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The highest mountains above sea level are generally not the highest above the surrounding terrain. There is no precise definition of surrounding base, but Denali, [2] Mount Kilimanjaro [3] and Nanga Parbat [4] are possible candidates for the tallest mountain on land by this measure.
It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world, situated at 5,895 m (19,341 ft) above sea level and 4,900 m (16,100 ft) above its plateau base.
North Face of Everest as seen from the path to North Base Camp Everest and Lhotse from the south (Nepal): in the foreground are Thamserku, Kangtega, and Ama Dablam. Mount Everest, known locally as Sagarmatha or Qomolangma, [note 4] is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.
What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. If you measure altitude above mean sea level, then the 29,032-foot (8,849-meter ...
sea level 63 m 207 ft Bahrain: Mountain of Smoke (Jabal ad Dukhan) 122 m 400 ft Persian Gulf: sea level 122 m 400 ft Bangladesh: Saka Haphong: 1063 m 3,488 ft Bay of Bengal: sea level 1063 m 3,488 ft Barbados: Mount Hillaby: 336 m 1,102 ft North Atlantic Ocean: sea level 336 m 1,102 ft Belarus: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara: 346 m 1,135 ft Neman: 90 m 295 ft
This is an incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at least 500 m of prominence, see List of highest mountains. See also a list of mountains ranked by prominence.
Heights of mountains are typically measured above sea level. Using this metric, Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). [73] There are at least 100 mountains with heights of over 7,200 metres (23,622 ft) above sea level, all of which are located in central and southern Asia.
Denali (/ d ə ˈ n ɑː l i /; [5] [6] also known as Mount McKinley (its former official name), [7] is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level. It is the tallest mountain in the world from base-to-peak on land, measuring 18,000 ft (5,500 m), [8] with a topographic prominence ...