Where is the furthest point from the centre of the earth?

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Is It a Mountain or Volcano?

Answer 1

Not Mount Everest but Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador.

The inactive stratovolcano Chimborazo (pronounced [tʃimboˈraso]) is Ecuador's highest summit. Its last eruption is thought to have occurred some time in the first millennium AD. Its summit is generally regarded as the spot on the surface farthest from the center of the Earth, measuring 6,384.4 km (3,968 mi) from the Earth's core to the peak.

The summit of Mount Everest reaches a higher elevation above sea level, but the summit of Chimborazo is widely reported to be the farthest point from Earth's center  despite a possible challenge from Huascarán. Chimborazo is one degree south of the equator and the earth's diameter at the equator is greater than at the latitude of Everest, nearly 28° north, with sea level also elevated. Despite being 2,581 m (8,568 ft) lower in elevation above sea level, it is 6,384.4 km (3,968 mi) from the Earth's center, 2.1 km farther than the summit of Everest.

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Answer 2

mt everest

Answer 3

Chimborazo in the Andes triumphs. Although it stands but 20,561 feet (6,267 meters) above sea level, its peak is the farthest from the earth's center...which just happens to be an inactive volcano.

Answer 4

The imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth is the Equator and the country located at the furthest point is Ecuador..... The Mountain is Chimborazo

Answer 5

I would say the moon is farther away than any mountain on earth.  What do you think?

Answer 6

Chimborazo is correct. I was in the Peace Corps in Ecuador and could see the mountain from the 1 window in my little house. It didn't look too big, but I was at 8000 feet elevation, about 35 miles away. It was hard to believe that it was the "tallest" in its own way but it was(is).