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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). Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador and the 39th-highest peak in the entire Andes.
There are 14 mountains over 8,000 metres (26,247 ft), which are often referred to as the Eight-thousanders. (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20. [1])
Mauna Loa (4,169 m or 13,678 ft) is the largest mountain on Earth in terms of base area (about 5,200 km 2 or 2,000 sq mi) and volume (about 42,000 km 3 or 10,000 cu mi), 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.
What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think.
Chimborazo [o] 6263 m 20,548 ft Pacific Ocean: sea level 6267 m 20,561 ft Egypt: Mount Catherine: 2629 m 8,625 ft Qattara Depression: −133 m −436 ft: 2762 m 9,062 ft El Salvador: Cerro El Pital: 2730 m 8,957 ft North Pacific Ocean: sea level 2730 m 8,957 ft Equatorial Guinea: Pico Basile on Bioko: 3011 m 9,879 ft North Atlantic Ocean: sea ...
A good height acclimatization is highly recommended for this climb. The mountain is contained on the IGM ( Instituto Geografico Militar ) 1:50000 Map Chimborazo (CT-ÑIV-C1) (IGM 1991, [2] ). Routes
Height on the other hand simply means elevation of the summit above sea level. Regarding parents, the prominence parent of peak A can be found by dividing the island or region in question into territories, by tracing the runoff from the key col (mountain pass) of every peak that is more prominent than peak A. The parent is the peak whose ...
4.6 km on north face, 3.6 km on south face; [n 4] highest elevation (8.8 km) above sea level, as well as by wet and dry prominence (but not among the tallest from base to peak, and in distance to Earth's center Mt Chimborazo rises highest). Moon [n 5] Mons Huygens: 5.3 km (3.3 mi) [19] 0.31: impact: Formed by the Imbrium impact. Mons Mouton