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Summits farthest from the Earth's center

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Although Mount Everest is the point with the highest elevation above sea level on the Earth, it is not the summit that is farthest from the Earth's center. Because of the equatorial bulge, the summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Andes is the point on the Earth that is farthest from the center, and is 2,168 m (7,113 ft) farther from the Earth's center than the summit of Everest. The second-farthest summit, Huascarán, also in the Andes, is only about 10 metres closer to the Earth's center.

Position Type Summit Distance from Earth's center[1] Elevation above sea level m Latitude Country
1 Dormant Volcano Chimborazo 6,384.4 kilometres or 3,967.1 miles 6,267 metres (20,561 ft) 1°28'9"S Ecuador
2 Mountain Huascarán (Sur Summit) 6,384.4 kilometres or 3,967.1 miles 6,768 metres (22,205 ft) 9°7′17″S Peru
3 Mountain Yerupajá 6,384.3 kilometres or 3,967.0 miles 6,655 metres (21,834 ft) 10°16′01″S Peru
4 Active Volcano Cotopaxi 6,384.1 kilometres or 3,966.9 miles 5,897 metres (19,347 ft) 0°40′50″S Ecuador
5 Mountain Huandoy 6,384.0 kilometres or 3,966.8 miles 6,395 metres (20,981 ft) 9°01′38″S Peru
6 Dormant Volcano Kilimanjaro (Kibo Summit) 6,384.0 kilometres or 3,966.8 miles 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) 3°4′33″S Tanzania
7 Active Volcano Cayambe 6,384.0 kilometres or 3,966.8 miles 5,790 metres (19,000 ft) 0°1′30″N Ecuador
8 Volcano Antisana 6,383.9 kilometres or 3,966.8 miles 5,753 metres (18,875 ft) 0°28'53″N Ecuador
9 Mountain Siula Grande 6,383.8 kilometres or 3,966.7 miles 5,790 metres (19,000 ft) 10°17′S Peru
27 [citation needed] Mountain Mount Everest 6,382.3 kilometres or 3,965.8 miles 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) 27°59′17″N Nepal

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References

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  1. ^ Biegert, Mark. "The Farthest Mountaintops from the Center of the Earth". Retrieved 2018-07-04.