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The Tallest Surprise

  • September 29, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The farthest point from the Earth’s center is the top of Mount Chimborazo, a dormant volcano in Ecuador. Our planet’s tallest mountain is Mount Everest in the Himalayas, but the bulge at Earth’s equator gives Chimborazo’s peak an edge.

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