Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean. However, if you consider mountains that begin below sea level, Everest is not the ...

an inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaii, would instead come out on top. But there is one more contender for highest mountain: Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in the ...

The Trine University Engineers Without Borders Student Chapter has been awarded an exciting new project to improve the water supply system in Tuntatacto, Ecuador. This rural community of 1,200 people, ...

Chimborazo's summit sits at an altitude of ... the base to peak rather than measurement above sea level, Mauna Kea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii is the highest mountain in the world.