Chimborazo: The Farthest Point from the Center of the Earth

It is not the summit of Everest but that of the Ecuadorian volcano Chimborazo, which is the farthest point from the center of the Earth, although the Nepali mountain remains the tallest on Earth in terms of sea level.

According to reports from El País, a new measurement conducted by a team of French and Ecuadorian scientists has revealed that the summit of Chimborazo (Ecuador) is exactly 6,384.4 kilometers away from the center of the Earth, while that of Everest is 6,382.6 kilometers, slightly less than two kilometers closer to the center of the Earth. This makes the summit of Chimborazo the point on Earth nearest to the sun.

This measurement does not change the fact that Everest remains the tallest mountain on Earth at 8,848 meters above sea level, while Chimborazo is only 6,268 meters high.

This phenomenon is explained by the flattened shape of the planet, which causes differences in the diameters of the two locations where the mountains are situated.