Mountains, Mountain Ranges, and Volcanos

Everest

Nepal and China, tallest mountain in the world, includes Khumba Icefall and Three Steps, first summitted by Sir Edward Hillary and Norgay in 1953

K2

Pakistan and China, second tallest mountain in the world, also known as Qogir, Ketu, and Godwin-Austen, includes House's Chimney and Black Pyramid

Karakoram

Mountain range between India, Pakistan, and China, tallest peak at K2, name means black gravel

Appalachian

Mountain range east of the Mississippi, tallest peak at Mount Mitchell, name came from a Native American village in Florida

Caucasus

Mountain range in Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan between the Black and Caspian Seas, tallest peak at Mount Elbrus, named for the region it's in

Cascades

Mountain range in northwestern U.S. and British Columbia, Canada, tallest peak at Mount Rainier, name meaning waterfalls

Sierra Nevada

Mountain range mainly in eastern California and a bit in Nevada, tallest peak at Mount Whitney, name means snowy mountains

Ural

Mountain range that divides Russia into European and Asian sections, tallest peak at Mount Narodnaya, name means stone or rock

Pyrenees

Mountain range that forms the border between France and Spain, tallest peak at Aneto, named for Greek princess and lover of Heracles

Himalayas

Mountain range that goes through Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, tallest peak at Mount Everest, name means adobe of the snow

Alps

Mountain range that goes through France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia, tallest peak at Mont Blanc, name comes from Latin for white

Rocky

Mountain range west of the Mississippi that goes along the U.S. to Canada, tallest peak at Mount Elbert, name based on the fact that it's made of rocks

Andes

Mountain range along western South America, longest mountain range in the world, tallest peak at Mount Aconcagua, name means east

Erebus

Antarctica, second highest active stratovolcano in Antarctica but tallest active one, named for Greek deity of darkness, sits on Ross Island, has slope on the northeast called Fang Ridge

Vinson Massif

Antarctica, tallest mountain in Antarctica, climbed by Clinch in 1966, named for a Georgian congressman

Aconagua

Argentina, tallest mountain in Argentina, the Andes, and southern hemisphere, caused by subduction of the Nazca Plate, straddles the Polish Glacier

Kosciusko

Australia, tallest mountain in Australia, also known as Jagungal or Tackingal which means table-top mountain, named for a Polish general, name was swapped with another mountain when that mountain was shown to be taller

Atlas

Mountain range across northern Morocco and Algeria, tallest peak at Toubkal, named for the titan that held up the world in Greek mythology

Mont Blanc

France and Italy, highest mountain the Alps, has a tunnel through it that caught fire in 1999 and caused 39 deaths, first climbed by Balmat and Paccard in 1786, name means white mountain

Krakatoa

Indonesia, between Java and Sumatra in the Sunda Strait, its 1883 eruption killed over 35,000 people and thought to have made the loudest sound ever, made a new island called Anak Krakatau in 1927

Etna

Italy in Sicily, active stratovolcano that last erupted in 2015, site of many Greek myths like where Zeus trapped Typhoon under and the site of Hephaestus's forge, overlooks town of Catania, has depression called Valle del Bove

Vesuvius

Italy, stratovolcano on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, is the only active volcano in mainland Europe erupting in 1944, most famous for its 79 AD eruption destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae

Fuji

Japan in Honshu, tallest mountain and stratovolcano in Japan, sacred to the Shinto goddess Sengen-Sama, next to two lakes called Yamanaka and Kawaguchi, northwestern slope has the Suicide Forest or Aokigahara

Kenya

Kenya, second tallest mountain in Africa, made from a dormant volcano, includes Darwin and Diamond Glaciers, first climbed by Mackinder in 1899

Olympus Mons

Mars, tallest mountain and shield volcano in the solar system over two and a half times the height of Everest, is an active volcano, named for the Greek mythological mountain of the gods

Pinatubo

Philippines in Luzon, stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains, eruption in 1991 was ten times more powerful than Saint Helens, caused global temperature to drop 1 degrees Fahrenheit due to to sulfuric acid, and created a lake named after it

Elbrus

Russia, tallest mountain in Europe and in the Caucasus, both of its summits are dormant volcanos, first climbed by Khachirov in 1829

Matterhorn

Switzerland and Italy, in the Alps, known for its pyramidal shape, sets the border between the two countries, first climbed by Whymper in 1865

Kilimanjaro

Tanzania, tallest mountain in Africa and not being in an actual mountain range, made from an extinct volcano, peaks include Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira

Elbert

U.S in Colorado, tallest mountain in the Rockies and point in Colorado, known as a gentle giant due to climbing ease, named for Colorado statesman

Denali

U.S. in Alaska, tallest mountain in North America, also known previously as McKinley, Frederick Cook is believed to have falsely claimed to climb it, includes the West Buttress Route

Whitney

U.S. in California, tallest mountain in the whole continuous U.S. and Sierra Nevada, named for California's state geologist in 1864

Mauna Loa

U.S. in Hawaii, largest above sea level shield volcano on Earth, its 1942 eruption was silenced from the press by the U.S. government, taller than Everest from base to summit

Kilauea

U.S. in Hawaii, most active of the five volcanos on the Big Island of Hawaii, name means spewing or spreading in Hawaiian, home to the fire goddess Pele, partly covered by the Ka'u Desert.

Mauna Kea

U.S. in Hawaii, tallest mountain and shield volcano in the world when measured from its base in the ocean, is a dormant volcano, has Lake Waiau, means white mountain

Mitchell

U.S. in North Carolina, tallest mountain in the Appalachians and east of the Mississippi, in the Black Mountain subrange

Saint Helens

U.S. in Washington, stratovolcano of the Cascades, its 1980 eruption killed over 50 people including Harry Truman who simply refused to leave the mountain, caused it to lose 1300 feet in height

Rainier

U.S. in Washington, tallest mountain and stratovolcano in Washington and the Cascades, also known as Tahoma or Tacoma, large active composite volcano, Nisqually Glacier on its south is used to track climate change, contains the peaks of Columbia Crest, Point Success, and Liberty Point