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Is Mt Everest Earth's highest mountain ever?

The Himalayas are only 6m years old, therefore Everest is young in geological terms. Do we know of any "extinct" mountain ranges particularly ones that could be higher than Everest? What is the highest mountain that Earth could support and how would it be made? Limestone all the way to the top would presumably collapse under its own weight; granite would presumably sink back into the crust.

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