THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN...

...on Earth is the Mount Everest in the Himalayas. 


Everest
The Mount Everest.

The Himalayas is a mountain range placed in Asia. The Himalayan range is home of the highest peaks on Earth, being the Mount Everest the highest one. 

The Himalaya,

The Himalayas include over a hundred mountains exceeding 7,200 metres in heigh. They also include some of the eight-thousanders, that is, the mountains that are more than 8,000 metres high above sea level.


The eight-thousanders.

The Mount Everest is 8,848 metres high. By contrast, the highest peak outside Asia, Aconcagua, in the Andes, is 6,961 metres high. So, the Mount Everest is higher than the Mount Aconcagua. 

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