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Chimborazo's height from sea level is 6,263 m (20,548 ft), well below that of Mount Everest at 8,849 m (29,031 ft). Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador and the 39th-highest peak in the entire Andes.
Chimborazo: 6,310 Cordillera Occidental: Ecuador's highest mountain Cotopaxi [1] 5,897 Cordillera Oriental: Active Volcano Cayambe: 5,790 Cordillera Oriental Active Volcano Antisana: 5,758 Cordillera Oriental Active Volcano El Altar/Capac-Urcu 5,319 Cordillera Oriental Iliniza Sur: 5,248 Cordillera Occidental Sangay: 5,230 Cordillera Oriental ...
There are 14 mountains over 8,000 metres (26,247 ft), which are often referred to as the Eight-thousanders. (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20. [1])
If you measure altitude above mean sea level, then the 29,032-foot (8,849-meter) Mount Everest, which straddles the border between Tibet and Nepal, is clearly the world’s highest.
Although Mount Everest is the point with the highest elevation above sea level on the Earth, it is not the summit that is farthest from the Earth's center.Because of the equatorial bulge, the summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Andes is the point on the Earth that is farthest from the center, and is 2,168 m (7,113 ft) farther from the Earth's center than the summit of Everest.
The world's highest mountain is now officially a little higher, and that might not be the end of the story. China and Nepal agreed this week on a new standard height for Mount Everest, the rugged ...
Mount Lamlam on Guam is periodically claimed to be among the world's highest mountains because it is adjacent to the Mariana Trench; the most extreme claim is that, measured from Challenger Deep 313 kilometres (194 mi) away, Mount Lamlam is 11,530 metres (37,820 ft) tall.
Harris confirmed her height in an interview with "Today" host Katie Couric earlier this year. "I am 5’4" and a quarter — sometimes 5’4" and a half," Harris told Couric. "And with heels ...