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  2. Mauna Kea - Wikipedia

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    Mauna Kea (/ ˌ m ɔː n ə ˈ k eɪ ə, ˌ m aʊ n ə-/, [6] Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]; abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea) [7] is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. [8] Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea, the world's largest tropical island with ...

  3. Underwater mountain twice height of Burj Khalifa discovered ...

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    An underwater mountain taller than ... with the Burj Khalifa at the centre (Getty Images) ... recent satellite-based estimates indicate there are more than 100,000 unexplored seamounts taller than ...

  4. Tamu Massif - Wikipedia

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    The main part of Tamu's rounded dome extends over an area of 450 km × 650 km (280 mi × 400 mi), totaling more than 292,500 km 2 (112,900 sq mi), many times larger than Mauna Loa, which has an area of 5,000 km 2 (1,900 sq mi), and about half the area of the Martian volcano Olympus Mons. [a] The entire mass of Tamu consists of basalt.

  5. Chimborazo - Wikipedia

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    Although not the tallest mountain in the Andes or on Earth relative to sea level, its summit is the farthest point on Earth's surface from the Earth's center due to its location along the planet's equatorial bulge. [5] 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).

  6. Ocean Explorers Discovered a Massive Underwater Mountain That ...

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    The submerged mountain is about 200 meters taller from base to peak than Mount Olympus, and roughly four times the size of the tallest building in the world (Dubai’s Burj Khalifa), according to ...

  7. Oceanographers find underwater mountain bigger than ... - AOL

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    A team of oceanographers led by Schmidt Ocean Institute have discovered and mapped a new seamount on the Nazca Ridge 900 miles off the coast of Chile.

  8. List of mountains by elevation - Wikipedia

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    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

  9. At least 20 new species identified in recently discovered ...

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    The underwater mountain is nearly 2 miles tall and supports a thriving deep-sea ecosystem, including a pristine coral garden the size of three tennis courts as well as a sponge garden, Virmani said.