• WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      What an interesting reaction to facts. I’m assuming you’re a USer, so I’ll break it down for you in freedom bits:

      There is a difference between elevation and prominence.

      Denali is 20,310 feet in elevation and 20,146 feet in prominence.

      Pike’s Peak is 14,115 feet in elevation and 5530 feet in prominence. (5530 feet = 1,685.544 meters.) This difference in prominence makes Denali appear to rise up to nearly four times the height of PP.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_highest_major_summits_of_the_United_States

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      4 days ago

      As someone from outside US I prefer the metric answer though

      Excuse my ignorance, I looked it up because I got confused: “an altitude of 14,115 feet above sea level” is basically 4,300m so yeah