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Mount Everest is the highest point above sea level, but because the Earth bulges at the equator, the summit of a volcano in Ecuador sits farther from the centre of the planet, making it the closest piece of land on Earth to outer space.

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Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth above sea level, with an official height of 8,848.86 metres, but it is not the point farthest from the planet’s centre. That distinction belongs to Chimbora

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