If you ask almost anyone to name the highest mountain in the world, their answer will probably be mount everest. mount everest, located on the border between china and nepal, has an altitude of … Mauna kea (4,207 m (13,802 ft) above sea level) is the world 's tallest mountain and volcano, rising about 10,203 m (33,474 ft) from the pacific ocean floor. Mount everest is best described as the highest mountain in the world.

It has the greatest elevation, at more than 29,000 feet (about 8,850 meters) above sea level. By contrast, the tallest mountain on earth (measured from base to peak) is mauna kea (“white mountain”) on the island of hawaii, usa, at approximately 10,205 m (33,480 ft) from seabed to …