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Is Mauna Loa taller than Mount Everest?

No. Mount Everest is higher than Mauna Loa by 4,680 m (15,354 ft).

Mount Everest is higher than Mauna Loa by 4,680 m (15,354 ft).Mauna Loa: 4,169 m (13,678 ft), summit, above sea level. Mount Everest: 8,849 m (29,032 ft), summit, above sea level.Mount Everest is higher than Mauna Loa by 4,680 m (15,354 ft).Mauna Loa: 4,169 m (13,678 ft), summit, above sea level. Mount Everest: 8,849 m (29,032 ft), summit, above sea level.4,680 m

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Mauna Loa, on the island of Hawaii, is the largest volcano on land by volume, but its summit is far lower above sea level than Everest’s.

Both columns start at sea level and show the sourced summit elevations. Neither column measures from the mountain’s local base.

Where these heights come from

Mauna Loa has a summit elevation of 4,169 m (13,678 ft) above sea level. See all of Mauna Loa’s listed heights.

Mount Everest has a summit elevation of 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level. See all of Mount Everest’s listed heights.

Both summit heights are measured from sea level. Mount Everest has the higher summit elevation; that does not establish which mountain rises farther from its own base.

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For the height itself, cite the original publisher as well: NASA (Mauna Loa), Department of Survey, Nepal (Mount Everest).

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Mauna Loa, 4,169 m (13,678 ft), and Mount Everest, 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft), drawn to scale on one baseline