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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Everest has the highest elevation (distance above sea level). Distance from ground level is a peak’s summit is it’s “height”. You also have prominence and isolation which make mountains look higher than they are. Prominence is the difference of that peak to the peaks around it. Isolation is distance from the closest peak at it’s elevation or higher. Those last 2 measurements are why Pike’s Peak is so famous in Colorado when it’s not the tallest. It’s just easy to see.
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