Mauna Kea ialah gunung berapi tidak aktif di Kepulauan Hawaii di Amerika Serikat. Mauna Kea memiliki ketinggian sekitar 4205 meter. Merupakan gunung berapi tertinggi di dunia jika diukur dari dasarnya, karena dasarnya terletak sekita 5800 meter di bawah permukaan Samudra Pasifik sehingga total ketinggiannya mencapai 10 kilometer. Dalam bahasa Hawaii, Mauna Kea berarti Gunung Putih karena puncaknya yang tertutup salju.
Dalam pelajaran geografi di sekolah kita sering mendapat informasi bahwa gunung tertinggi di dunia adalah gunung Everest atau Mount Everest di Nepal. Benarkah demikian? Ternyata ini tidaklah sepenuhnya benar! Apa alasannya? Kalau tidak benar, so gunung mana yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan Everest?
Sebelum kita menjawab benar atau salah, terlebih dahulu kita telaah dulu beberapa cara mengukur dan menentukan gunung tertinggi di dunia. Cara-cara tersebut adalah sbb:
1. Pengukuran dilakukan dari atas permukaan laut (from above sea level).
2. Pengukuran dilakukan dari dasar gunung (from its bottom/base).
3. Pengukuran dilakukan dari pusat bumi (from the center of the earth).
Apabila cara pertama dilakukan, maka benarlah adanya bahwa Mount Everest adalah gunung tertinggi di dunia dengan ketinggian dari permukaan laut adalah 8.848 meter, disusul kemudian gunung K2 di Kashmir/Xinjiang (8.611 meter) dan tertinggi ke-3 adalah Gunung Kangchenjunga di Nepal/India (8.586 meter).
Apabila cara kedua dilakukan, maka Gunung Mauna Kea di Hawaii/USA merupakan yang tertinggi. Gunung ini menjulang dari dasar kedalaman Samudera Pasifik sepanjang 10,203 meter tetapi hanya setinggi 4.205 meter di atas permukaan laut. Dengan metode pengukuran ke dua ini Gunung Everest hanya berada di posisi ke-3 di bawah Gunung Denali (Mount McKinley) di Alaska dengan ketinggian antara 5,300-5,900 meters. Denali lebih tinggi dari Everest karena Everest
Dalam pelajaran geografi di sekolah kita sering mendapat informasi bahwa gunung tertinggi di dunia adalah gunung Everest atau Mount Everest di Nepal. Benarkah demikian? Ternyata ini tidaklah sepenuhnya benar! Apa alasannya? Kalau tidak benar, so gunung mana yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan Everest?
Sebelum kita menjawab benar atau salah, terlebih dahulu kita telaah dulu beberapa cara mengukur dan menentukan gunung tertinggi di dunia. Cara-cara tersebut adalah sbb:
1. Pengukuran dilakukan dari atas permukaan laut (from above sea level).
2. Pengukuran dilakukan dari dasar gunung (from its bottom/base).
3. Pengukuran dilakukan dari pusat bumi (from the center of the earth).
Apabila cara pertama dilakukan, maka benarlah adanya bahwa Mount Everest adalah gunung tertinggi di dunia dengan ketinggian dari permukaan laut adalah 8.848 meter, disusul kemudian gunung K2 di Kashmir/Xinjiang (8.611 meter) dan tertinggi ke-3 adalah Gunung Kangchenjunga di Nepal/India (8.586 meter).
Apabila cara kedua dilakukan, maka Gunung Mauna Kea di Hawaii/USA merupakan yang tertinggi. Gunung ini menjulang dari dasar kedalaman Samudera Pasifik sepanjang 10,203 meter tetapi hanya setinggi 4.205 meter di atas permukaan laut. Dengan metode pengukuran ke dua ini Gunung Everest hanya berada di posisi ke-3 di bawah Gunung Denali (Mount McKinley) di Alaska dengan ketinggian antara 5,300-5,900 meters. Denali lebih tinggi dari Everest karena Everest
ENGLISH
Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano in the Hawaiian Islands the United States . Mauna Kea has a height of about 4205 meters . Is
the highest volcano in the world if measured from its base , because
basically lies About a 5800 meters below the surface of the Pacific
Ocean so that the total height of up to 10 kilometers . In the Hawaiian language , Mauna Kea means White Mountain as a snow-covered peak .
In a geography lesson in school we often get information that the world's highest mountain is Mount Everest or Mount Everest in Nepal . Is this true ? Turns out this is not entirely true ! What is the reason ? If it is not true , so the mountain which is higher than Everest ?
Before we answer right or wrong , we must first examine some of the ways used to measure and determine the highest mountain in the world . These methods are as follows :
1 . Measurements were made from above sea level ( from above sea level ) .2 . Measurements were taken from the base of the mountain ( from its bottom / base ) .3 . Measurements were taken from the center of the earth ( from the center of the earth ) .
If the first way is done , then it is true that the existence of Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world with a height from sea level is 8,848 meters , followed the mountain K2 in Kashmir / Xinjiang ( 8,611 meters ) and the 3rd highest is Mount Kangchenjunga in Nepal / India ( 8,586 meters ) .
If the second way is done , then Mount Mauna Kea in Hawaii / USA is the highest . The towering mountain base depth of 10.203 meters along the Pacific Ocean , but only as high as 4,205 meters above sea level . With these two methods of measurement of Mount Everest to just be in the 3rd position below Mount Denali ( Mount McKinley ) in Alaska with a height of between 5.300 to 5.900 meters . Denali higher than Everest Everest
In a geography lesson in school we often get information that the world's highest mountain is Mount Everest or Mount Everest in Nepal . Is this true ? Turns out this is not entirely true ! What is the reason ? If it is not true , so the mountain which is higher than Everest ?
Before we answer right or wrong , we must first examine some of the ways used to measure and determine the highest mountain in the world . These methods are as follows :
1 . Measurements were made from above sea level ( from above sea level ) .2 . Measurements were taken from the base of the mountain ( from its bottom / base ) .3 . Measurements were taken from the center of the earth ( from the center of the earth ) .
If the first way is done , then it is true that the existence of Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world with a height from sea level is 8,848 meters , followed the mountain K2 in Kashmir / Xinjiang ( 8,611 meters ) and the 3rd highest is Mount Kangchenjunga in Nepal / India ( 8,586 meters ) .
If the second way is done , then Mount Mauna Kea in Hawaii / USA is the highest . The towering mountain base depth of 10.203 meters along the Pacific Ocean , but only as high as 4,205 meters above sea level . With these two methods of measurement of Mount Everest to just be in the 3rd position below Mount Denali ( Mount McKinley ) in Alaska with a height of between 5.300 to 5.900 meters . Denali higher than Everest Everest
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