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The highest mountains above sea level are generally not the highest mountains above the surrounding terrain, also called the highest free-standing mountains. There is no precise definition of surrounding base, but Denali, [2] Mount Kilimanjaro [3] and Nanga Parbat [4] are possible candidates for the tallest mountain on land by this measure.
All are in the two highest mountain ranges in the world, the Himalayas and the Karakoram. Mount Everest - 8,848 m (29,029 ft) K2 - 8,611 m (28,251 ft) Kanchenjunga - 8,586 m (28,169 ft) Mountain
Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of the United States and North America. ... (19,685 feet) elevation, four peaks exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), and ...
What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. If you measure altitude above mean sea level, then the 29,032-foot (8,849-meter ...
It is the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak on land, measuring 18,000 ft (5,500 m). [10] With a topographic prominence of 20,194 feet (6,155 m) [3] and a topographic isolation of 4,621.1 miles (7,436.9 km), [3] Denali is the third most prominent and third-most isolated peak on Earth, after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.
In the United States, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation. Four major summits exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), nine exceed 4500 meters (14,764 feet), 104 exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), 246 exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), and the following 477 major summits exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) elevation.
Aconcagua (Spanish pronunciation: [akoŋˈkaɣwa]) is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera [4] of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina.It is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, [5] and the highest in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere [1] with a summit elevation of 6,961 metres (22,838 ft).
The mountain, which has an elevation of more than 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), was named Mount McKinley in 1896 after a gold prospector exploring the region heard that McKinley, a champion of the ...