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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It’s simply because we measure everything at sea level. We can’t make exceptions for measurements, or everything will want an exception, and measuring anything will be moot.

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