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- From: mancus@zaphod.JSC.NASA.GOV (Keith Mancus/MDSSC)
- Subject: Re: When will K2 grow up?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.011352.18582@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:13:52 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.205129.21075@lsil.com>, gascan@dcst16.dc (Bill Gascoyne) writes:
- > If you measure base to peak, I believe one of the Hawaiian volcanos holds
- >the record. Its peak is, of course, considerably below 29K feet, but the base
- >is far undersea.
-
- What is the highest mountain on Earth measured base-to-peak, with underwater
- height excluded? It may or may not be Everest, since Everest sits on the
- Tibetan Plateau at around 12000 feet or so. I'd expect it to be a large
- mountain near sea level.
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