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Literary
July 23, 1913
Potosi Journal
Potosi, Washington County, Missouri
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Factual note on continental altitudes: US max difference 14,777 ft (Mt. Whitney to Death Valley); Asia 30,292 ft (Mt. Everest to Dead Sea); deepest ocean 32,089 ft near Mindanao, exceeding Everest's height.
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Some of Continent's Altitudes.
The maximum difference in elevation of land in the United States is 14,777 feet, according to the United States geological survey. Mount Whitney, the highest point, is 14,501 feet above sea level, and a point in Death Valley is 276 feet below sea level. These two points, which are both in California, are less than ninety miles apart. This difference is small however, as compared with the figures for Asia. Mount Everest rises 29,002 feet above sea level, whereas the shores of the Dead sea are 1,292 feet below sea level, a total difference in land heights of 30,292 feet. Mount Everest has never been climbed. The greatest ocean depth yet found is 32,089 feet, at a point about fifty miles north of the Island of Mindanao, in the Philippine islands. The ocean bottom at this point is therefore more than eleven and a half miles below the summit of Mount Everest.
The maximum difference in elevation of land in the United States is 14,777 feet, according to the United States geological survey. Mount Whitney, the highest point, is 14,501 feet above sea level, and a point in Death Valley is 276 feet below sea level. These two points, which are both in California, are less than ninety miles apart. This difference is small however, as compared with the figures for Asia. Mount Everest rises 29,002 feet above sea level, whereas the shores of the Dead sea are 1,292 feet below sea level, a total difference in land heights of 30,292 feet. Mount Everest has never been climbed. The greatest ocean depth yet found is 32,089 feet, at a point about fifty miles north of the Island of Mindanao, in the Philippine islands. The ocean bottom at this point is therefore more than eleven and a half miles below the summit of Mount Everest.
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Essay
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Nature
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Altitudes
Mount Whitney
Death Valley
Mount Everest
Dead Sea
Ocean Depths
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Some Of Continent's Altitudes.