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[edit] Eight-thousanders
The 14 "eight-thousanders", 8,000 meters or higher above sea level, all in the Himalaya:
- Everest (8,848 m), Nepal-Tibet (China), Asia
- K2 (8,611 m), Pakistan-Xinjiang (China), Asia
- Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), Nepal-Sikkim (India), Asia
- Lhotse (8,511 m), Nepal-Tibet (China), Asia
- Makalu (8,463 m), Nepal-Tibet (China), Asia
- Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Nepal-Tibet (China), Asia
- Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), Nepal, Asia
- Manaslu (8,163 m), Nepal, Asia
- Nanga Parbat (8,125 m), Pakistan, Asia
- Annapurna (8,091 m), Nepal, Asia
- Gasherbrum I (8,068 m), Pakistan-Xinjiang (China), Asia
- Broad Peak (8,047 m), Pakistan-Xinjiang (China), Asia
- Gasherbrum II (8,035 m), Pakistan-Xinjiang (China), Asia
- Shishapangma (8,027 m), Tibet (China), Asia
[edit] Seven Summits
The highest mountains of each continent (the Seven Summits):
| Summit | Elevation m | Continent | Range | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilimanjaro (Kibo Summit) | 5,895 | Africa | Kilimanjaro | Tanzania |
| Vinson Massif | 4,892 | Antarctica | Ellsworth Mountains | N/A (claimed by Chile) |
| Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) | 4,884 | Australia | Pegunungan Maoke | Indonesia |
| Everest | 8,848 | Asia | Himalaya | Nepal, China (Tibet) |
| Elbrus | 5,642 | Europe | Caucasus | Russia |
| Mount McKinley (Denali) | 6,194 | North America | Alaska Range | United States |
| Aconcagua | 6,962 | South America | Andes | Argentina |
[edit] By Continent
[edit] Africa
- Ahaggar Mountains (2,918 m), Algeria
- Auasberge (2,484 m), Namibia
- Draken Mountains Cathkin Peak (3,650 m), Basoto-South Africa
- Emi Koussi (3,415 m), Chad
- Kompassberg (2,500 m), South Africa
- Moco (2,610 m), Angola
- Mount Baker (4,844 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Cameroon (4,075 m), Cameroon
- Mount Elgon (4,321 m), Kenya-Uganda
- Mount Emin (4,798 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Gessi (4,715 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Kadam (also known as Debasien or Tabasiat) (3,054 m), Uganda
- Mount Karisimbi (4,507 m), Rwanda-Congo
- Mount Kenya (5,195 m), Kenya
- Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), Tanzania - highest mountain in Africa
- Mount Luigi di Savoia (4,627 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Meru (4,566 m), Tanzania - little known due to its close proximity to Kilimanjaro
- Mount Moroto (3,083 m), Uganda
- Mount Morungole (2,750 m), Uganda
- Mount Speke (4,890 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Stanley (5,119 m), Congo-Uganda
- Jbel Toubkal (4,167 m), Morocco
- Mount Zulia (2,149), Uganda
- Ras Dejen (4,533 m), Ethiopia
- Rungwe (3,175 m), Zambia
- Table Mountain/Tafelberg (1,088 m), Cape Town, South Africa
[edit] Antarctica
- Mount Erebus (3,794 m)
- Mount Fridtjof Nansen (2,740 m)
- Mount Jackson (3,050 m)
- Mount Kirkpatrick (4,528 m)
- Mount Markham (4,350 m)
- Mount Terror (3,230 m)
- Mount Tyree (4,852 m)
- Vinson Massif (4,897 m), highest mountain in Antarctica
[edit] Asia
[edit] Himalaya
The rankings are derived from the list of highest mountains, which ranks mountains separated by 500m of prominence. See talk page.
