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(Creative Commons) It doesn't look that tall. The world's tallest mountain technically is not Mount Everest. . View gallery. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain above sea level, but if we're talking sheer height here, base to summit, then the tallest mountain is Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. Here's how it breaks down:
There are two mountains that could claim the title of the world's tallest. The summit of Mount Everest is higher above sea level than the summit of any other mountain, but Mauna Kea is the tallest when measured from base to summit. Mount Everest. When measuring mountain summits by their height above sea level, Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. Standing at 29,035 feet (8,850 meters) it reigns over the eight-thousanders club, a list that consists of the 14 mountains on Earth that are at least 8,000 meters tall.