Taller Mt facts
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In the late 1800s Australian surveyors had realised the two tallest mountains, Mt. Kosciuszko and Mt. Townsend, were mismeasured, and in fact Mt. Townsend was taller. Instead of rewriting many textbooks the NSW government decided to switch the two names, leaving us with what we have today.
how much taller is mt everest than k2?
Olympus Mons, 3x taller than Mt. Everest, has a slope of only 5 degrees. You'd barely feel like you were on a mountain at the top.
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what's taller than mt everest?
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The largest mountain on Earth, (base to summit), is not Everest. It is Mauna Kea in Hawaii, where more than half of the mountain is submerged under the Pacific Ocean, making it more than a mile taller than Mt. Everest.
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The Continent of Australia is really flat. It's tallest peak is Mt Kosciuszko at 2228m. In comparison, it's much smaller neighbor, New Zealand, has 100+ peaks taller than this.
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Mt. Everest has the highest elevation on Earth, but it is not the tallest mountain. From base to summit, Mauna Kea in Hawaii is taller by +3,000 feet.
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Ecuadors Mt. Chimborazo is technically taller than Mt. Everest due to it being 6000 feet higher from the center of the earth.
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Mt. Everest is not the furthest point on Earth from the center of the Earth; Mt. Chimborazo is 1.5 miles "taller".
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The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful device ever detonated by mankind, had mushroom clouds over 7x taller than the height of Mt. Everest. The shockwaves from the bomb circled the Earth 3 times and partially shattered windows 900 km away
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Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawai'i, is the tallest mountain on Earth; from base to summit, it is taller than Mt. Everest by over 2000 ft.
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Verona Rupes, the steepest known cliff in our solar system. Located on Uranus, it's 8 times taller than Mt. Thor, the tallest cliff on Earth. Due to the weaker gravity, if you jumped off of it you would fall for 12 mins before hitting the ground, and there would still be a chance of survival.