- Annapurna (8,091 m), Nepal - #10 in the world
- Annapurna II (7,937 m), Nepal
- Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Nepal-Tibet, China - #6 in the world
- Chomo Lhari (7,314 m), Bhutan-Tibet, China
- Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), Nepal - #7 in the world
- Gangkhar Puensum (7,570 m), Bhutan - highest unclimbed mountain in the world
- Gyala Peri (7,294 m), Tibet, China - Opposite Namcha Barwa
- Gyachung Kang (7,952 m), Nepal-Tibet, China
- Gurla Mandhata (7,694 m), Tibet, China
- Hilmalchuli (7,893 m), Nepal - one of the highest mountains below 8000 meters
- Kailash (6,638 m), Tibet, China - A holy mountain to Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Bon and Jains
- Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), Nepal-Sikkim, India - #3 in the world
- Kamet (7,756 m), Indianear Tibetan border - first peak over 25,000 ft to be climbed
- Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), Nepal-Sikkim, India - #3 in the world
- Kula Kangri (7,554 m), Tibet, China - #47 in the world
- Laila Peak (Rupal Valley) (5,971m), Pakistan
- Lhotse (8,516 m), Nepal-Tibet, China- #4 in the world
- Machhapuchhre (6,993 m), Nepal- also known as Fishtail, one of the most photogenic mountains in the world
- Makalu (8,462 m), Nepal-Tibet, China- #5 in the world
- Manaslu (8,156 m), Nepal - #8 in the world
- Melungtse (7,181 m), Tibet, China
- Mount Everest (8,850 m), Nepal-Tibet, China border - highest mountain in the world
- Namcha Barwa (7,756 m), Southeast Tibet, China - highest peak in the eastern Himalaya
- Nanda Devi (7,816 m), India
- Nanga Parbat (8,125 m), Pakistan - #9 in the world
- Pumori (7,161 m), Nepal-Tibet, China
- Rakhiot Peak (7,070 metres), Pakistan
- Shishapangma (8,013 m), Tibet, China - #14 in the world
[edit] Hindu Kush
- Buni Zom (6,550 m), Pakistan
- Istor-o-nal (7,403 m), Pakistan - #68 in the world
- Noshaq (7,492 m), Afghanistan-Pakistan - #52 in the world
- Saraghrar (7,349 m), Pakistan - #78 in the world
- Tirich Mir (7,690 m), Pakistan - #33 in the world - Highest in peak Hindukush range
[edit] Karakoram
- Baintha Brak (The Ogre) (7,285 m), Pakistan - #87 in the world
- Baltistan Peak (7,288 m), Pakistan - #89 in the world
- Broad Peak (8,047 m), Pakistan-China - #12 in the world
- Diran (7,257 m), Pakistan - #93 in the world
- Distaghil Sar (7,885m), Pakistan - #19 in the world
- Gasherbrum I (8,068 m), Pakistan-China - #11 in the world
- Gasherbrum II (8,035 m), Pakistan-China - #13 in the world
- Gasherbrum III (7,952 m), Pakistan-China (unranked: insufficient prominence)
- Gasherbrum IV (7,925 m), Pakistan-China - #17 in the world
- Gasherbrum V (7,321 metres), Pakistan
- Haramosh (7,409 m), Pakistan - #67 in the world
- K2 (8,611 m), Pakistan-China - world's second highest, but a tougher climb than Everest
- K12 (7,468 m), Pakistan - #51 in the world
- Kanjut Sar (7,760 m), Pakistan - #26 in the world
- Kunyang Chhish (7,852 m), Pakistan - #21 in the world
- Laila Peak (Haramosh Valley) (6,986 m), Pakistan
- Laila Peak (Hushe Valley) (6,096m), Pakistan
- Malubiting (7,458 m), Pakistan - #58 in the world
- Masherbrum (7,821 m), Pakistan - #22 in the world
- Mitre Peak (6,025 m), Pakistan
- Muztagh Tower (7,273 m), Pakistan - #91 in the world
- Passu Sar (7,476 m), Pakistan - #54 in the world
- Rakaposhi (7,788 m), Pakistan - #27 in the world
- Saltoro Kangri (7,742 m), Pakistan - #31 in the world
- Sangemarmar Sar (7,050 m), Pakistan
- Sia Kangri (7,422 m), Pakistan - #63 in the world
- Skil Brum (7,420 m), Pakistan - #66 in the world
- Trango Towers (6,350 m), Pakistan
- Ultar Peak (7,388 m), Pakistan - #70 in the world
[edit] Others
- Anamudi (2,675 m), India - highest point of peninsular India.
