Mountains (US/WORLD)

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Mt. Kilimanjaro

Africa's highest mountain; is in Tanzania; is a peak of Eastern Rift Mountains

Mt. Rainier

is a mountain in Washington state; is part of the Cascade mountain range; is the tallest mountain in Cascade mountain range

Rocky Mountains

major mountain range from all the way from New Mexico to British Columbia; passes through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, New Mexico, Idaho, Alberta, and British Columbia

Mt. Stanley (Mt. Ngaliema)

mountain bordering Uganda and DRC; is the peak of Rwenzori Mountains

Allegheny Mountains

mountain range from Pennsylvania to Virginia; peak is North Mountains; is in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland

Himalaya Mountains

mountain range in South Asia that includes Mount Everest; spans from India, Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, and Afghanistan

Alps Mountains

mountain range in south central Europe stretching from eastern France and northern Italy through Switzerland and Austria

Wrangell Mountains

mountain range in southeast central Alaska; peak is Mt. Blackburn

Saint Elias Mountains

mountain range in southwestern Yukon that extends into the northwest corner of British Columbia and into Alaska; peak is Mt. Logan

Caucasus Mountains

mountain range which forms some border between Asia and Europe; Northern Caucasus belong to Europe and Southern Caucasus belong to Asia; Europe part is Russia, Asian part is split between Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan; they are all countries in Caucasia region

Mt. Assiniboine

on the border between British Columbia and Alberta; is a peak on Great Divide (trail runs from Alberta, British Columbia, New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming) *picture is of Great Divide*

Mt. Blackburn

peak of Wrangell Mountains in Alaska; fifth highest peak in USA

Mont Blanc

peak of the Alps; is located in France and Italy, some dispute it is also in some part of Switzerland

Mt. Kenya

second highest peak in Africa; located in Kenya; is second highest peak of Eastern Rift Mountains

Mauna Kea

tallest mountain when measured from base to peak; is in Hawaii; is on Hawaii Island; is the tallest mountain in the Hawaiian Chain

Mt. Denali

tallest peak in North America; is in Alaska; is a mountain part of the Alaska Range

Aconcagua

the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in Mendoza, Argentina; peak of Andes Mountains

Mt. Elbert

the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains; it is located in Colorado

Andes Mountains

the largest mountain range in the world; home to Inca civilization; passes through Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, which some call Andean states.

Mt. Elbrus

the tallest mountain in the Caucasus Mountains; runs through southwestern Russia; highest point in Europe

Matterhorn

a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy

Cascade Range

a mountain range in the United States and Canada; passes through Oregon, Washington, northern California, and British Columbia; is the mountain range from the Pacific side

Appalachian Mountains

a mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama; borders Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, West Virginia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; the Appalachian Mountains are also like the Rocky Mountains in the east

Sierra Nevada Mountains

a mountain range which separates California and Nevada; passes through Nevada and California

Alaska Range

contains the highest mountain in North America; peak is Mt. Denali; is in the south central region of Alaska

Mt. Everest

highest mountain in the world; found in Himalayas; found in Nepal and China

Mt. Logan

highest peak in Canada; is in Yukon; is second tallest peak in North America; highest mountain in Saint Elias Mountains

Mt. Robson

highest peak in Canadian Rockies (Canadian part of Rocky Mountains); is in British Columbia

Mt. Whitney

highest point in the US outside of Alaska; highest mountain in California; is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range

Mt. Olympus

home of Greek gods; mountain in northern Greece; is the highest peak in Greece; peak of Olympus Range


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