What is the tallest mountain in the world if measured from base to top?
Are you sure that you haven't heard of this mountain before? It is not as famous as Mount Everest but this fact doesn't make it lower, does it? The thing is that the largest part of the mountain is hidden under the water. If we speak about the distance from the seafloor to the peak, the mountain turns out to be over 33,000 ft tall! But above the sea it is only 13,796 ft.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
27 Comments
John McLardie
No reference on yet another question.
Albeck1994
Hywel Lambert, the bottom of the mountain, how much more of an definition do you need
Albeck1994
Albeck Wilson-Smith, darn spell check Mauna Kea
Albeck1994
Baron Byron Greenback, depends on how you measure, I know because this argument comes up everytime Everest questions come up, yes everest is tallest if measures from sea level, but if you measure from the base it's Mauns Loa, as most of the mountain is below sealevel
Albeck1994
Jim Hill, nope
Hywel Lambert
Define the base of a mountain please ?
Claudia Montgomery
It is in Hawaii. Denali, fomerly McKinley is the tallest, if you count that it is entirely above the surface of the water. So, I unfortunately got this wrong according to Quizz CLub, dang their vaguely worded questions!
Ben Sanders
My daughter is studying positive and negative numbers in math class, grade 6. Used both my Everest and Mauna kea in Hawaii as positive elevation and the dead sea and bad water basin in death valley as negative elevation.
Chris Lee
You can use the interweb machine to look it up!
Baron Byron Greenback
Our history books must be antiquated by now. We learned Mt. Everest is the tallest (or has the highest peak!)
Roger Trishell
Yes,its a fantastics mount.with snow on the peak almost all year
Sonny Beaudoin
I seen this question here before they must be recycling questions
Nugget Smyth
NEVER HEARD OF IT, WHERE IS IT ????????
Kristi Stevens
It's in Hawaii!
Walter Barber
Have been to top when i was with a rescue team breathtaking