- Ararat (5,137 m), Turkey - landing site, in folkloric elaborations of the biblical account of Noah, of his ark
- Baekdu/Baitou Mountain (2,744 m), on Chinese/North Korean border - highest mountain in Korea
- Belukha (4,506 m), Russia - highest peak in Altai Mountains
- Demavend (5,604 m), Iran
- Doi Inthanon (2,565 m), highest peak in Thailand
- Fansipan (3143m), Hoang Lien Son Mountains,Lao Cai province , highest peak in Vietnam and Indochina.
- Gongga Shan (7,556 m), highest peak in Sichuan, China - also known as Minya Konka, highest peak in the Hengduan Shan Ranges
- Halla Mountain (1,950 m), volcano, highest peak in South Korea
- Hkakabo Razi (5,881 m), highest peak in Myanmar
- Independence Peak (7,134 m), Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border (Pamir range)
- Ismail Samani Peak (7,496 m), Tajikistan - highest peak in the Pamir
- Jade Mountain (3,952 m), Taiwan - Also known as "Yu Shan", highest mountain in East Asia.
- Mount Kazbek (5,047 m), Georgia, in Caucasus
- Kawa Karpo (6,740 m), Yunnan, China - also known as Kagebo, highest mountain in Yunnan, it is unclimbed and is holy to Tibetan Buddhism
- Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4,750 m), Russian volcano
- Kongur (7,719 m), Xinjiang, China - highest mountain in the Kunlun Range
- Mount Merapi (2,911 m), Indonesia
- Mount Apo (2,954 m), highest point in the Philippines
- Mount Fuji (3,776 m), famous volcano, highest peak in Japan and world's most visited mountain
- Mount Kerinci (3,805 m), highest point of Barisan Range, Sumatra
- Mount Kinabalu (4,093 m), Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia
- Muztagh Ata (7,546 m), Xinjiang, China - located in the Kunlun Range, one of the easiest mountains above 7500 to climb
- Noshaq (7,485 m), highest point in Afghanistan, located in the Hindu Kush mountain range.
- Mount Tambora (2,850 m), Indonesia
- Peak Jengish Chokusu (Tomur Feng) (7,439 m), Kyrgyzstan-China border - highest peak in the Tian Shan
- Qurnat as Sawda' (3,088 m), highest point in Lebanon
- Sri Pada (Adam's Peak, 2,243 m), Sri Lanka
[edit] Europe
[edit] Alps
- Piz Bernina (4,049 m), Switzerland-Italy - highest peak in the Eastern Alps
- Dachstein (2,997 m), highest peak of Styria, Upper Austria and Austrian Limestone Alps, first vertical climb (19th century)
- Dent Blanche (4,356 m), Switzerland
- Dent du Midi (3,260 m), Switzerland
- Diablerets (3,210 m), Switzerland
- Eiger (3,970 m), Bernese Alps, Switzerland
- Finsteraarhorn (4,274 m), Alps, highest peak of the Bernese Oberland
- Gran Paradiso (4,061 m), Italy
- Grand Combin (4,314 m), Switzerland
- Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m), France-Italy, Mont-Blanc range
- Großglockner (3,797 m), highest peak in Austria
- Hochkönig (2,938 m), Austria near Berchtesgaden, Germany
- Jungfrau (4,158 m), Bernese Alps, Switzerland
- Koschuta (2,135 m), Karawanken, Austria-Slovenia - famous climbing peak
- Matterhorn (4,477 m), photo star above Zermatt, Switzerland-Italy
- Mont Blanc (4,808 m), France-Italy - highest mountain in Western Europe
- Monte Cristallo (3,199 m), Dolomites, South Tyrol-Italy
- Monte Rosa (4,634 m), Western Alps, Italy-Switzerland second highest mountain in Western Europe
- Napf (1,407 m), Swiss Flysch Alps
- Ortler (3,902 m), highest peak of South Tyrol, Italy
- Pelvoux (3,946 m), French Alps
- Pilatus (2,129 m), near Lucerne, Switzerland
- Rigi (1,797 m), overlooking Lake Lucerne
- Piz Palu (3,912 m)
- Schlern (2,563 m), Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy
- Schneeberg (2,076 m), highest peak in Lower Austria
- Titlis (3,239 m), Swiss Urner Alps
- Tödi (3,620 m), Swiss Glarus Alps
- Traunstein (1,610 m), photo star at Traunsee, Upper Austria
- Triglav (2,864 m), highest peak of Slovenia
- Untersberg (1,973 m), near of Salzburg city
- Weisshorn (4,506 m), Switzerland
