We need to know the angle of the sun relative to the surface of Pluto in the photo, assuming it was dead level with the surface that would exaggerate the height of the mountain, assuming it was close to noon would minimize the perceived height and if that was true it would be a very big-ass mountain.
Maybe nasa has already done the math.
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Originally Posted by NASA
New close-up images of a region near Pluto’s equator reveal a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the surface of the icy body.
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So if Pluto is 1/4 our size, wold that be like having mountains here on earth that were 44,000 feet tall?