Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 8/Answers/Question 1

Piton des Neiges minus Piton de la Fournaise equals 544 meters.

Found by following Mauritius to Geography of Mauritius to Cargados Carajos Shoals to Mascarene Islands. --Alterego 04:58, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)

Mauritius: "The island of Mauritius itself is formed around a central plateau, with its highest peak in the southwest, Piton de la Riviere Noire at 828 m." but as for the second highest... -- ALoan (Talk) 12:20, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

FreplySpang's answer
Could it be that these are two different peaks, both 828m tall, so that the answer is 0m? FreplySpang (talk) 20:27, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Mauritius asserts, "The island of Mauritius itself is formed around a central plateau, with its highest peak in the southwest, Piton de la Riviere Noire at 828 m.".
 * 2) Geography of Mauritius says "highest point: Mont Piton 828 m".


 * ''I believe both of these refers to the same mountain. Eugene van der Pijll 21:29, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

828 meters?
From Geography of Mauritius the highest point is Mont Piton at 828 meters and the second highest is the Indian Ocean at 0 meters. --Alterego 21:44, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

The answer is 432 m
Mont Piton (on the island of Mauritius) is 828 m. Mont Limon (on the island of Rodrigues, part of the Republic of Mauritius) is 396 m.  The difference is 432 m.

Found by reading the Mauritius article and going to the other islands in the Republic, including Rodrigues. The elevation of Mont Limon is noted on the map Image:Rodrigues 76.jpg. JimCollaborator &laquo;talk&raquo; 18:34, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

Alphax's answer
From Mauritius - highest peak in the southwest, Piton de la Riviere Noire at 828 m and from there to Geography of Mauritius to Image:Mauritius rel90.jpg, revealing nothing. Backtracking and trying Rodrigues reveals Image:Rodrigues 76.jpg, which has Mont Limon at 396 m. In the absence of any further information (no google searches) I will give an answer of 432 m. Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 16:48, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Damn! Already answered. Try another. Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 16:50, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * ''The correct answer hasn't been given yet... I don't know what you mean by "no google searches": it is allowed to use external search engines as long as you restrict the search to wikipedia. I've checked, and the answer can easily be found with an external search. Eugene van der Pijll 11:56, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Alright,
 * Is the highest point 828 metres?
 * What is the degree of separation between Mauritius and the article where the height of the second highest peak is given?
 * Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 09:51, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * I'm in a good mood, so:
 * 1. Yes.
 * 2. In that direction, I believe it's 4. I'm certain that it is 1 in reverse.
 * Eugene van der Pijll 10:05, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

821 meters?
Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean mentions that Mauritius claims Tromelin Island which has a highest elevation of 7 meters. --Alterego 16:11, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)


 * ''No. All of the answers given so far, are too high. Eugene van der Pijll 21:30, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Even 0m ? Clearly there are many mountains above sea level on the island... --Alterego 00:02, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes. The second highest mountain is higher than any mountain or hill mentioned above, so the difference is lower. Eugene van der Pijll 06:19, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Pieter Both
According to Mauritius, the highest mountain is Piton de la Riviere Noire at 828 m, however, according to Pieter Both, the second highest mountain is Pieter Both at 829m!? The difference here is 1m, however something here is askew. -- Thejesterx 15:34, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * that's gotta be it, considering he edited that article :) (-1 meter is probably what he was waiting for) --Alterego 15:38, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * ''Yep. Fortunately for Thejesterx (and unfortunately for you), I'll accept +1 meter as well. When I wrote the article, I got the height from a google search; it may well be wrong. According to other pages, its height is 820 or 823 m. Eugene van der Pijll 16:01, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * lol i wasn't trying to steal his mojo =) --Alterego 17:07, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

900km