[Zer0 (OP)]

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[chris]

Love your polls, but can you please not keep inserting "November Poll 2017" at the front end of all of the questions because it looks ugly when it goes across the site and social media. TY

[rmolnav]

It depends on where you count its height from ...
E.g.: Mt Everest is NOT the farthest point from Earth´s center.

[Bill S]

E.g.: Mt Everest is NOT the farthest point from Earth´s center.

Nor is it the tallest from base to summit, if you include submarine examples.

[Zer0 (OP)]

Q - Is Mt Everest the TALLEST mountain on Earth?
A - No.

*Answer is based on subjective interpretation of data/info from the following source.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea

Mauna Kea (/ˌmɔːnə ˈkeɪ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈkeɪ.ə/, Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]), is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. Standing 4,207 m (13,802 ft) above sea level, its peak is the highest point in the state of Hawaii. Most of the mountain is underwater; when measured from its oceanic base, Mauna Kea is over 10,000 m (33,000 ft) tall and is the tallest mountain on Earth.

Mauna Kea stands 4,205 m (13,800 ft) above sea level, just 35 m (110 ft) higher than its neighbor Mauna Loa, and is the highest point in the state of Hawaii. Measured from its base on the ocean floor, it rises over 10,000 m (33,000 ft), significantly greater than the elevation of Mount Everest above sea level.

Thanks & Credits - Wikipedia.

[hikingnepal]

The summit of Mount Everest is higher above sea level than the summit of any other mountain, but Mauna Kea is the tallest when measured from base to summit.

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[evan_au]

Of course, there is also Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, which takes advantage of being closer to Earth's equatorial bulge than Everest, putting it further from the center of the Earth than Everest...

https://geology.com/records/highest-mountain-in-the-world.shtml

[rmolnav]

Of course, there is also Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, which takes advantage of being closer to Earth's equatorial bulge than Everest, putting it further from the center of the Earth than Everest...

Quite right! ... Same FACT I already referred to on #2, almost two years ago !

[pensador]

Of course, there is also Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, which takes advantage of being closer to Earth's equatorial bulge than Everest, putting it further from the center of the Earth than Everest...

https://geology.com/records/highest-mountain-in-the-world.shtml

Chimborazo is also a lot easier to climb (walk up, ie ropes not required) than Everest. Take good water proofs, wrap up warm, and make sure you have good rap around sunglasses, other wise you will risk snow blindness. Perhaps a little acclimatisation at altitude is a good idea, if you want to enjoy the hike.

[Speedrovex]

Not difficult to deny that I was very impressed with this story.

[Monox D. I-Fly]

Mauna Kea (/ˌmɔːnə ˈkeɪ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈkeɪ.ə/, Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]), is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. Standing 4,207 m (13,802 ft) above sea level, its peak is the highest point in the state of Hawaii. Most of the mountain is underwater; when measured from its oceanic base, Mauna Kea is over 10,000 m (33,000 ft) tall and is the tallest mountain on Earth.

I wonder if anyone has ever tried to climb that, and if so, how? Is there some kind of flat surface to land your boat on then start your climbing there?

[Petrochemicals]

Denali is the tallest mountain on earth

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali

Didnt even make your poll.

[Halc]

Denali is the tallest mountain on earth

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali

Didnt even make your poll.

It says right on that site that Denali, while taller than Everest, is a bit more than half as tall as Mauna Kea.

Mauna Kea ... is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. Standing 4,207 m (13,802 ft) above sea level, its peak is the highest point in the state of Hawaii. Most of the mountain is underwater; when measured from its oceanic base, Mauna Kea is over 10,000 m (33,000 ft) tall and is the tallest mountain on Earth.

I wonder if anyone has ever tried to climb that, and if so, how?

Some tourists climb it.  Unlike other mountains in this thread, it can be done on a bicycle.  There are many scientists that work at the summit and must go up there whenever they're on duty.  There's parking lot for their cars.

Is there some kind of flat surface to land your boat on then start your climbing there?

There's a nice marina at Kaelua-Kona.  There's a dock for the larger boats in Hilo, but it looks more industrial and not so touristy.

To climb it from bottom to top would be a trick indeed.  While the summit of Everest has insufficient pressure for human functionality, the base of Mauna Kea has rather too much, and is about 10 times the record low altitude ever survived by a human not in a protective vehicle.

[Halc]

Hey, while we're on this subject, maybe we can go one more.
We have the highest, tallest, and most distant point from Earth's center.
How about most massive mountain?  Tall is important for that, and Denali is a contender, being so isolated, but so is Mauna Kea which is even more massive.

So tall, wide and isolated seems to be what counts, especially wide.  My guess would actually be Kilimanjaro, which has such a gentle slope that you can go for days without realizing you're climbing it.

Looking on google maps, I seem to be wrong about that.  Kilimanjaro is about 40ish km wide unless you are generous about what very gentle slope constitutes the mountain itself.  Mauna Kea on the other hand is far taller and at least 150 km wide.  The thing is indescribably massive.

[Monox D. I-Fly]

We have the highest, tallest, and most distant point from Earth's center.

I like that we refer "high" and "tall" here as two different things. It reminds me when I was tentoring English to a Middle School student, when he tried to say "My friend is tall" and ended up saying "My friend is high" instead.

[Halc]

I like that we refer "high" and "tall" here as two different things.

They are two completely different things.  I am currently about 55 meters high (I live only 4 km from a place at sea level), but I am less than 2 meters tall.

[Petrochemicals]

Denali is the tallest mountain on earth

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali

Didnt even make your poll.

It says right on that site that Denali, while taller than Everest, is a bit more than half as tall as Mauna Kea.

Mauna key is very very short. What denotes tall? Or high ?

Everest is a high point surrounded by dense matter that will not expand to fill the shape of a container, so is Mauna Key. In geothechnics liquid is factored as much as solid. Mauna key is a squat mountain surrounded by flat plains you can build a major international airport on. These are surrounded by another material that also does not fill containers. Without the liquid mauna key would punch straight through the crust, the only way around this would be to surround mauna key in a massive solid base, sort of like Everest. The plains of tibet are flat and above 5000m. Denali is tallest, ie cannot land a 747 on it !