- Wetterhorn (3,701 m), Switzerland
- Wildspitze (3,774 m), Ötztaler Alps, Austria
- Zugspitze (2,964 m), on the Austrian-German border, and the highest point in Germany
See also: Alps, List of mountains of the Alps
[edit] Apennines
- Corno Grande (2,912 m), Italy - highest mountain in the Apennines
[edit] Balkans
- Aegaleus, Greece
- Ainos (1,628 m), Greece
- Botev (2,376 m), Bulgaria - highest peak of the Balkan mountains
- Čvrsnica (2,238 m), Dinarides, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Dinara (Troglav peak 1,913 m; Dinara peak 1,831 m), Dinarides, Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Hymettus (1,026 m), east of Athens, Greece
- Korab (2,764 m), highest point in Albania
- Musala (2,925 m), Bulgaria, highest mountain in Bulgaria and the Balkans
- Olympus (2,919 m), highest mountain in Greece - legendary home of the Greek gods
- Orjen (1,894 m), highest mountain in littoral Montenegro, during glacial periods the most heavily glaciated Mediterranean mountain
- Panachaicus (1,926 m), northernmost mountain of the Peloponnese, east of Patras, Greece
- Parnassus (2,460 m), Greece
- Šar mountain (2,747 m), Republic of Macedonia-Serbia (Kosovo)-Albania
- Mount Smolikas (2,640 m), Greece
- Vergina (2,193 m?), Greece
- Vihren (2,915 m), Bulgaria - third highest mountain in the Balkans, after Musala in Bulgaria and Mount Olympus
See also: List of mountains in Greece, Greek names of mountains, List of mountains in Bulgaria.
[edit] Caucasus
- Mount Elbrus (5,642 m), Russia - highest mountain in Europe
[edit] Iberia
- Aneto (3,404 m), Spain - highest point in the Pyrenees
- Mulhacén (3,482 m), Spain - highest point in the Sierra Nevada
[edit] Iceland
- Hekla (1,491 m), Iceland, volcano
- Öræfajökull (2,110 m), Iceland, volcano - highest mountain in Iceland
- Snæfellsjökull (1,448 m), Iceland, volcano
[edit] Ireland
- Carrantuohill (1,041 m), highest mountain in Ireland
[edit] Scandinavia
- Galdhøpiggen (2,469 m), highest point in Norway
- Haltitunturi (1,328 m), highest point in Finland
- Kebnekaise (2,111 m), highest point in Sweden
[edit] United Kingdom
- Ben Lawers (1,214 m), Scotland
- Ben Nevis (1,344 m), highest mountain in the United Kingdom
- Cross Fell (893 m), highest mountain in the Pennines
- Kinder Scout (636 m), highest mountain in the Peak District
- Mam Tor (517 m), Peak District, England
- Scafell Pike (978 m), highest mountain in England
- Slieve Donard (850 m), highest mountain in Northern Ireland
- Snowdon (1,085 m), highest mountain in Wales
See also:
- Mountains of the United Kingdom
- List of mountains and hills of the British Isles by height
- Mountains and hills of Scotland
[edit] Carpathian Mountains
- Gerlachovsky stit - highest peak in Tatra mountains, Slovakia (2,655 m)
[edit] to be categorised
- The Brocken - highest peak of Harz Mountains, eastern Germany (1,142 m)
- Etna - dominant volcano on Sicily, Italy (3,263 m)
- Feldberg - Schwarzwald, Germany (1,493 m)
- Mont Ventoux - France (1,909 m)
- Mount Circeo - Italy
- Mount Vesuvius - famous Italian volcano (1,270 m)
- Plöckenstein, Böhmerwald - Austria-Czech Republic-Germany (1,378 m)
[edit] North America
[edit] Canada
- 5959m Mount Logan – Yukon Highest peak in Canada
- 5489m Mount Saint Elias – Yukon
- 5226m Mount Lucania – Yukon
- 5173m King Peak – Yukon
- 4850m Mount Wood – Yukon
- 4812m Mount Vancouver – Yukon
- 4671m Mount Fairweather – British Columbia Highest peak in British Columbia
- 4557m Mount Hubbard – Yukon
- 4507m Mount Walsh – Yukon
- 4289m Mount Augusta – Yukon
- 4196m Mount Cook – Yukon
- 4019m Mount Waddington – British Columbia Highest peak in the Coastal Mountains
- 3959m Mount Robson – British Columbia Highest peak in the Canadian Rockies
- 3928m Mount Queen Mary – Yukon
- 3741m Mount Columbia – Alberta/British Columbia Highest peak in Alberta.
