A HUGE underwater mountain has been discovered off the coast of Guatemala. The discovery was made by unsuspecting scientists who were mapping the seafloor. The mountain is said to measure over 5,24… ...

Created by the British Antarctic Survey, Bedmap2 drew upon millions of new measurements of the frozen continent's surface elevation, ice thickness, and bedrock topography from a wide variety of ...

Researchers have analyzed mountain ranges worldwide to show that a theory relating erosion and mountain height doesn't always add up. Over millions of years, Earth's summits and valleys have moved ...

On Earth, Mauna Kea is really the largest mountain, but it starts below sea level, so even though it is 1.35 km taller than Everest, it appears to be half the height of Everest.

In 1856, Everest’s height was first calculated to be 8,840 meters (29,002 feet) above sea level by a team led by British surveyor Sir George Everest, the man whom the mountain was named after.

Buried under miles of ice, Antarctica 's mysterious mountain ranges are coming into sharper focus thanks to a new map. Created by the British Antarctic Survey, Bedmap2 drew upon millions of new ...