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- From: pal@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Peter Loibl)
- Subject: Re: When will K2 grow up?
- Message-ID: <pal.722013221@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
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- Organization: Technical University of Munich, Germany
- References: <1992Nov10.170536.3921@linus.mitre.org> <1992Nov12.205129.21075@lsil.com> <1992Nov17.011352.18582@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:13:41 GMT
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- mancus@zaphod.JSC.NASA.GOV (Keith Mancus/MDSSC) writes:
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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.
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- > 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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- I don't remember the name of the moutain, but it's a vulcano somewhere
- is the sea. But it's not on the hawaiian islands ...
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- Peter Loibl
- pal@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de
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