ m ə n ˈ dʒ ɑː r oʊ /) [4] is a massive dormant volcano in Tanzania.It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free ...
Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan ...
One of greatest climbing guides on Mount Everest has scaled the world's highest peak for the 29th time, extending his own record for most times to the summit, expedition organizers said Sunday ...
Mount Everest is even taller than was previously thought. That's according to Nepal AND China, whose governments say they've finally settled a long-running dispute over the height of the world's ...
Kilimanjaro [ar] 5895 m 19,341 ft Indian Ocean: sea level 5892 m 19,331 ft Thailand: Doi Inthanon: 2565 m 8,415 ft Gulf of Thailand Andaman Sea: sea level 2565 m 8,415 ft Timor-Leste: Mount Ramelau on Timor: 2963 m 9,721 ft Timor Sea: sea level 2963 m 9,721 ft Togo: Mont Atilakoutse [22] 991 m 3,251 ft Bight of Benin: sea level 991 m 3,251 ft ...
There are more than 70 volcanic vents known as the Kunlun Volcanic Group in Tibet at higher elevations than Damavand's summit, the highest of which has a reported elevation of 5,808 m (19,055 ft) (35.5°N 80.2°E).