List of past presumed highest mountains - Wikipedia List of past presumed highest mountains This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2013 ) The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate. ( September 2017 ) 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, 6,267 metres ( 20,561 ft ). 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, 7,816 metres ( 25,643 ft ). 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, 8,167 metres ( 26,795 ft ). Presumed highest from 1808 until 1847. Now known to be the 7th highest mountain in the world. Kangchenjunga, 8,586 metres ( 28,169 ft ). Presumed highest from 1847 until 1852. Now known to be the 3rd highest mountain in the world. Mount Everest, 8,848 metres ( 29,029 ft ). Established as highest in 1852 and officially confirmed in 1856. K2, 8,611 metres ( 28,251 ft ). Discovered in 1856 before Mt. Everest was officially confirmed, K2 's elevation became something of an enigma until it was officially resolved at a later date. 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 29,064 feet ( 8,859 m ) and 29,228 feet ( 8,909 m ). This erroneous figure was quickly retracted, and K2 's status as second highest was reaffirmed. See also World altitude record ( mountaineering ) References Jump up ^ Waller, Derek J. ( 2004 ). The Pundits : British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 174. ISBN 0813191009. ^ Jump up to : Keay, John ( 2003 ). `` The Highest Mountain in the World ''. Imaging Everest. The Royal Geographical Society ( with the Institute of British Geographers ). ISBN 9780743243865. Retrieved May 12, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The tallest mountain in the world ''. Allen 's Indian Mail. 6 October 1856. p. 574. Retrieved 2 September 2013. ^ Jump up to : Ian. `` Which is taller, Mt. Everest or K2 ? ''. The Straight Dope. Retrieved 6 September 2013. This cartography or mapping term article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_past_presumed_highest_mountains&oldid=802888180 '' Categories : Lists of mountains by elevation Cartography stubs Hidden categories : CS1 : Julian -- Gregorian uncertainty Articles needing additional references from September 2013 All articles needing additional references Articles with limited geographic scope from September 2017 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Français 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 29 September 2017, at 02 : 14 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what was the tallest mountain in the world before mount everest was discovered
Answer: K2