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Good morning Monday, time for some facts about Earth for this week, and this week we are looking at mountains.
There are 1,187,049 mountains on Earth
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth above sea level, however, if measured from the centre of the Earth it wouldn't even be in the top 20. Why? Well the Earth isn't a perfect sphere it is slightly squashed and bulges out in the middle
The oldest person to climb Everest was Yuichiro Miura from Japan who was 80 years old at the time.
The highest unclimbed mountain is Gaqngkhar Puensum in Bhutan which is the 40th highest mountain in the world.
Chimborazo which is in Ecuador is actually the highest mountain in the world and the closest to space, when measured from the centre of the Earth because of the shape of the planet.
Did not know the "measured from the center" stuff. Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know that either and yeah fascinating
Delete1,187,049 mountains on Earth - I had NO IDEA!
ReplyDeleteI know talk about a lot
DeleteI never, ever would have guessed earth has over a million mountains!!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea
DeleteThat is amazing the number of mountains on this earth Jo-Anne. Interesting facts.
ReplyDeleteThank you, who knew so many
DeleteBeautiful blog
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed these earth facts today, Jo-Anne. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am pleased
DeleteFascinating. I hadn't heard of these other mountains. Just Everest.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about mountains let alone that are so many
DeleteThank you for sharing this interesting information about the earth. Hope you have a nice week.
ReplyDeleteThank you for dropping by and having a read
DeleteI love these facts. That was good to read and never knew about the center of the earth.
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