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Before Mount Everest was discovered what was the tallest mountain in the world?
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∙ 10y ago
Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest
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∙ 6y agoUntil 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest.
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∙ 10y agoUntil 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest.
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∙ 15y agoStill would of been Mount Everest, even though it had not been discovered it was still there. Before it was named in 1856 by Andrew Waugh, the then British Surveyor General of India and its height of 29002 ft. first published by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India, Mount Everest happened to be the tallest mountain on the surface of the Earth.
Prior to its naming after the erstwhile Surveyor General, George Everest, it was simply known and referred to as Peak XV.
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∙ 12y agomount Everest
just because it wasn't discovered it doesn't mean the it was'NT the highest mountain
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∙ 12y agomount Everest just because it was not discovered does not mean its not there
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∙ 12y agoit would still be Everest
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Which was the tallest Mountain before Mount Everest was discovered?
mt everest
What was the tallest mountain before mt Everest was discovered?
Mt. Everest. It doesn't matter if it was discovered or not. It was still the tallest mountain. -Aura :)
What was the tallest mountain in the world before mount Everest was found?
it was nothing!!! MT. EVEREST WAS STILL THE HIGHEST...JUST NOT DISCOVERED YET!
Before Mount Everest was discovered what was the tallest mountain on earth?
It was still Mount Everest. Mount Everest is in Asia, in the Old World, and so was not recently discovered by Europeans.
Which mountain was the tallest mountain before Mount Everest?
k2 is the mountain
What is the highest mountain before Everest?
The highest mountain in the world before Mt Everest was discovered was.... Mt Everest !
Which mountain was the tallest before Mount Everest was discovered k2?
Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world standing at 8,586m or 28,169ft high.
Before Everest was discovered what was the tallest mountain in the world?
Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest.
What is the tallest mount before mount Everest?
Mount Everest was the highest mountain regardless of whether it was discovered or not. Due to tectonic movements, Mount Everest was growing since the dawn of humanity some 2-4 million years ago. Before that it is possible that Everest wasn't the highest mountain, but since there aren't any records stating height of mountains, then we could technically say that Everest has always been the highest mountain regardless of whether humans or their descendants named a higher mountain.
What is the tallest mountain in the world and who climed it before an how tall is it?
The tallest mountain in the world is Mount Everest at 29,028 feet. It was first climbed by Sir Edmund Hilary in May 1953.
What was the tallest mountain in Australia before Mount Kosciuszko was discovered?
mount buffolo
What was the second tallest mountain in the world before mt Everest was discovered?
K2, also known as Chhogori/Qogir, Ketu/Kechu, and Mount Godwin-Austen, is the second highest mountain in the world at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), after Mount Everest. It is located on the border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.
