How high above sea level [in feet] does it have to be,to be classed as a mountain.?
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It's open to dispute:\n\nDefinitions of mountain on the Web:\n\na land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill \ntons: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers" \nwordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn\n\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 Encyclopædia Britannica requires a prominence of 2,000 feet (610 m). \nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain\n\nMountain was an American rock band active in the early 1970s. \nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_(band)\n\nA natural elevation of a planetary surface.\nwww.psrd.hawaii.edu/PSRDglossary.html\n\nA high, raised part of the earth's surface with a pointed top.\nwww.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/Glossary.html\n\nA biome of high ground with various types of vegetation depending on the elevation\nwww.planetpals.com/ecodictionary.html\n\na landscape feature, often with a pointed or rugged top, the rises high above the surrounding area\nwww3.newberry.org/k12maps/glossary/\n\nA landform with a high elevation.\nwww.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/science/glossary.shtml\n\nA general term for any landmass that stands above its surroundings. In the stricter geological sense, a mountain belt is a highly deformed part of Earth's crust that has been injected with igneous intrusions and the deeper parts of which have been metamorphosed.\nimnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/glossary/letter.asp\n\nA landform that rises 1,000 or more feet above the land around it.\nwww.educationoasis.com/curriculum/Social_Studies/geo/geography_terms.htm\n\n(when used in the name of a property). A block of land separate from the main property, and in the surrounding uplands, on which slaves were given "provision grounds" on which to plant their crops. If for example the main property was named "Hope Penn," this land would be called "Hope Mountain."\njamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/Glossary.htm\n\nA mountain is a raised part of the earth’s surface. It is bigger than a hill. A mountain has to be at least 1,000 feet above the earth’s surface. Some mountains look pointed and sharp at the top. Other mountains look more round. When a mountain has a crater in its top, it is a volcano.\nwww.howardcc.edu/kids/geovoc.html\n\nA glacier that exists in or adjacent to a mountainous region.\nwww.wwnorton.com/college/geo/earth2/glossary/m.htm\n\nArizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming\nwww.thechittendens.com/glossary.html\n\nSo sometimes in excess of 1,000ft, sometimes 2,000ft, sometimes no height specified.\n\n\n\nI live in Izmir, on the west coast of Turkey. Around Izmir Bay are some small pimples (compared to the real mountains that Turkey has to offer) that only go up to about 1,000 metres which is about the same as Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in England and Wales.\nAt the other end of Turkey is Mount Ararat, which reaches a height of 5,137m (16,894ft). This is the highest mountain IN THE WORLD (above the sea) when measured from base to peak, compared to Everest or K2 which stand on the shoulders of other mountains and are actually rather squat (if measured this way)!
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980 Feet above sea level
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8848 metres or 29,028 feet is the official answer.  But if you really mean the 'exact' height, nobody knows - if by exact you mean to the nearest millimetre or inch, or even nearest foot or metre.  Two of the most accurate surveys differ by 6 metres (about 20 feet).\n\nThe reason the exact height is so hard to calculate is due to three factors.  Firstly it is a very inhospitable place.  Secondly the mountain is 'growing' between 1 and 3 millimetres a year as India continues to move north, pushing up against Asia (the force that pushed up the Himalayas in the first place).  Finally, official measurements of mountains include the snow and ice 'on top' and the depth of this in the case of Everest varies from year to year, it has variously been measured as 1 metre or 3.5 metres thick.\n\nThe Government of Nepal has settled on 8848 metres and that is (generally) the figure accepted 'officially' in books and in the climbing community.  The Wikipedia article (link below) gives a very good explanation of the height issue.
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According to http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/ref/supfact.html  the elevation of Lake Superior, which surrounds the UP is 600ft above sea level. So, any point on the UP is likely at at least 600 ft.  Brockway Mountain ( see http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&p=brockway+mountain ) is 735 feet above *lake* level .
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About 30m (100 ft) high.
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Sure - particularly if you're someplace where ground level is 999 ft above sea level.
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The tallest mountain on the planet is not Mt. Everest, which is only 29 028 ft/8848 m high!  The tallest mountain in the world is actually Mauna Kea, in Hawaii, which is closer to 31 000 ft/\n9449 m high.\n\nYou just can't see the two-thirds of the mountain that is under water.
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For all the rest of you folks: Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world.  The tallest, from base to summit happens to be Mauna Kea, the highest point in Hawaii, measured from the ocean floor.. It measures 13,796 ft above sea level plus another 16,000 ft below sea level.  That makes it: 29,796 ft total. Remember, the mountain is mostly submerged under the ocean.  Mt. Everest is only measured from sea level at 29.028 ft.
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deserts exists in almost all types of altitudes. it is caused due to lack of water and abudance of sand. so i would say the average would be the mid point between below sea level and mountanous level(5000 mts)...that would be about 2500 or less mts
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As deep as the oceans, as high as the mountians!
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A 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 Encyclopædia Britannica requires a prominence of 2,000 feet (610 m).
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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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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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Average 4,327 feet above sea level. That's pretty much high altitude for all of you who bake brownies and cakes. The highest point is  9,410 feet tall on Grandview Peak, which I've never climbed. The highest up I have been is toward the top of Mount Timpanogos where Timpanogos Cave is near Provo, Utah, about 35 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah, about 6,300 feet above sea level.
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Sea level is the level of the oceans, in other words, when you go to the beach and step in the water, you are at sea level.  Therefore, if you visit a place which is enclosed by higher land, and can be below sea level without actually being under water, you can be below sea level (without SCUBA gear).  Death Valley is an example of this.
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The most common type of mountain is the seamount.Therre are more of them  on the bottom of the sea than regular mountains on the surface of the earth.So,we regular folk don't see them because we can't afford the sub fare.
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Approximately 600 kilometers (372 miles)above the surface of the Earth