- 3741m Mount King George – Yukon
- 3731m North Twin – Alberta Highest mountain fully in Alberta
- 3664m Mount Clemenceau – British Columbia Canadian Rockies
- 3617m Mount Forbes – Alberta Canadian Rockies
- 3616m Mount Assiniboine – Alberta/British Columbia Canadian Rockies
- 3609m Wood Peak – Yukon
- 3567m Mount Goodsir – British Columbia
- 3555m Monarch Mountain – British Columbia Coastal Mountains
- 3540m Mount Temple – Alberta
- 3520m Mount Upton – Yukon
- 3519m Mount Sir Sandford – British Columbia
- 3516m Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier – British Columbia
- 3498m Mount Lyell – on the border of Alberta and British Columbia
- 3493m Mount Farnham – British Columbia
- 3470m Mount Brazeau – Alberta
- 3433m Mount Joffre – Alberta/British Columbia
- 3417m Tsar Mountain – British Columbia
- 3413m Mount King George – British Columbia
- 3412m Howser Spire – British Columbia
- 3411m Mount Sir Douglas – Alberta/British Columbia
- 3399m Whitehorn Mountain – British Columbia
- 3394m Mount Hector – Alberta
- 3377m Mount Dawson – British Columbia
- 3373m Mount Willingdon – Alberta
- 3363m Mount Edith Cavell – Alberta
- 3361m Mount Cline – Alberta
- 3361m Mount Fryatt – Alberta
- 3360m Mount Harrison – British Columbia
- 3360m Tusk Peak – British Columbia
- 3342m Mount Saskatchewan – Alberta
- 3316m Mount Chown – Alberta
- 3315m Sunwapta Peak – Alberta
- 3313m Simon Peak – Alberta/British Columbia
- 3313m Mount Mike – British Columbia
- 3312m Mount Saint Bride – Alberta
- 3312m Mount Stewart – Alberta
- 3298m Mount Queen Bess – British Columbia
- 3295m Howse Peak – Alberta/British Columbia
- 3294m Mount Ball – Alberta/British Columbia
- 3275m Mount Sir Alexander – British Columbia
- 3274m Mount Monashee – British Columbia
- 3242m Good Hope Mountain – British Columbia
- 3236m Iconoclast Mountain – British Columbia
- 3234m Dais Mountain – Alberta
- 3225m Mount Rae – Alberta
- 3208m Mount Rogers – British Columbia Rogers Pass. Gateway to British Columbia
- 3205m Hallam Peak – British Columbia
- 3201m Neptune Peak – British Columbia
- 3200m Mount Ida – – British Columbia
- 3185m Mount Galatea – Alberta
- 3183m Razorback Mountain – British Columbia
- 3182m Monmouth Mountain – British Columbia
- 3181m Mount Findlay – British Columbia
- 3176m Mount Ethelbert – British Columbia
- 3162m Mount Aylmer – Alberta
- 3150m Mount Seattle – Yukon
- 3138m Cerberus Mountain – British Columbia
- 3132m Mount Raleigh – British Columbia
- 3126m Mount Grenville – British Columbia
- 3120m Old Goat Mountain – Alberta
- 3099m Karluk Peak – British Columbia
- 3098m Mount Evan-Thomas – Alberta
- 3094m Mount Cooper – British Columbia
- 3094m Mount Moloch – British Columbia
- 3090m Mount Ratz – British Columbia
- 3089m Jeanette Peak – British Columbia
- 3086m Majestic Mountain – Alberta
- 3085m Cronus Peak – British Columbia
- 3063m Mount Tatlow – British Columbia
- 3063m Taseko Mountain – British Columbia
- 3053m Kates Needle – Alberta/British Columbia
- 3050m Mount Templeman – British Columbia
- 3045m Albert Peak – British Columbia
- 3044m Mount Moore – British Columbia
- 3038m Mount Quanstrom – British Columbia
- 3037m Talchako Mountain – British Columbia
- 3035m Carnes Peak – British Columbia
- 3033m Mount Washburn – British Columbia
- 3032m Pancake Peak – British Columbia
- 3024m Mount Ulysses – British Columbia
- 3021m Mount Tisiphone – British Columbia
- 3018m The Rajah – Alberta
- 3008m Mount Vishnu – British Columbia
- 3002m Mount Hornickel – British Columbia
Notables
- 2675m Mount Garibaldi – British Columbia Coastal Mountains. Large Volcano
