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Chart showing the relationship between the 100 peaks with highest prominence in the world. (In the SVG version , hover over a peak to highlight its parent(s) and click it to view its article.) This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence .
Mount Apo is a flat-topped, 2,954 m (9,692 ft) (above sea level) high stratovolcano with three peaks. It is the highest peak of the Philippines. The southwest peak has the highest elevation and is topped by a 200 m (656 ft) wide crater that contains a small lake.
Mount Apo, Mindanao, Philippines: 2954 m 9,692 ft Philippine Sea and South China Sea: sea level 2954 m 9,692 ft ⦁ Sri Lanka: Pidurutalagala, Sri Lanka: 2524 m 8,281 ft Indian Ocean: sea level 2524 m 8,281 ft ⦁ Europe Mount Elbrus, Russia 5642 m 18,510 ft Caspian Sea, Russia, et al. −28 m −92 ft: 5670 m 18,602 ft
The Apo–Talomo Range (also known as Mount Talomo) or Talomo Mountain Range in the provinces of Davao del Sur and Cotabato on the island of Mindanao contains the Philippines' highest peak: Mount Apo, at (9,692 ft (2,954 m)). [4] Mount Talomo (8,773 ft (2,674 m)) is one of the top 15 highest mountains in the Philippines. In terms of climbing ...
Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift ...
Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is so much taller than the other great Himalayan peaks – and still growing.. Everest is known to be growing by about 2mm a year ...
Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, has an undefined isolation, since there are no higher points to reference. [ 1 ] Because topographic isolation can be difficult to determine, a common approximation is the distance to a peak called the nearest higher neighbour (NHN).
Mount Everest [i] [j] 8849 m 29,032 ft Ayding Lake [k] −154 m −505 ft: 9,003 m 29,537 ft Christmas Island: Murray Hill: 361 m 1,184 ft Indian Ocean: sea level 361 m 1,184 ft Clipperton Island: Rocher Clipperton: 29 m 95 ft North Pacific Ocean: sea level 29 m 95 ft Cocos (Keeling) Islands: South Island: 9 m 30 ft Indian Ocean: sea level 5 m ...