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Everest Is No Longer Earth’s Tallest Mountain: Scientists Uncover Continent-Sized Structures 100X Taller and Billions of Years Old

Season 1, Ep. 10332

A new study published in Nature reveals the existence of two colossal subterranean structures stretching from the core-mantle boundary deep within the planet. Towering up to 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) high—nearly 100 times taller than Mount Everest—these features sit beneath Africa and the central Pacific Ocean.