17+ Highest Mountain In The World Before Mt Everest Images. Now it is known as third highest mountain in the world. Mount everest was always the highest mountain but i don't know what the highest known mountain was before that.
Everest, at 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) above sea level, undeniably claims the point of highest altitude in the world.
It just wasn't discovered yet. Before climbing everest, he had scaled mountains in new zealand and europe (the alps). Write in the comments how. Mount kanchenjunga was the highest mountain on earth before mt.