{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/geo-mountain-peaks",
 "id": "geo-mountain-peaks",
 "title": "Famous Mountains and Peaks",
 "category": "geography",
 "subject": "Geography",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Famous mountains and where to find them.",
 "tags": [
  "mountains",
  "physical geography"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Mountain",
 "backLabel": "Where it is",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Mount Everest",
   "Nepal and China (Tibet); the highest mountain above sea level, 8,849 m"
  ],
  [
   "K2",
   "Pakistan and China; the second-highest mountain"
  ],
  [
   "Kangchenjunga",
   "Nepal and India; third-highest mountain"
  ],
  [
   "Lhotse",
   "Nepal and China; next to Everest"
  ],
  [
   "Annapurna",
   "Nepal; one of the world's highest peaks"
  ],
  [
   "Denali",
   "Alaska; the highest mountain in North America"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Logan",
   "Yukon, Canada; Canada's highest mountain"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Whitney",
   "California; the highest peak in the lower 48 states"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Rainier",
   "Washington State; a huge volcano near Seattle"
  ],
  [
   "Mount St. Helens",
   "Washington State; a volcano that erupted in 1980"
  ],
  [
   "Pikes Peak",
   "Colorado; known as America's Mountain"
  ],
  [
   "Grand Teton",
   "Wyoming; the tallest peak in the Teton Range"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Mitchell",
   "North Carolina; the highest peak east of the Mississippi"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Washington",
   "New Hampshire; the highest peak in the Northeast"
  ],
  [
   "Mauna Kea",
   "Hawaii; measured from the ocean floor it is taller than Everest"
  ],
  [
   "Kilimanjaro",
   "Tanzania; the highest mountain in Africa"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Kenya",
   "Kenya; second-highest mountain in Africa"
  ],
  [
   "Table Mountain",
   "Cape Town, South Africa; a flat-topped mountain"
  ],
  [
   "Aconcagua",
   "Argentina; the highest mountain in South America"
  ],
  [
   "Cotopaxi",
   "Ecuador; a tall active volcano in the Andes"
  ],
  [
   "Mont Blanc",
   "France and Italy; the highest peak in the Alps"
  ],
  [
   "Matterhorn",
   "Switzerland and Italy; a pointed peak in the Alps"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Elbrus",
   "Russia, in the Caucasus; the highest peak in Europe"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Olympus",
   "Greece; the tallest mountain in Greece, home of the gods in myth"
  ],
  [
   "Ben Nevis",
   "Scotland; the highest mountain in the UK"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Etna",
   "Sicily, Italy; one of Europe's most active volcanoes"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Vesuvius",
   "Italy; the volcano that buried Pompeii"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Fuji",
   "Japan; the tallest mountain in Japan, a famous volcano"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Ararat",
   "Turkey; where Noah's ark is said to have landed"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Kosciuszko",
   "Australia; the highest mountain on mainland Australia"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Vinson",
   "Antarctica; the highest mountain on the continent"
  ],
  [
   "Puncak Jaya",
   "Indonesia (New Guinea); the highest peak in Oceania"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Cook (Aoraki)",
   "New Zealand; the highest peak in New Zealand"
  ],
  [
   "Popocatépetl",
   "Mexico; an active volcano near Mexico City"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Sinai",
   "Egypt, Sinai Peninsula; where the Ten Commandments are said to have been given"
  ],
  [
   "Krakatoa",
   "Indonesia; a volcanic island that exploded in 1883"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Rushmore",
   "South Dakota; has the carved faces of four presidents"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Hood",
   "Oregon; the tallest peak in Oregon"
  ],
  [
   "Mount Shasta",
   "California; a big volcano in the north of the state"
  ],
  [
   "Half Dome",
   "California's Yosemite Valley; a famous granite cliff"
  ]
 ]
}