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How tall is Denali?

Denali has a summit elevation of 6,190 m (20,310 ft) above sea level.

That is about 3.8 miles, or 7.5 times the Burj Khalifa (828 m).

Side by side with Mount Everest, K2 and Mauna Kea

Denali is higher than Mauna Kea by 1,983 m (6,507 ft).Denali: 6,190 m (20,310 ft), summit, above sea level. Mauna Kea: 4,207 m (13,803 ft), summit, above sea level.Denali is higher than Mauna Kea by 1,983 m (6,507 ft).Denali: 6,190 m (20,310 ft), summit, above sea level. Mauna Kea: 4,207 m (13,803 ft), summit, above sea level.

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What Denali’s elevation measures

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Next above Denali on this site: Aconcagua, at 6,967 m (22,858 ft), 777 m (2,548 ft) higher. Next below: Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5,895 m (19,341 ft), 295 m (969 ft) lower.

  • Mauna Kea: 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft). Denali is higher than Mauna Kea by 1,983 m (6,507 ft).
  • Mauna Loa: 4,169 m (13,678 ft). Denali is higher than Mauna Loa by 2,021 m (6,632 ft).
  • K2: 8,611 m (28,251 ft). K2 is higher than Denali by 2,421 m (7,941 ft).

A summit elevation is measured from sea level, not from the mountain’s own base or a trailhead. How height and elevation differ.

How the height was measured

YearSurveyHeight
1898Robert Muldrow, surveyor20,300 ft (6,187 m)
1952Photogrammetry20,320 ft (6,194 m)
2015US Geological Survey, GPS receivers on the summit20,310 ft (6,190 m)

The 2015 survey put Denali 10 ft lower than the figure used since 1952.

Source: Wikipedia, Denali

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Denali, 6,190 m (20,310 ft), drawn to scale beside Mauna Kea, 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft)