Friday 24 February 2012

Comparisons

The acme of Everest is the point at which the Earth's apparent alcove the greatest ambit aloft sea level. Several added mountains are sometimes claimed as another "tallest mountains on Earth". Mauna Kea in Hawaii is tallest back abstinent from its base;29 it rises over 10,200 m (6.3 mi) back abstinent from its abject on the mid-ocean floor, but alone attains 4,205 m (13,796 ft) aloft sea level.

By the aforementioned admeasurement of abject to summit, Mount McKinley, in Alaska, is additionally taller than Everest.29 Despite its acme aloft sea akin of alone 6,193.6 m (20,320 ft), Mount McKinley sits aloft a angled apparent with

elevations from 300 m (980 ft) to 900 m (3,000 ft), acquiescent a acme aloft abject in the ambit of 5,300 to 5,900 m (17,400 to 19,400 ft); a frequently quoted amount is 5,600 m (18,400 ft).30 By comparison, reasonable abject elevations for Everest ambit from 4,200 m (13,800 ft) on the south ancillary to 5,200 m (17,100 ft) on the Tibetan Plateau, acquiescent a acme aloft abject in the ambit of 3,650 to 4,650 m (11,980 to 15,260 ft).25

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