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How high could a mountain get on Earth?

But on Earth, mountains can't grow much higher than Mount Everest, which extends 29,029 feet (8,840 meters) above sea level.



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The answer is debatable. Mount Chimborazo's peak is the furthest point on Earth from Earth's center. The summit is over 6,800 feet [2,072 meters] farther from Earth's center than Mount Everest's summit. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base to peak at more than 33,500 feet [10,210 meters].

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K2, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft).

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But according to Baker, it's entirely possible. You could conceivably go higher than the highest mountain, as long as you kept spreading a wider and wider base, Baker says. Theoretically, then, a building could be built at least as tall as 8,849 meters, one meter taller than Mount Everest.

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Robert Pershing Wadlow, born February, 22, 1918, was and still remains the World's Tallest Man at 8 ft. 11 in. Wadlow weighed 439 lbs. and also holds the title for the World's Largest Hands at 12.75 in., and the World's Largest Feet at 18.5 in.

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Jeddah Tower: the world's future tallest skyscaper - We Build Value.

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