- 2284m Blackcomb Mountain – British Columbia Coastal Mountains. Ski Resort
- 2195m Golden Hinde – British Columbia Tallest Mountain on Vancouver Island
- 2182m Whistler Mountain – British Columbia Coastal Mountains. Ski Resort
- Bishop's Mitre – Kaumajet Mountains
- Brave Mountain (1,219+ m) – highest point in the Kaumajet Mountains; highest island peak on the Atlantic coast of North America
- Marble Mountain – Long Range Mountains
- Mount Caubvik (1,652 m) – highest point in the Torngat Mountains; second highest mountain in Canada east of the Rockies
- Man O'War Peak (1,050 m) – highest point in the Kiglapait Mountains
[edit] Greenland
- Mount Gunnbjørn (3,700 m) – Watkins Range - highest mountain in Greenland
[edit] Mexico
- Cofre de Perote or "Naupa-Tecutépetl" or "Nauhcampatépetl" or "Square Mountain" ( 4,282 m) – Veracruz
- Volcán de Fuego de Colima (3,860 m) – Jalisco/Colima border
- Iztaccíhuatl or "White Woman" or "Asleep Woman" (5,286 m) – México state/Puebla border
- La Malinche, or "Matlalcueitl" (4,462 m) – Tlaxcala/Puebla border
- Nevado de Colima or "Zapotepetl" (4,330 m) – Jalisco/Colima border
- Nevado de Toluca or "Xinantecatl" (4,577 m) – México state
- Pico de Orizaba, or "Citlaltépetl" (5,636 m) – Puebla/Veracruz border, highest point in Mexico
- Paricutín (3,170 m) – Michoacán
- Popocatépetl (5,465 m) – México state
- Cerro del Potosí (3,700 m) – Nuevo León
- El Coahuilón (3,500 m) – Coahuila/Nuevo León border
- Cerro La Cruz del Marqúes (3,931 m) – Mexico City
- Pico del Águila (3,894 m) – Mexico City
- La Martha (3,706 m) – Coahuila/Nuevo León border
- La Viga (3,600 m) – Coahuila
- Cerro Las Nieves (3,360 m) – Coahuila
- Yeloxochtl (3,919 m) – México state
- Tlalocatepetl or "Tlaloc Mountain" (4,151 m) – México state
- Telapon (4,081 m) – México state
- Tacana (4,110 m) – Chiapas/Guatemala
- Sierra Negra (4,680 – Puebla
- Pico Piramide (1,960 m) – Nuevo León
- Pico Piñon (1,785 m) – Nuevo León
- Pico Perico (1,980 m) – Nuevo León
- Pico Everest (1,960 m) – Nuevo León
- Pico Cuauhtémoc (2,020 m) – Nuevo León
- Peña de Bernal (2,515 m) – Queretaro
- Matacanes (1,800 m) – Nuevo León
- La Mota Grande (1,880 m) – Nuevo León
- La Calle (2,905 m) – Nuevo León
- Tres Vírgenes (1,940 m) – Baja California Sur
- Evermann (1,050 m) – Islas Revillagigedo
- Ceboruco or "Volcan de Ahuacatlán" (2,280 m) – Nayarit
- Sangagüey (2,353 m) – Nayarit
- La Primavera (3,030 m) – Jalisco
- El Jorullo (1,820 m) – Michoacán
- Los Humeros (3,150 m) – Puebla
- El Chichón (1,150 m) – Chiapas
- Pinacate (1,200 m) – Sonora
- Volcan San Martín Tuxtla (1,650 - 1,700 m) – Veracruz
- Amealco (3,040 m) – Queretaro
- Cerro de la Estrella or "Star Mountain" (2,613 m) – Mexico City
- Cerro del Garbanzo (3,000 m) – Durango
- Holotepec (3,930 m) – México state
- Chichinautzin (3,450 m) – México state/Morelos
- Jahuey (2,000 m) – Durango
- Ololica (3,120 m) – Morelos
- Volcan de San Quintín (1,200 m) – Baja California
- Tepetiltic (2,020 m) – Nayarit
- Volcán de Tequila (3,000 m) – Jalisco
- Tetlalmanche (2,700 m) – Mexico City
- Teutli (2,600 m) – Mexico City
- Los Tres Reyes Magos – México state
[edit] United States
- Mount Adams – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Adams – White Mountains, New Hampshire
- Mount Baker – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Baxter – California
- Mount Bona (16,550 ft) – Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska
- Mount Borah – Idaho
- Bridge Mountain – Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
- Camel's Hump – Green Mountains, Vermont
- Cannon Mountain – White Mountains, New Hampshire
