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Here are the five highest mountains, in order: The fifth highest is Mount Chomolungma (incorrectly named "Everest" by Andrew Waugh, who in his ignorance and his difficulty with the local language, did not realize that it already had been named many, many centuries ago.) The fourth highest is Mount Kilimanjaro. The third highest is Mount Cotopaxi. The second highest is Mount Huascarán. The highest point on Earth is Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, which is 2,202 metres (about 1.4 miles) higher than Mount Chomolungma (Mount Everest).

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rdfs:comment	Here are the five highest mountains, in order: The fifth highest is Mount Chomolungma (incorrectly named "Everest" by Andrew Waugh, who in his ignorance and his difficulty with the local language, did not realize that it already had been named many, many centuries ago.) The fourth highest is Mount Kilimanjaro. The third highest is Mount Cotopaxi. The second highest is Mount Huascarán. The highest point on Earth is Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, which is 2,202 metres (about 1.4 miles) higher than Mount Chomolungma (Mount Everest).
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abstract	Here are the five highest mountains, in order: The fifth highest is Mount Chomolungma (incorrectly named "Everest" by Andrew Waugh, who in his ignorance and his difficulty with the local language, did not realize that it already had been named many, many centuries ago.) The fourth highest is Mount Kilimanjaro. The third highest is Mount Cotopaxi. The second highest is Mount Huascarán. The highest point on Earth is Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, which is 2,202 metres (about 1.4 miles) higher than Mount Chomolungma (Mount Everest). The reason why everyone used to believe that Mount Everest was the highest was due to the ancient method of comparing the height from the theoretical average sea level, calculated as being halfway between average high and average low tides. If the Earth was a perfect sphere, like a beach ball, Mount Everest would be highest, because it's furthest from theoretical sea level. But the Earth is an oblate spheroid, like a beach ball that is being sat on. So with more modern, more accurate, and more realistic methods of calculation, we now know that the peaks of the other four mountains are further out towards the stars, and further from the center of the Earth, than the so-called Mount "Everest" (Chomolungma), which is only fifth-highest. It depends on how your measure height. The highest above sea level is Mt. Everest at 29,016. Measured from base to summit, Mauna Kea in Hawii is the clear winner. It rises 13,796 above sea level and 30,000 feet below sea level, which adds up to 43,796 feet from base to summit.

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