Eli5: Why Mauna Mea isn’t the tallest mountain as it lies above 10000 meter above the Pacific Ocean bed while Mount everest only around 8500 meter?

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Eli5: Why Mauna Mea isn’t the tallest mountain as it lies above 10000 meter above the Pacific Ocean bed while Mount everest only around 8500 meter?

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Depends on how you measure “tallness” of a mountain.

(a) Is it the highest above sea level (Everest)

(b) Is it the longest distance from base to top (Mauna Mea)

(c) Farthest from Earths center (Mt Chimborazo, Ecuador)

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