Download Which Mountain Is The Highest Before Mount Everest Pictures. Mount everest was declared the highest peak of the world in 1852 and confirmed in 1856. Because no human being one lived before the orgin of mount everest.
Nathaniel lee and jessica orwig. 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. Mount everest, the highest mountain in the world.
Were there mountains higher than everest?
Mount everest was always the highest mountain but i don't know what the highest known mountain was before that. At 8,849 meters (29,032 feet), it is considered the tallest point on earth. Mount everest—also known as sagarmatha or chomolungma—is the highest mountain on earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level. The sun always rises in the east.