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Is everest really the tallest mountain. Height not elevation.

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Yes, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. Mount Everest reaches about the height or elevation of 29,029 feet at its summit. Mount Everest is the highest point above the global mean sea level-the average sea level for the ocean surface from which elevations are measured. But the summit of Mount Everest is not the farthest point from the Earth's center.

Height:

29,377' 0"

Elevation:

29,029'

Location:

•Nepal

•Asia

Origin:

1841, when the obscure peak in the Himalayas was recognized as the tallest mountain in the world by a British survey team led by Sir George Everest, and whom Mount Everest was named after in 1865. Today climbers all around the world attempt to scale it's mighty face.

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