What is the true height that a land form must be to be called a "mountain?"?
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Mountain\nA mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally much higher and steeper than a hill, but there is considerable overlap, and usage often depends on local custom. Some authorities define a mountain as a peak with a topographic prominence over an arbitrary value: for example, the Encyclopedia Britannica requires a prominence of 2,000 feet (610 m).
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The Pole has a history of even before 1200 AD and was by then entrenched in custom and tradition to be unit of length around 16.5 feet. It's purpose in use was that a surveyor could carry around a wooden pole of this length for measuring land for important issues such as taxation and ownership requirements.\n\nSieving through the history of English tradition, folklore and myths a pole also became a small, easy and workable unit of area for small allotments by virtue of 1 pole in area had sides of 1 pole by 1 pole in length.\n\nThe acre in history is said to the amount of land that can be tilled by oxen in a day. This then by law was determined by other imperial units as 1 furlong(660 feet) by 1 chain(66 feet). \n\nThis then gives us areas of,\n\n1 Pole(area) =  272.25 square feet\n1 Acre       =  43560 square feet\ntherefore\n1 Acre       =   160 Poles(area) \n\n\nAs a footnote, an acre of area is considered flat so an acre of land on a hill will have more area than it's equivalent flat land.
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Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the world's tallest mountain from base to peak! Its base is on the sea floor and it rises 33,480 feet (10,314 meters) in total, while Mt. Everest which is located on the border between Nepal and China, not in India like the person "Student" said.  Mt. Everest from base to peak is 29,028 feet (8,848 meters). Mt. Mauna Kea beats Everest by 4,452 feet (1,466 meters). It's true that Mt. Everest reaches the highest, but it's not the tallest.
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Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth as measured by the height of its summit above sea level - 8,848 meters (29,028 feet).  It is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, and is located on the border between Nepal and China.\n\nBut if you count the highest mountain from its base to its summit, the answer is Mauna Loa in Hawaii (most is under water, but its total height is 30,080 ft (9,170 m).
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Greenland is the answer\n\nAt 840,000 square miles (2,175,590 km2), measurements....\n\nAlthough Australia also meets the definition of an island (a piece of land surrounded by water), it is large enough to be considered its own continent.
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Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the world's tallest mountain from base to peak! Its base is on the sea floor and it rises 33,480 feet (10,314 meters) in total, reaching 13,796 feet (4205 m) above sea level.
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Johnston Island in the Hawaii island chain (717 miles W.S.W. of Honolulu) reaches its greatest height of 44 feet in "Summit Peak" near its eastern end.\n\nThat was fun!
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I suppose you mean Mauna Kea. It is the tallest mountain in Hawaii culminating at 13,796 feet (4,205 m). It is also technically the tallest mountain in the world from base as there it would culminate at 33,474 feet (10,203 m). However we don't measure from base, we measure from sea level so it cannot take place as tallest mountain on earth.\n\nHope this helps,
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A mountain is an elevation in the earth's surface. The elevation, or altitude, of a mountain is given as the height of the summit above sea level. Mountains are much bigger than hills. Most of the time they are made up elongated ranges. It is rare when a mountain stands alone.\n\nWhat is the difference between tallest and highest? Tallest: the top is the furthest away from the base. Highest: the top is the furthest away from sea level. There are three ways of measuring the height of a mountain. So which mountain is the tallest? One way to measure a mountain is by measuring from sea level. The second way is by measuring from base to peak. The third way is by measuring the distance from the center of the earth to the peak of the mountain.\n\nMt. Everest, on the Nepal-Tibet border in the Himalayas, is the highest mountain on earth. It is about 8,850 meters above sea level. height was confirmed in December 1983 during a surveillance mission by the space shuttle Columbia. Mauna Kea, or "White Mountain"a volcano of the "Big Island" of Hawaii, is the tallest mountain on earth. It measure about 10,200 meters from base to summit. Chimborazo is a volcano in the Andes of Ecuador. It measures about 6,310 meters above sea level. When height is measured from the center of the earth, Chimborazo is tallest since it is located nearly on the equator, where the earth bulges the most.
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Mountains are formed in the process known as plate tectonics. The earth is made of 6 major plates which are located on the earths crust. below the crust is an area known as the mantle which is lava which is very viscous. The Mantle has whats know as convection currents. these are slowly spinning sections of the mantle. Some are spinning clockwise and others counter. During mountain building there are 2 plates, one on the are of the mantle which is spinning clockwise and another on the current which is spinning counter clockwise. This allows the 2 plates to move in opposite directions which are known as divergent boundary's. Some areas however and spinning in a way to allow the plates to push together known as convergent boundaries. When this occurs you get mountains forming because the 2 plates are pushing together with a lot of force and over millions of years you get mountains rising.
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not really a question. All points of land are based on sea level. If you standing on the beach with your feet in the water your elevation would be 0. walk up it might be 1ft or more. standing on a mountain it might be 2500ft above sea level.
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One of the features that make up the earth's surface, such as a plain, mountain, or valley
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Mountain. A mountain's slope goes up, but the mountain doesn't grow.
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Denali, or Mount McKinley, in Alaska. Elevation: 6,194 meters (20,320 feet) above sea level.
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To be tecchnically accurate the largest Continent (single land mass with a continental shelf) is Eur-asia, since Europe and Aiusa are conjoined  it is only geo-politically accurate to refer to them as separate continents. They are in fact one land mass and therefore the largest continent.
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Approximately 600 kilometers (372 miles)above the surface of the Earth
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it's 8068 metres.-one of the major mountain peaks of the world