Major Mountains, Ranges and other features of the World, School of Dad
The Aleutian Islands
A chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones belonging to both the United States and Russia. They form part of the Aleutian Arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean off the Alaska Peninsula.
Kilimanjaro
A dormant volcanic mountain in Tanzania, continent of Africa. It is the highest mountain in Africa, The first recorded ascent to the summit of the mountain was by Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller in 1889.
Red Sea
An inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
Andes Mountains (Inca)
South America Continent
The Matterhorn
A mountain in the Alps, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a huge pyramidal peak.
Isthmus of Panama
A narrow strip of land south of the Caribbean Sea that connects Mexico & Central America to South America
Iberian Peninsula
A peninsula of southwest Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal.
Atlas Mountains
Africa's longest mountain range
The Great Sandy Desert
Australian continent located in Northwest Australia.
Gulf of Mexico
Boarders Mexico on the East coast
Yangtze River
China, continent of Asia
Philippines Sea
East and northeast of the Philippines occupying the western part of the North Pacific.
The Alps
Europe's Largest Mountain system Europe, countries of Italy, Switzerland, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Germany, France, and Austria.
Brooks Range
From the top of which mountain range in the US could you see the Arctic Ocean?
The Great Basin Desert
Is the largest US desert on the North American continent, bordered by the Sierra Nevada Range on the west and the Rocky Mountains on the east, the Columbia Plateau to the north and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to the south.
Sierra Madre Occidental
Mountain Range on the west coast of Mexico
Mt. Everest
Mountain on the border of Tibet and Nepal in the central Himalayas. At over 29,000 feet, it is the highest peak in the world and It was first scaled in 1953 by Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.
Sierra Madre Oriental
Mountain range on the east coast of Mexico
Mississippi River
North America Continent
The Arctic Circle
One of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It runs 66°33′45.8″ [1] NORTH of the Equator.
Mt. Aconcagua
Part of the Andes mountain range, this maintain is the second highest of the "Seven Summits", behind only Mount Everest in Asia. At 22,837 feet (6,961 meters), not only is it the highest mountain in South America, it is the tallest peak in all of the Americas as well as the Southern and Western Hemispheres.
Yucatan Peninsula
Peninsula Separates the Caribbean sea from the Gulf of Mexico
Pyrenees mountain Range
Protects the Iberian peninsula .
Coral Sea
Sea in the South Pacific, off the northeast coast of Australia
Amazon River
South America
K2
Tallest mountain in Pakistan @ 28,253 ft.
The Tropic of Capricorn
The circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point on the December (or southern) solstice. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be directly overhead. Its northern equivalent is the Tropic of Cancer. Also called the Southern Tropic
Appalachians
The oldest mountains in the United States located in the Eastern United States
Cape Horn
The southern tip of South America
Sierra Madres Occidental
mountain range along the west coast of mexico.
Mt. McKinley
# L on this map, AKA Denali, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet. Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. Located in the Alaska Range.
Cascades
What is the tallest mountain range in Oregon and Washington?
The Rocky Mountains
What mountain range forms the continental divide in Western North America
Caribbean Sea
A branch of the Atlantic Ocean south of Cuba and a fairly sized amount of Central America
Sierra Nevadas
mountain range in eastern California. Highest peak - Mt. Whitney (14,495 ft)
Cascade-Sierra Nevadas mountain range
northwest United States
Nile River
Located in Africa
River Rhine
Located in Europe
Black Sea
Located in Southeastern Europe, north of Asia Minor (Turkey)
The Arabian Desert
Located in Western Asia.
Mediterranean Sea
Located south of European continent an North of African continent
Rio Grande
The border of Mexico & New Mexico + Texas, Flows from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico
Mt. Blanc
The highest mountain in the Alps and the highest peak in Europe outside of the Caucasus range. Ranked 11th tallest mountain in the world.
Himalayan Mountains
The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India, separating it from the rest of Asia.
Tropic of Cancer
The most northerly circle of latitude on the Earth at which the Sun is at the solstice. Also referred to as the Northern Tropic.
Urals
The mountain range that separates the continents of Asia and Europe extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea
The Sahara Desert
The world's largest hot desert and covers most of northern Africa.
Olympics
a mountain range on the Olympic peninsula in western Washinton
