What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador could be considered higher than Everest by one measure.

The highest mountains in the world have a unique allure. ... Then there’s Ecuador’s 6,268m-high Chimborazo, the summit of ...

What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. If you measure altitude above mean sea level, then the 29,032-foot (8,849-meter ...

By Mark Johanson, CNN (CNN) — What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. If you measure altitude above mean sea level ...

Another mountain with an interesting claim to be the world's "highest" is Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. Due to the Earth's equatorial bulge, its peak can be said to be the closest to the sun.

What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador could be considered higher than Everest by one measure.

Chimborazo is only the 39 th tallest mountain in the Andes, when measured from sea level, but there was a brief time in the 19 th century when it was thought to be the world’s highest peak.

By Mark Johanson, CNN (CNN) — What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. If you measure altitude above mean sea level ...