what is the tallest mountain peak and what is its elevation?
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It is Everest ... but it is 29,035 ft.
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Mount Elbrus (meaning twin peaks) is a peak located in the western Caucasus mountains, in Russia, near the border of Georgia. It is the highest mountain in the Caucasus which belongs to Europe (if the border between Europe and Asia is located south of Mount Elbrus - at the Kura and Qvirila rivers). Mt Elbrus (west summit) stands at 5,642 m (18,506 ft) and can be considered to be the highest mountain in Europe. The east summit is slightly lower: 5,621 m (18,442 ft).
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Longest mountain RANGE is the Rocky Mountain Range.
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The highest altitude is West Bromwich Albions ground at 551 feet. \n\nOldham Athletics ground is only 509 feet.
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The worlds highest mountain is Mount Everest and its located in the Himalayan ranges. (between India and Nepal) It is in Nepal and its height is 29,028 ft (8853m)
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Mt Everest always was the tallest mountain, even before it was discovered.
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A-Chimborazo, Ecuador's highest peak at 6310m also called as  "Woman in Ice" or "Icy Home of the Gods" or "Sacred Winds of the Moon" are some and nowadays it is  called the "Nation's Roof". \n\nB-if the Astronomical Unit is 149,597,870 km (about 93 million miles) and the speed of light in a vacuum is exactly 299,792,458 metres per second (or 1,079,252,848.8  km·h-1, which is approximately 186,282.397 miles per second, or 670,616,629.4 miles per hour).  0.14(?)\n\nC-10,000 volts to create a one-inch spark
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Mount Everest in the Himalayas is widely regarded as the tallest mountain in the world. However it's height is only from Sea level.\n\n"Hawaii's Mauna Kea, though, rises an astonishing 33,476 feet (10,203 meters) from the depths of the Pacific Ocean floor. Measuring from base to peak, Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on earth."
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Just to name a few...\n\nAlps, Himalayas, Rockies\n\nFor more info: http://www.peakware.com/areas.html\n\nAlthough the above link has ALL the ranges (a bit overwhelming) my suggestion, for your homework, is to find the high points of each continent and list that range. Those are likely the 'most important'.\n\nTo get you started:\nEurope: Mont Blanc (or Monte Bianco) (Actually, Russia may have a higher mountain technically in Europe)\nAsia: Mt. Everest\nNorth America: Mt. McKinnley (Denali)\nSouth America: Aconcaqua (SP?) in Argentina\nAfrica: ???\nAustralia: ???\nAntartica: ???
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Highest Elevation\nTaum Sauk Mountain\n1,772 ft  (540 m)\n\nYou could get more information from the link below...
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Mt Fugi is (I believe) the highest peak in Japan, there are hiking tours to the top and it's beautiful, snow year round.
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Mauna Kea.  It starts underwater, but continues above the surface.  From base to summit it is actually taller than Mt Everest!\n\nThe tallest underwater mountain on Earth is Mauna Kea on the big island of Hawaii. Mauna Kea rises 13,796 feet above sea level and rises a total of 33,476 feet from the Pacific Ocean floor.\n\n[modified to give you some references to check]\n\n"Hawaii's Mauna Kea, though, rises an astonishing 33,476 feet (10,203 meters) from the depths of the Pacific Ocean floor. Measuring from base to peak, Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on earth." http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/BeataUnke.shtml\n\n"Sea-level is such an arbitrary starting value for measuring the height of a mountain. If you ignore it then the tallest mountain on earth is not Mt. Everest but Mauna Kea on Hawaii, “the Big Island.” Mauna Kea is 13,796 ft high starting from sea-level with another 17,000 ft extending to its base below the ocean." http://www.steephill.tv/2006/mauna-kea/\n\n"EARTH'S TALLEST MOUNTAIN IS UNDERWATER\nHawaiian submarine (undersea) volcanoes are large, spreading volcanoes and are very tall. From the bottom of the sea floor to its summit, the Mauna Kea volcano is 9,000 meters (29,520 feet) high, making it the tallest mountain on Earth, approximately 150 meters (490 feet) higher than Mount Everest." http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Tw-Z/Volcanoes-Submarine.html
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The highest point in Montana is Granite Peak at 12,799 feet above sea level.
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The Himalayas, some of the tallest mountains in the world... home to Mt. Everest, K2, etc.
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Is this a trick question? Mt. Everest was the tallest, whether people measured it or not.\n\nOr do you mean, which one did we THINK was the tallest before Everest took that title? Better ask what you mean!
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Kilimanjaro carries a few titles of "highest" according to the pages...  One is highest in Africa, one as highest active volcano, and another as highest free-standing peak (no mountain range like Himilayas).  Samahani, can't find a listing that goes far enough down for a rank in peak height in the world; it's after 50 at least I think!\n\nFrom first source:  Rising to a height of 5, 985 meters, (19,340 feet) Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa, arguably the world's highest volcano and the highest freestanding mountain in the world. It also takes its place as one of the 'Seven Summits', a holy grail for climbers consisting of the highest peaks in each of the seven continents. \n\nFrom second source:  Africa's tallest mountain (der höchste Berg Afrikas) was long thought to be nothing but a legend. After all, how could there be a snow-capped peak just three degrees south of the equator? But German-speaking explorers were the first Europeans to ever see and climb Kilimanjaro—and establish the mountain's existence.\nKilimanjaro is also the world's highest mountain that can be climbed by hiking (walking), but the lower, more jagged Mawensi volcanic peak (17,564 ft) was not climbed until 1912 and requires mountaineering experience.
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Mt Mckinley has the greatest rise from surrounding plain to peak, I think.  Mt Everest is the highest.