Todays random geography fact

[SmallTown]

Ben Nevis is only the 23rd highest British mountain

 

[Ian Bairds Ears]

Teesside is the 3rd biggest area compared to 2 larger areas..

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Ben Stiller is more famous.

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Snowdonia is the third highest elevation but 23rd highest prominence. Ben Nevis is highest on both measures.

Source: Me.

 

[Fat_Dragon]

Mount Everest is not the worlds tallest mountain if you take away the sea. That prize goes to Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

The measurement of how high a mountain is calculated from sea level but lots of Mauna Kea is located under sea. If you calculated the height of a mountain from its actual base then Mauna Kea stands at 33,484 feet tall, a whole 4 thousand feet taller than Mount Everest.

 

[SmallTown]

Snowdonia is the third highest elevation but 23rd highest prominence. Ben Nevis is highest on both measures.

Source: Me.

Not if you count overseas territories.

 

[SmallTown]

Mount Everest is not the worlds tallest mountain if you take away the sea.

True, it's the worlds highest mountain, not the worlds tallest. Nor is it's peak furthest away from the centre of the earth

 

[Rofesleg]

Not if you count overseas territories.

Mount Hope

 

[Unravel_Morrison]

Edinburgh is further west than Bristol.

 

[Brian Marwood]

Edinburgh is further west than Bristol.

it cos Britton leans a bit to the left

 

[festa5]

True, it's the worlds highest mountain, not the worlds tallest. Nor is it's peak furthest away from the centre of the earth

that would be Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. So effectively the closest you can get to space while still stood on the earth.

 

[sweet_left_foot]

australia is wider than the moon

 

[CarrickBall]

that would be Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. So effectively the closest you can get to space while still stood on the earth.

I'm being really stupid here I'm guessing...

Why is Chimborazo not recognised as the World's highest mountain over Everest then?

 

[festa5]

I'm being really stupid here I'm guessing...

Why is Chimborazo not recognised as the World's highest mountain over Everest then?

The earth bulges in the middle so the closer to the equator you get, the further from the centre you are.

But of course from top to bottom Everest is taller.

 

[Soutra]

Snowdonia is the third highest elevation but 23rd highest prominence. Ben Nevis is highest on both measures.

Source: Me.

Snowdon is not the third highest elevation of mountains in the UK. It's about 40th, and Scafell Pike is about 140th.

 

[CarrickBall]

Edinburgh is further west than Bristol.

That's off it, that.

 

[Low_Key]

That's off it, that.

i always like the Newcastle is further north than Carlisle one.

 

[SmallTown]

Mount Hope

Correct.

Or Mount Paget if you don't include disputed territories!

Or Queen Marys peak if you only include permanently inhabited settlements.

 

[SmallTown]

australia is wider than the moon

This is without doubt my favourite geography fact

 

[SmallTown]

Kiribati (pronounced Kiribass for some reason) is the only country in the North, East, South and West hemipsheres.

On a similar note:

Japan is further West, further East, further North AND further South than south Korea