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Tidgy's Dad

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Ouch. Well, that was a few years ago!
Thank you ever so much... Should I keep track?
No.
I don't usually say how many points I give a post, it takes long enough already.
Wait til the end of the month
I really am keeping track.
Out of interest that was 3.
2 pts basic and 1 for being polite.
 

Moozillion

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Wa wa - 10 pts.
it's actually Mauna Loa (pronounced 'lower' ha, ha a volcano in Hawaii.
It's 4,170 m above sea level, 5,000m below sea level and a further 8,000 metres under the sea bed.
So that's almost 55,000 ft, compared to Everest's puny 29,000 feet.
But also Mount Kilimanjaro is higher on two counts, firstly it rises straight out of the plain, whereas Everest is one of many pointy bits on the high Himalayan plateau and also Kilimanjaro is on the equator, which means, the earth being an oblate spheroid, that it bulges out at this point making Kilimanjaro substantially further away from the centre of the earth.
Everest is not the highest mountain in the world, but only the highest peak above sea level.
I SUSPECTED there was more to that question!!!!! :p
 

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