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pokerfan

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5. Only because it's next to the trench...

Reply to shadowmayor (Reply #4)

Sat May 21, 2016, 08:13 PM

May 2016

which can't honestly be argued to be part of the mountain per se in term of "tallness." In terms of elevation rise from the nearest depression, sure. And one can make a prominence argument that I won't deny.

But Mauna Kea, on the other hand, is all mountain from the sea floor. One continuous mountain "only" a million years old. Amazing.

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Is Mount Chimborazo In Ecuador The Tallest Mountain In The World? [View all] Judi Lynn May 2016 OP

Mauna Kea = world's tallest pokerfan May 2016 #1

Wow! Even more interesting. Had no idea. Thank you for adding Mauna Kea. Intriguing. n/t Judi Lynn May 2016 #2

Then there's "topographic prominence" pokerfan May 2016 #3

A whole realm of information I've never encountered. Wow. Thanks for the link. n/t Judi Lynn May 2016 #12

Maybe not shadowmayor May 2016 #4

Only because it's next to the trench... pokerfan May 2016 #5

The problem with Mauna Kea is defining what is 'that mountain' muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #7

It seems to me pokerfan May 2016 #8

What about the highest point on a continent? muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #9

Wait, now you're talking highest point pokerfan May 2016 #10

'Tallest' is not precisely defined muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #11

Mt Chimborazo is a beautiful mountain. Lucky Luciano May 2016 #6