Question

mount Whitney is 14,494 feet above sea level. Death Valleyis 282 feet below sea level what is the difference between these two elevations

Answer 1

If sea level is 0, and Mt. Whitney is 14,494 ft. above sea level. The difference between those two elevations is 14,494 feet. If death Valley is 282 feet below sea level, add the two to get the total distance away from each other. Your answer is 14,776.

Answer 2

Describe each as below sea level, at sea level, or above sea level.

Death Valley sits at an elevation of –282 feet.

✔ below sea level

The elevation of Mount Whitney is 14,494 feet.

✔ above sea level

The elevation of the Singapore Strait is 0 feet.

✔ at sea level