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The following is a list of mountains that have been presumed, at one time, to be the highest mountain in the world. How general were the following presumptions is unclear. Before the age of exploration, no geographer could make any plausible assumption. * Chimborazo, . Presumed highest from sixteenth century until the beginning of the 19th century. Not in the top 100 highest mountains when measured from sea level, however due to the earth's equatorial bulge this is the farthest point from the Earth's center. * Nanda Devi, . Presumed highest in the world before Kangchenjunga was sighted in an era when Nepal was still closed to the outside world. Now known to be the 23rd highest mountain in the world. * Dhaulagiri, . Presumed highest from 1808 until 1838. Now known to be the 7th highest mountain in the world. * Kangchenjunga, . Presumed highest from 1838 until 1852. Now known to be the 3rd highest mountain in the world. * Mount Everest, . Established as highest in 1852 and officially confirmed in 1856. * K2, . News media reported in 1986 that satellite measurements by the University of Washington during an expedition to K2 by George Wallenstein had given a height between and . This erroneous figure was quickly retracted, and K2's status as second highest was reaffirmed.〔 ==See also== *World altitude record (mountaineering) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of past presumed highest mountains」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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