What mountain would be considered the highest on Earth if the height was measured not from the level of the ocean, but from the foot of the mountain? Detailed answer

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What mountain would be considered the highest on Earth if the height was measured not from the level of the ocean, but from the foot of the mountain?

The island of Hawaii is the top of an underwater mountain 10 kilometers high.

So if we count from the foot of the mountain, and not from the level of the ocean, it is Hawaii (and not Chomolungma) that should be called the highest mountain on Earth.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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