Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

Question

Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

Answer 1

It would have still been Mt. Everest at 8,848 meters. That's the easy answer. If you mean what would have been the tallest known at that time it would be K2 in Pakistan-Xinjiang (China), (8,611 meters)

Answer 2

mount everest!

Answer 3

Mount Everest?

Answer 4

it's still mount everest even if it wasn't discovered yet

Answer 5

MT. Everest

Answer 6

Mt Everest.

Answer 7

mt everest was always the highest and will always be

Answer 8

Everest was and is. Just because we in the west didn't know it was there didn't mean it hadn't been 'discovered'. The people of Nepal and india knew it was there.

Answer 9

For millions of years, Everest has been the highest mountain. Discovery didn't make it higher or lower than anything else.

Answer 10

mount everest is actually not the highest mountain. mauna loa is the highest but mauna loa is a volcano what do you think?

Bet you thought that the biggest mountain was Mount Everest! If you haven't already checked it out here at "Extreme Science", Mount Everest does hold a world record, but not as the biggest mountain. Everest is the highest elevation on land, but it is only a single peak in an entire mountain range. Mauna Loa is a single mountain on the island of Hawaii. The island of Hawaii is actually an island made up of five volcanoes which "blend" together because of their closeness to each other, making a single island.

Answer 11

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Answer 12

Well, technically Everest ALWAYS was the tallest mountain even if we hadn't discovered it.

But if you mean the tallest that we'd discovered...Kangchenjunga?