- Cathedral Peak – California
- Mount Charleston – Spring Mountains, Nevada
- Mount Churchill (15,638 ft) – Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska
- Mount Columbia – Colorado
- Mount Dana – California
- Devils Thumb – Alaska
- Devils Tower – Wyoming
- Mount Diablo – California
- Mount Delano – (12,163 ft), Utah, third-highest point
- Mount Elbert (4,401 m) – Sawatch Range, Colorado, highest point in the Rocky Mountains
- Mount Fairweather or Fairweather Mountain (15,300 ft or 4663 m) – Fairweather Range, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska & British Columbia, United States & Canada, highest point in British Columbia
- Mount Foraker – Alaska
- Gannett Peak – Wyoming
- Glacier Peak – Cascades, Washington
- Grand Teton – Wyoming
- Mount Greylock – Massachusetts
- Half Dome – California
- Mount Hood – Cascades, Oregon
- Horsetooth Mountain – Colorado
- Mount Jefferson – Cascades, Oregon
- Jobs Peak – Sierra Nevada
- Mount Katahdin – at north end of the Appalachian Trail
- Mount Lafayette – White Mountains, New Hampshire
- Mount Lassen – Cascades, California
- Mount Lemmon (2,791 m) – Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona
- Longs Peak – Colorado
- Mammoth Mountain – California
- Mount Mansfield – Green Mountains, Vermont
- Mount Marathon – Kenai Mountains, Alaska
- Maroon Bells – Colorado
- Mount Marcus Baker – Chugach Range, Alaska
- Mount Massive – Sawatch Range, Colorado
- Mauna Loa – Hawaii; see Oceania.
- Mount McKinley or Denali (20,320 ft) – highest mountain in North America
- Mount Mitchell – highest mountain of the Appalachians
- Mount Monadnock – New Hampshire
- Newberry Volcano – Oregon
- Mount Olympus – Washington
- Pikes Peak – Colorado
- Mount Rainier (4,392 m) – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Saint Elias (5,489 m) – #2 in North America
- San Jacinto Peak (3,293 m) – California
- Mount Sanford (16,237 ft) – Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska
- Mount Shasta – California
- Mount Shuksan – Cascades
- Mount St. Helens – active volcano in the Cascades, Washington
- Mount Si – Cascades, short but popular
- Mount Stuart – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Timpanogos – Wasatch Range, Utah
- Three Sisters – Oregon
- Mount Torbert (11,413 ft) – Tordillo Mountains, Alaska
- Mount Washington – highest peak in northeastern United States, worst weather in the world
- Mount Werner – Colorado – location of the Steamboat Ski Resort
- Wheeler Peak – second highest peak in Nevada
- Mount Whitney (14,497.2 feet or 4,421 m) – Sierra Nevada, highest mountain in the contiguous United States
[edit] Oceania
[edit] Australia
- Blue Mountains — New South Wales
- Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m) — highest mountain in mainland Australia — New South Wales
- The Victorian Alps — Victoria
- Mount Bogong (1,986 m) — highest mountain in Victoria
- Mount Feathertop (1,922 m) — Victoria
- Mount Hotham (1,861 m) — Victoria
- Falls Creek (1,842 m) — Victoria
- Mount Buller (1,804 m) — Victoria
- Mount Buffalo (1,695 m) — Victoria
- Cradle Mountain National Park — Tasmania
- Mount Dandenong — near Melbourne — Victoria
- Mount Keira — in the Illawarra escarpment near Keiraville, Wollongong, New South Wales
- Mount Kembla — in the Illawarra escarpment near Unanderra, Wollongong, New South Wales
- Mount Tallebudgera — Gold Coast, Queensland
- Mount Wellington (1,271 m)— Tasmania
- Bluff Knoll (1,095m) — Western Australia
[edit] Hawaii
- Mauna Loa - a volcanic seamount that is earth's largest mountain, when measured from its base under the ocean.
