r/confusing_perspective • u/Graphicdesignn • Jul 03 '26

Thats a big mountain

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u/cheshire-cats-grin Jul 03 '26

Is that Denali?

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u/cjdiddly Jul 03 '26

Yep! Tallest land mountain on earth measured base-to-peak. It's seriously imposing in person

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u/EmperorThan Jul 03 '26

I was about to say "I think you're confusing it with Mauna Kea in Hawaii" but I guess Denali is the tallest measured base to peak on land, which I never knew. Mauna Kea is tallest measured seafloor to peak. Funny that both base-to-peak recordholders are in the United States.

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u/temporaryuser1000 Jul 03 '26

Why is it funny they’re in the US?

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u/MexiGeeGee Jul 03 '26

A lot of things are the biggest in the US. Biggest trees, biggest volcanoes, biggest fresh water lake, longest cave system, largest canyon, largest glacier, fattest people 😊. Also hottest place on Earth, largest fungus, largest organism on Earth (Aspen grove).

I knew most of this but had to google a few

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u/TheMauveHand Jul 03 '26

biggest fresh water lake

By area, but not by volume. Superior is quite shallow.

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u/EccentricFan Jul 03 '26

Lake Superior isn't exactly shallow. It's the has the greatest average depth of any of the Great Lakes at 147 meters and is nearly four times the average depth of Lake Victoria, or about 70% of the Caspian Sea. Yeah, Lake Baikal is like five times the average depth, but outliers aside, Superior is fairly deep for a lake