Parowan Times | 1934-07-06 | Page 3 | Highest Mountain

highest mountain measuring from the center ot of the earth instead of from sea level the highest mountain of the globe is not mt Ry erest but mt bit chimborazo Chim borazo lu in the andes accord according ln to calculations made by EL a german scientist says literary digest on this scale chira chim bornazos bo razos peak Is miles from the center of the earth everesta Eve rests only four other peaks huns caran peru cotopaxa cotopaxi ecuador denla rast east africa and kilimanjaro africa are also higher above the earths center than everest nv rv erest the difference in tile the measurement Is due to the bulge of the earth at the equator