View Tallest Mountain Before Everest Was Discovered Gif. The summit of mount everest is higher above sea level than the summit of any other mountain, but mauna kea is the tallest when measured from base to summit. And the metaphysicians will have a point, because before everest was discovered (or measured accurately, or however you want to describe it) so if it wasn't everest, which mountain was it?
The mountain, which is part of the himalaya range in high asia, is located on the border between nepal and tibet.
In 1847 kangchenjunga was discovered as highest mountain before discovery of mount everest. The chronological list of the mountains which were once presumed to be the tallest in the world. The sun always rises in the east. I hade a class about it before.