View Highest Mountain Before Mount Everest Was Discovered Background. If your question was before the mount everest was discovered which was the highest peak discovered , my answer would be mount kanchenjunga. Has every mountain in the world been climbed?
Learn about its history, the people who live there, and mount everest is the highest of the himalayan mountains, and—at 8,849 meters (29,032 feet)—is search through these resources to discover more about unique landforms and landscapes around.
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. Has every mountain in the world been climbed? Mount everest was always the highest mountain but i don't know what the highest known mountain was before that. However the one that is tallest from base.