One mountain. Two very different heights.
Which height do you mean?
Mount Rainier is 4,392 m above sea level, yet rises nearly 4.8 km above some lowlands to its west.
Elevation and local relief answer different questions from different reference points.
Depends on the measurement reference
How certain is this?
Local relief is not summit elevation; both are preserved as separate measurement properties.
Sources
- Mount Rainier — USGS
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