Is Mount Everest the highest one?
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Lie_BP
Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 2:32 PM
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In the school, even at Elementary School, we have already learned that the highest mountain in this world is Mount Everest. Truthfully it's not the corectness, what's the reason? If that so, then who is the highest one?
Before we talk about the mountain, let's see how to measure the mountain. There're 3 ways to proof it
1. We did the measurement from above sea level
2. We did the measurement from the bottom of the mountain
3. We did the measurement from the center of earth
If we do the first way, it's true that Mount Everest is the highest one with the heighness 8.848 meters above sea level, then we got Mount K2 at Kashmir/ Xinjang with the heighness 8.611 meters above sea level and the third is Mount Kangchenjunga at Nepal/ India with the heighness 8.586 meters above sea level.
If we do the second way, it will give us the different result. Because Mount Mauna Kea at Hawaii/ USA is the highest one. This mountain flare up 10.203 meters from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, but only 4.205 meters above sea levels. With this way of measurement, Mount everest got the third place after Mount McKinley at Alaska with the highness between 5.300 until 5.900 meters. McKinley is higher than Everest because Everest only stand on Tibetan Pleteau with the highness 5200 meters, so the measurement got it has only 3.650 meters. (total 8.848 meters)
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