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The biggest mountain in the world, Mauna Loa, is a shield volcano with gently sloping sides.

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The dividing line between a mountain with multiple peaks and separate mountains is not always clear (see also Highest unclimbed mountain). A popular and intuitive way to distinguish mountains from subsidiary peaks is by their height above the highest saddle connecting it to a higher summit, a measure called topographic prominence or re-ascent (the higher summit is called the "parent peak"). A common definition of a mountain is a summit with 300 m (980 ft) prominence. Alternatively, a relative prominence (prominence/height) is used (usually 7-8%) to reflect that in higher mountain ranges everything is on a larger scale. The table below lists the highest 100 summits with at least 500 m (1,640 ft) prominence, approximating a 7% relative prominence. A drawback of a prominence-based list is that it may exclude well-known or spectacular mountains that are connected via a high ridge to a taller summit, like the Eiger or Nuptse. A few such peaks and mountains with nearly sufficient prominence are included but not numbered in the list.

It is very unlikely that all given heights are correct to the nearest meter; indeed, the sea level is often problematic to define when a mountain is remote from the sea. Different sources often differ by many meters, and the heights given below may well differ from those elsewhere in this encyclopedia. As an extreme example, Ulugh Muztagh on the north Tibetan Plateau is often listed as 7,723 m (25,338 ft) to 7,754 m (25,440 ft), but appears to be only 6,973 m (22,877 ft) to 6,987 m (22,923 ft). Some mountains differ by > 100 m (330 ft) on different maps, while even very thorough current measurements of Mount Everest range from 8,840 m (29,003 ft) to 8,850 m (29,035 ft). These discrepancies serve to emphasize the uncertainties in the listed heights.

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Though some parts of the world, especially the most mountainous parts, have never been thoroughly mapped, it is unlikely that any mountains this high have been overlooked, because synthetic aperture radar can and has been used to measure altitudes of most otherwise inaccessible places. Still, heights and/or prominences may be revised, so that the order of the list may change and even "new" mountains could enter the list over time. To be safe, the list has been extended to include all >7,200 m (23,622 ft) peaks.

The highest mountain is not necessarily the tallest, considering the difference in height between the peak and the surrounding base of the mountain. There is no precise definition of surrounding base, but Mount McKinley, Mount Kilimanjaro and Nanga Parbat are possible candidates for the tallest mountain on land by this measure. The bases of mountain islands are below sea level, and given this consideration Mauna Kea (4,207 m (13,802 ft) above sea level) is the world's tallest mountain and volcano, rising about 10,203 m (33,474 ft) from the Pacific Ocean floor. Ojos del Salado has the greatest rise on Earth— 13,420 m (44,029 ft) from the summit^{[citation needed]} to the bottom of the Atacama Trench about 560 km (350 mi) away, though most of this rise is not part of the mountain.



Nor are they necessarily the largest. Mauna Loa (4,169 m (13,678 ft)) is the largest mountain on Earth in terms of base area (about 2,000 sq mi/5,200 km²) and volume (about 10,000 cu mi/42,000 km³), although, due to the intergrade of lava from Kilauea, Hualalai and Mauna Kea, the volume can only be estimated based on surface area and height of the edifice). Mt. Kilimanjaro is the largest non-shield volcano in terms of both base area (245 sq mi/635 km²) and volume (1,150 cu mi/4,793 km³). Mount Logan is the largest non-volcanic mountain in base area (120 sq mi/311 km²).

The highest mountains are not necessarily those farthest from the centre of the Earth, because the figure of the Earth is not spherical. Sea level closer to the equator is several miles farther from the centre of the Earth. The summit of Chimborazo, Ecuador's tallest mountain, is usually considered to be the farthest point from the Earth's centre, although the southern summit of Peru's tallest mountain, Huascarán, is another contender.

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Highest Mountain in the World

Mount Everest has some rivals!

Mount Everest from Gokyo Ri. , ©iStockphoto.com by Grazyna Niedzieska

Mount Everest:
  The "Highest Altitude"

Almost everyone knows that Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and climbers from everywhere travel to Everest hoping to earn the distinction of climbing the "World's Highest".

The peak of Mount Everest is 8,848 meters (29,028 feet) above sea level. This high elevation gives Mount Everest the distinction of being the mountain with the highest altitude.





An altitude of 8,848 meters (29,028 feet) makes
Mount Everest Earth's highest mountain.

Mauna Kea - observatories in the Hawaiian snow   © iStockphoto.com by Dan Schmitt

Mauna Kea:
  The "Tallest Mountain"

Mauna Kea has an altitude of 4,205 meters (13,796 feet) - much lower than Mount Everest. However, Mauna Kea is an island and if the distance from the bottom of the nearby ocean floor to the peak of the island is measured, then Mauna Kea is taller than Mount Everest.

Mauna Kea is over 10,000 meters tall compared to 8,848 meters for Mount Everest - making it the world's tallest mountain.





