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===Tallest mountain=== {{Further|List of tallest mountains in the Solar System}} * [[Mauna Kea]], tallest mountain from base-to-peak, with a dry [[prominence]] of {{convert|9330|m|abbr=on|0}} and a wet prominence above sea level of {{convert|4,207.3|m|abbr=on|0}}. * [[Denali]] (federally designated as Mount McKinley), tallest mountain from base-to-peak on land, measuring {{convert|5500|meter|feet|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Helman2005">{{cite book|author=Adam Helman|title=The Finest Peaks: Prominence and Other Mountain Measures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kr8AM-w8IFQC|access-date=9 December 2012|date=2005|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=978-1-4120-5995-4|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031053845/https://books.google.com/books?id=kr8AM-w8IFQC|url-status=live}} On p. 20 of Helman (2005):"the base to peak rise of Mount McKinley is the largest of any mountain that lies entirely above sea level, some {{convert|18000|feet|meter|abbr=on}}"</ref>
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