- Mauna Kea
- Kilauea
[edit] Indonesia
Bali
- Puncak Jaya, Oceania (4,884 m) (also known as Carstenz Pyramid)
[edit] New Zealand
- Aoraki/Mount Cook - highest mountain in New Zealand
- Mount Anglem
- Mount Aspiring
- Mount Dampier
- Mount Edgecumbe
- Mount Hikurangi
- Mount Hopkins
- Mount Hutt
- Mount Matthews
- Mount Maunganui
- Mount Ngauruhoe
- Mount Owen
- Mount Pirongia
- Mount Ruapehu
- Mount Silberhorn
- Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont
- Mount Tarawera
- Mount Tasman
- Mount Tongariro
- Mount Wellington
- Tapuae-o-Uenuku
[edit] South America
[edit] Argentina
- Aconcagua (6,962 m), Argentina, highest mountain outside Asia
- Cerro Torre (3,133 m), Patagonia, Argentina. Long considered the hardest mountain climb in the world.
- Fitz Roy (3,375 m), Argentina
- Lanin Volcano, Argentina
- Cerro Mercedario (6,720 m), Argentina
- Llullaillaco (6,738 m), Argentina
[edit] Ecuador
| Mountains of Ecuador | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Elevation m | Range | Notes | ||||||
| Chimborazo | 6,267 | Cordillera Occidental | Ecuador's highest mountain; due to Earth's equatorial bulge, Chimborazo’s peak has the distinction of being the farthest point away from Earth's center of mass. | ||||||
| Cotopaxi | 5,897 | Cordillera Central | Active Volcano | ||||||
| Cayambe | 5,790 | Cordillera Central | |||||||
| Antisana | 5,758 | Cordillera Central | Active Volcano | ||||||
| El Altar | 5,319 | Cordillera Central | |||||||
| Iliniza Sur | 5,263 | Cordillera Occidental | |||||||
| Sangay | 5,230 | Cordillera Central | Active Volcano | ||||||
| Iliniza Norte | 5,116 | Cordillera Occidental | |||||||
| Tungurahua | 5,023 | Cordillera Central | Active Volcano | ||||||
| Carihuairazo | 5,018 | Cordillera Occidental | |||||||
| Cotacachi | 4,944 | Cordillera Occidental | |||||||
| Sincholagua | 4,873 | Cordillera Central | |||||||
| Corazón | 4,782 | Cordillera Occidental | |||||||
| Pichincha | 4,776 | Cordillera Occidental | Active Volcano | ||||||
| Chiles | 4,723 | Cordillera Occidental | |||||||
| Rumiñahui | 4,722 | Interandino | |||||||
| Imbabura | 4,621 | Interandino | |||||||
| Cerro Hermoso | 4,571 | Cordillera Central | |||||||
| Atacazo | 4,455 | Cordillera Occidental | |||||||
| Pasochoa | 4,199 | Interandino | |||||||
| Sumaco | 3,780 | Cordillera Central | |||||||
| Reventador | 3,562 | Cordillera Central | Active Volcano | ||||||
[edit] Other countries
- Nevado Sajama (6,542m), highest mountain in Bolivia
- Illimani (6,438 m), Bolivia
- Ancohuma (6,427 m), Bolivia
- Illampú (6,368 m), Bolivia
- Huayna Potosi (6,088m), Bolivia
- Chachacomani (6,074 m), Bolivia
- Pico del Norte (6,070 m) , Bolivia
- Pico Cristóbal Colón (5,675 m), Colombia
- Huascaran (6,768m), highest mountain in Peru
- Ojos del Salado, highest mountain in Chile, second highest of the Andean peaks
- Pico da Neblina, (2,994m), highest mountain in Brazil
- Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
- Mount Roraima, (2,739m), Guyana, Venezuela
- Pico Bolivar, (5,007m), Venezuela
- Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
