Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the highest point on Earth from the center of the Earth and the closest point on Earth to the Moon. Chimborazo in Ecuador is 2,168 m (7,113 ft) farther from earth's center (6,384.4 km (3,967.1 mi)) than that of Everest (6,382.3 km (3,965.8 mi), because the earth bulges at the equator.
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