Mount Everest: The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on the Earth's surface as measured from sea level, with an elevation of 8,850 meters.
Mount Chimborazo (Ecuador): Although the summit of Volcán Chimborazo is just 6,310 meters above sea level, its summit is the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's center of mass; a distance of 6,384,404 meters or 3,967 miles.
Mauna Kea: From base to summit, the tallest mountain on Earth is Mauna Kea in Hawai'i. The base of Mauna Kea is 5,998 meters below mean sea level, and when combined with an elevation of 4,205 meters, Mauna Kea has a total height of 10,203 meters.
(Ok, kids, I think that's enough fighting for today)
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For Mount Everest, that is 29,035.8 feet or twice as high as Mount Rainier here in Washington State.
wow. that is the cruising altitude for most "heavies" in the airlines too. (30-35 thousand feet)
:)
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