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What mountain was the worlds highest mountain before Mt. Everest was discovered?
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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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∙ 13y agoProbably Kangchenjunga. It is actually the third highest peak on the planet, but prior to the establishment of the height of Everest, Kangchenjunga was thought by many to be the highest. When the British survey was completed, Everest came out 'on top', and Kangchenjunga came in third.
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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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∙ 10y agoKanchenjunga was thought to be the highest mountain before Mount Everest was discovered.
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∙ 10y agoKanchenjunga was thought to be the highest mountain before Mount Everest was discovered.
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∙ 11y agoKangchenjunga was then considered the highest peak in the world, until Mount Everest was discovered.
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What is the highest mountain before Everest?
The highest mountain in the world before Mt Everest was discovered was.... Mt Everest !
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 what was the highest mountain?
Mount Kanchenjunga was the highest mountain on earth before mt. Everest + is located in Nepal
Which was the tallest Mountain before Mount Everest was discovered?
mt everest
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.
Was K2 the highest mountain before Everest was discovered?
yes it was. it was found in 1623 and the first person to find it was recardo treatg
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.
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 was the highest mountain the world before Mount Everest?
K2
What was the highest mountain before Monte evrest?
mont Everest is always been the highest mountain
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.
What was the hightest mountain in the world before mount Everest was discovered?
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.
