Famous Mountains

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El Capitan

Yosemite

Half Dome

Yosemite

Broad Peak

a Himalayan mountain on the border of Pakistan and China

Mount Elbrus

a dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountains in Southern Russia

Mount Sanai

a holy place where moses recieved the ten commandments

Annapurna

a massif in the Himalayas in north-central Nepal that includes one peak over 8,000 metres, thirteen peaks over 7,000 metres, and sixteen more over 6,000 metres

Huayna Potosi

a mountain in Bolivia, located near El Alto and about 25 km north of La Paz

Mount Fitz Roy

a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile (3,359)

Matterhorn

a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (4,478)

Dhaulagiri

a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,820 feet high)

Aconcagua

a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina

Cairn Gorm

a mountain in the Scottish Highlands overlooking Strathspey and the town of Aviemore (1,245)

Mount Arrat

a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey

Mount Hudson

a stratovolcano in southern Chile, and the site of one of the largest eruptions in the twentieth century

Kirkjufell

mountain in Iceland

Longs Peak

mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America (4,346)

Gasherbrum I

ninth highest peak

Mount Kailash

religious mountain in China

Mount Tyree

second highest mountain in Antarctica

Cho Oyu

sixth highest mountain

Grand Teton

the highest peak in Wyoming (4,199)

Kanchenjunga

the third highest mountain in the world

Mount Everest

the world's tallest mountain, located in the Himalayas bordering China and Nepal (8,848)

Mount Fuji

Japan's highest mountain peak.

Mount St. Helens

A mountain within the Cascade Mountain Range that runs through the state of Washington.

Mount Kilimanjaro

Africa's highest mountain (5,895)

Vinson Massif

Antarctica's highest peak

Mount Roraima

At 9,094 ft, this plateau is the highest point in Guyana.

Mount Logan

Canada's highest peak

Scaffell Pike

High Mountain in England (978)

Denali

Highest mountain in North America (6,190)

Snowdon

Highest mountain in Wales (1,085)

Ben Nevis

Highest mountain in the British Isles (1,345)

Mount Rainier

Highest mountain of the Cascade Range and the highest in Washington.

Mount Emei

Mount Emei is a mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China (3,099)

K2

Second highest peak in the world. (Most dangerous)

Mount Erebus

Mountain in Antarctica

Old Man of Coniston

Mountain in the Lake District (803)

Helvellyn

Mountain in the Lake District (950)

Mount Cook

New Zealand's highest mountain (3,724)

Table Mountain

South Africa (1,086)

Mount Vesuvius

a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast

Nevado Ojos del Salado

an active stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina-Chile border and the highest active volcano in the world

Monte Pissis

an extinct volcano on the border of La Rioja and Catamarca provinces

Torres del Paine

distinctive three granite peaks of the Paine mountain range or Paine Massif

Manaslu

eighth highest mountain in the world, Nepal

Makalu

fifth highest mountain

Lhotse

fourth highest mountain

Pen y Fan

highest mountain in South Wales (886)

Mount Blanc

highest mountain in the Alps (4,810)

Mount Whitney

highest peak in the United States south of Alaska (41421)

Mount Katahdin

highest point in Maine, northern end of the Appalachian Trail

Mount Olympic

is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of western Washington state


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