Mauna Kea rises over 10,000 meters above
the ocean floor making it taller than Everest.

Chimborazo mountain in Ecuador   © iStockphoto.com by Loic Bernard

Chimborazo:
  "Highest Above Earth's Center"

Chimborazo in Ecuador has an altitude of 6,310 meters (20,703 feet). Mount Everest has a higher altitude and Mauna Kea is "taller". However, Chimborazo has the distinction of being the highest mountain above Earth's center.

This is because Earth is not a sphere - it is an oblate spheroid. As an oblate spheroid, Earth is widest at it's equator. Chimborazo is just one degree south of Earth's equator and at that location it is 6,384 kilometers from Earth's center or about 2 kilometers farther from Earth's center than Mount Everest.




Chimborazo is located near the equator where earth's diameter is greatest.

 

Most mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges. In fact, all 7,000 m (23,000 ft) peaks in the world are located in the centre of Asia (East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia) in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m (24,580 ft)) on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the West, Peak Jengish Chokusu, (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng) (7,439 m (24,406 ft)) on the Kyrgyzstan - Xinjiang border to the North, Gongga Shan (Minya Konka) (7,556 m (24,790 ft)) in Sichuan to the East, and Kabru (7,412 m (24,318 ft)) on the Sikkim - Nepal border to the South.

The locations of the highest mountains are shown on the composite satellite image of High Asia below. The numbers refer to the ranking in the list. For clarity, lower peaks with labels overlapping higher peaks are left out of the main image. The boxed regions are those with the highest density of summits and are enlarged in two separate images to show all peaks.

 The list-

Rank	Mountain	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Range	Coordinates	Prominence (m)	Parent mountain	First ascent	Ascents (attempts)
1	Mount Everest/ Sagarmatha / Chomolungma	8,848	29,029	Mahalangur Himalaya	27°59′17″N 86°55′31″E / 27.98806°N 86.92528° / 27.98806; 86.92528	8,848	none	1953	145 (121)
2	K2/ Qogir/ Godwin Austen	8,611	28,251	Baltoro Karakoram	35°52′57″N 76°30′48″E / 35.8825°N 76.51333°E / 35.8825; 76.51333	4,017	Mount    Everest	1954	45 (44)
3	Kangchenjunga	8,586	28,169	Kangchenjunga Himalaya	27°42′09″N 88°08′49″E / 27.7025°N 88.14694°E / 27.7025; 88.14694	3,922	Mount Everest	1955	38 (24)
4	Lhotse	8,516	27,940	Mahalangur Himalaya	27°57′42″N 86°55′59″E / 27.96167°N 86.93306°E / 27.96167; 86.93306	610	Mount Everest	1956	26 (26)
5	Makalu	8,485	27,838	Mahalangur Himalaya	27°53′21″N 87°05′19″E / 27.88917°N 87.08861°E / 27.88917; 87.08861	2,386	Mount Everest (Lhotse)	1955	45 (52)
6	Cho Oyu	8,201	26,864	Mahalangur Himalaya	28°05′39″N 86°39′39″E / 28.09417°N 86.66083°E / 28.09417; 86.66083	2,340	Mount Everest	1954	79 (28)
7	Dhaulagiri I	8,167	26,795	Dhaulagiri Himalaya	28°41′45″N 83°29′36″E / 28.69583°N 83.49333°E / 28.69583; 83.49333	3,357	K2	1960	51 (39)
8	Manaslu	8,163	26,781	Manaslu Himalaya	28°32′58″N 84°33′39″E / 28.54944°N 84.56083°E / 28.54944; 84.56083	3,092	Cho Oyu	1956	49 (45)
9	Nanga Parbat	8,126	26,660	Nanga Parbat Himalaya	35°14′18″N 74°35′22″E / 35.23833°N 74.58944°E / 35.23833; 74.58944	4,608	Dhaulagiri	1953	52 (67)
10	Annapurna I	8,091	26,545	Annapurna Himalaya	28°35′43″N 83°49′11″E / 28.59528°N 83.81972°E / 28.59528; 83.81972	2,984	Cho Oyu	1950	36 (47)
Stem and leaf plot- The following  is a stem and leaf plot of the above data. The two digits to the left of the line are the first two digits of the mountain's height, and each digit to the right of the line represents the third digit of the mountain's height. Each number on the right is linked to the corresponding mountain's article. For example, the height of one of the mountains (namely Mount Everest) is 884x meters. Also, it is apparent that there are only 5 mountains above 8,200 meters. Everest is the highest elevation on land, but it is only a single peak in an ... The biggest mountain in the world, Mauna Loa, is a shield volcano What is the longest river in the world? Smallest country? Biggest cities? Check out our list of highest mountains or deepest spots in the ocean.                                           The largest mountain in the world always give new think to us. From Wikipedia-