List of past presumed highest mountains
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The following is a list of mountains that have been presumed, at one time, to be the highest mountain in the world. How general the following presumptions were is unclear.
- Chimborazo, 6,267 metres (20,561 ft). Presumed highest from (?) until the beginning of the nineteenth century.
- Dhaulagiri, 8,167 metres (26,795 ft). Presumed highest from 1808 until 1838 (?).
- Kangchenjunga, 8,586 metres (28,169 ft). Presumed highest from 1838 until 1852.
- Mount Everest, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). Established as highest in 1852.
[edit] Related notes
- This list has no relevance before the first world-wide explorations in the sixteenth century. However there may have been a generally agreed presumptive winner before Chimborazo.
- The summit of Chimborazo is in fact the farthest point from the Earth's center, due to the equatorial bulge. (There may be a close tie with Huascarán.)
- An inaccurate survey in the 1980s led to claims that K2, 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), was in fact higher than Everest. These claims were widely reported but were found to have no validity.
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