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It depends where you measure from. Considering the base of the mountain, this would be Mauna Kea in Hawaii, which is slightly higher than Mauna Loa. The base of the volcano is the seafloor some 20,000 feet below the surface.

Considering height above sea level, the tallest is the Nevado Ojos del Salado at 22,615 ft (6,893m), on the border between Chile and Argentina in the Andes.

The highest volcano in the US is Mount Bona in Alaska at 16,421 ft (5,005 m) tall.

Prominence:

Objects have a wet and dry prominence. Wet prominence can be thought of as height above sea level. Dry prominence is the height of the summit above the lowest surrounding point, in some cases well below sea level.

If your datum is sea level, the tallest is

Ojos del Salado, at 22,615 ft (6,893 m), on the Chilean/Argentinean border.

If, however you are referring to dry prominence then the tallest is

Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Nearly 20,000 feet of it is under the Pacific Ocean.

However there is a special rule for Mt. Everest whereby its dry prominence is assumed to be from its summit to the base of the very deepest part of the ocean floor on Earth (the Challenger Deep).

For more information on topographic prominence please see the related link. Mauna Kea in hawaii

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1 Ojos del Salado

Argentina & ChileHeight: 22,595 feet or 6,887 meters

2 Llullaillaco

Argentina & ChileHeight: 22,057 feet or 6,723 meters

3 Tipas

ArgentinaHeight: 21,850 feet or 6,660 meters

4 Cerro El Condor

ArgentinaHeight: 21,430 feet or 6,532 meters

5 Coropuna

PeruHeight: 20,922 feet or 6,377 meters

6 Parinacota

ChileHeight: 20,827 feet or 6,348 meters

7 Chimborazo

EcuadorHeight: 20,702 feet or 6,310 meters

8 Pular

ChileHeight: 20,449 feet or 6,233 meters

9 Cerro Aucanquilcha

ChileHeight: 20,262 feet or 6,176 meters

10 San Pedro

ChileHeight: 20,161 feet or 6,145 meter

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Nevado Ojos del Salado in the Andes is the highest volcano in the world. It is also the second highest mountain in the Americas.

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well first of all the largest volcano is maura loa on hawaiis biggest iseland the the second biggest is on this womans face its MASSIVE v big zit

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The tallest volcano in the world is Mauna Kea. Mauna Kea is 4,205 meters above sea level, however, the base of the volcano sits on the ocean floor making its full height over 9,000 meters.

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Mt. Hawaii

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Ojos del Salado

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