Summits farthest from the Earth's center

Although Mount Everest is the point with the highest elevation above sea level on the Earth, it is not the summit that is farthest from the Earth's center.[1][2] Because of the equatorial bulge, the summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Andes is the point on the Earth that is farthest from the center, and is 2,168 m (7,113 ft) farther from the Earth's center than the summit of Everest.[1][2][3] The second-farthest summit, Huascarán, also in the Andes, is only about 10 metres closer to the Earth's center.

Background

Planet Earth is not a perfect sphere, but has an oblate spheroid shape, because the planet's rotation gives the planet an equatorial bulge.[4] As a result, mean sea level at the poles is 6,356.8 kilometres (3,949.9 mi) from the center of the Earth , while mean sea level at the equator is 6,378.1 kilometres (3,963.2 mi) from the center of the Earth.[4] This means sea level at the equator is about 22 kilometres (14 mi) further away from the centre of the Earth than sea level is at the poles is.[4] Because Mount Chimborazo is quite close to the equator, its summit is about 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) further from the centre of the earth than the summit of Mount Everest is.[4][5] At least 26 other mountain summits are also further from the center of the Earth than Mount Everest is due to Earth's equatorial bulge.[6]

List of summits

Position Type Summit Distance from Earth's center[6] Elevation above sea level m Latitude Country
1 Dormant Volcano Chimborazo 6,384.4 kilometres or 3,967.1 miles 6,267 metres (20,561 ft) 1°28′09″S Ecuador
2 Mountain Huascarán (Sur Summit) 6,384.4 kilometres or 3,967.1 miles 6,768 metres (22,205 ft) 9°07′17″S Peru
3 Mountain Yerupajá 6,384.3 kilometres or 3,967.0 miles 6,655 metres (21,834 ft) 10°16′01″S Peru
4 Active Volcano Cotopaxi 6,384.1 kilometres or 3,966.9 miles 5,897 metres (19,347 ft) 0°40′50″S Ecuador
5 Mountain Huandoy 6,384.0 kilometres or 3,966.8 miles 6,395 metres (20,981 ft) 9°01′38″S Peru
6 Dormant Volcano Kilimanjaro (Kibo Summit) 6,384.0 kilometres or 3,966.8 miles 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) 3°04′33″S Tanzania
7 Active Volcano Cayambe 6,384.0 kilometres or 3,966.8 miles 5,790 metres (19,000 ft) 0°01′30″N Ecuador
8 Volcano Antisana 6,383.9 kilometres or 3,966.8 miles 5,753 metres (18,875 ft) 0°28′53″N Ecuador
9 Mountain Siula Grande 6,383.8 kilometres or 3,966.7 miles 5,790 metres (19,000 ft) 10°17′S Peru
10 Mountain Alpamayo 6,383.6 kilometres or 3,966.6 miles 5,947 metres (19,511 ft) 8°52′47″S Peru
11 Mountain Pisco (Western summit) (Nevado Pisco) 6,383.4 kilometres or 3,966.5 miles 5,752 metres (18,871 ft) 9°00′43″S Peru
12 [citation needed] Extinct Volcano Mount Kenya 6,383.336 kilometres or 3,966.421 miles 5,199 metres (17,057 ft) 0°09′03″S Kenya
13 Mountain Salcantay 6,383.3 kilometres or 3,966.4 miles 6,271 metres (20,574 ft) 13°20′01″S Peru
14 [citation needed] Mountain Pico Simón Bolívar 6,383.2 kilometres or 3,966.3 miles 5,720 metres (18,770 ft) 10°50′05″S Colombia
14 Mountain Pico Cristóbal Colón 6,383.2 kilometres or 3,966.3 miles 5,776 metres (18,950 ft) 10°50′18″S Colombia
15 Volcano Coropuna 6,383.1 kilometres or 3,966.3 miles 6,425 metres (21,079 ft) 15°33′00″S Peru
16 Mountain Ancohuma (Janq'u Uma) 6,383.0 kilometres or 3,966.2 miles 6,427 metres (21,086 ft) 15°51′12″S Bolivia
17 Mountain Illampu 6,383.0 kilometres or 3,966.2 miles 6,368 metres (20,892 ft) 15°49′00″S Bolivia
18 Mountain Illimani 6,382.9 kilometres or 3,966.2 miles 6,462 metres (21,201 ft) 16°38′00″S Bolivia
19 Volcano Ampato 6,382.9 kilometres or 3,966.2 miles 6,288 metres (20,630 ft) 15°49′14″S Peru
20 Volcano Rumiñahui 6,382.9 kilometres or 3,966.2 miles 4,721 metres (15,489 ft) 0°34′53″S Ecuador
21 Volcano Nevado Sajama 6,382.7 kilometres or 3,966.0 miles 6,542 metres (21,463 ft) 18°06′29″S Bolivia
22 Mountain Chachacomani (Chachakumani) 6,382.6 kilometres or 3,966.0 miles 6,074 metres (19,928 ft) 15°59′14″S Bolivia
23 Extinct volcano Hualca Hualca (Wallqa Wallqa) 6,382.6 kilometres or 3,966.0 miles 6,025 metres (19,767 ft) 15°43′13″S Peru
24 Mountain Huayna Potosí 6,382.6 kilometres or 3,966.0 miles 6,088 metres (19,974 ft) 16°15′45″S Bolivia
25 Dormant volcano Chachani 6,382.6 kilometres or 3,966.0 miles 6,057 metres (19,872 ft) 16°11′00″S Peru
26 Volcano Parinacota (Parinaquta) 6,382.5 kilometres or 3,965.9 miles 6,348 metres (20,827 ft) 18°09′58″S Bolivia

Chile

27 Volcano Pomerape 6,382.4 kilometres or 3,965.8 miles 6,282 metres (20,610 ft) 18°07′33″S Chile

Bolivia

28 Volcano Misti (El Misti) 6,382.3 kilometres or 3,965.8 miles 5,822 metres (19,101 ft) 16°17′47″S Peru
29 Additional summits omitted by source For method see source[6] Only Summits over 5,500 m[6] See [6]
30 [citation needed] Mountain Mount Everest 6,382.3 kilometres or 3,965.8 miles 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) 27°59′17″N Nepal

China

References

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  3. ^ Jennings, Ken (June 4, 2012). "Mt. Everest Is Not the Highest Point on Earth". Condé Nast Traveler (www.cntraveler.com). Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
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  5. ^ "Is Mount Everest Really the Tallest Mountain in the World?". Jambo International Tour (www.jambointernational.tour.com). Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. June 12, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
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Further reading

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summits_farthest_from_the_Earth%27s_center