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Famous Mountains and Peaks
Famous mountains and where to find them.
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- Mount EverestMountainNepal and China (Tibet); the highest mountain above sea level, 8,849 m
- K2MountainPakistan and China; the second-highest mountain
- KangchenjungaMountainNepal and India; third-highest mountain
- LhotseMountainNepal and China; next to Everest
- AnnapurnaMountainNepal; one of the world's highest peaks
- DenaliMountainAlaska; the highest mountain in North America
- Mount LoganMountainYukon, Canada; Canada's highest mountain
- Mount WhitneyMountainCalifornia; the highest peak in the lower 48 states
- Mount RainierMountainWashington State; a huge volcano near Seattle
- Mount St. HelensMountainWashington State; a volcano that erupted in 1980
- Pikes PeakMountainColorado; known as America's Mountain
- Grand TetonMountainWyoming; the tallest peak in the Teton Range
- Mount MitchellMountainNorth Carolina; the highest peak east of the Mississippi
- Mount WashingtonMountainNew Hampshire; the highest peak in the Northeast
- Mauna KeaMountainHawaii; measured from the ocean floor it is taller than Everest
- KilimanjaroMountainTanzania; the highest mountain in Africa
- Mount KenyaMountainKenya; second-highest mountain in Africa
- Table MountainMountainCape Town, South Africa; a flat-topped mountain
- AconcaguaMountainArgentina; the highest mountain in South America
- CotopaxiMountainEcuador; a tall active volcano in the Andes
- Mont BlancMountainFrance and Italy; the highest peak in the Alps
- MatterhornMountainSwitzerland and Italy; a pointed peak in the Alps
- Mount ElbrusMountainRussia, in the Caucasus; the highest peak in Europe
- Mount OlympusMountainGreece; the tallest mountain in Greece, home of the gods in myth
- Ben NevisMountainScotland; the highest mountain in the UK
- Mount EtnaMountainSicily, Italy; one of Europe's most active volcanoes
- Mount VesuviusMountainItaly; the volcano that buried Pompeii
- Mount FujiMountainJapan; the tallest mountain in Japan, a famous volcano
- Mount AraratMountainTurkey; where Noah's ark is said to have landed
- Mount KosciuszkoMountainAustralia; the highest mountain on mainland Australia
- Mount VinsonMountainAntarctica; the highest mountain on the continent
- Puncak JayaMountainIndonesia (New Guinea); the highest peak in Oceania
- Mount Cook (Aoraki)MountainNew Zealand; the highest peak in New Zealand
- PopocatépetlMountainMexico; an active volcano near Mexico City
- Mount SinaiMountainEgypt, Sinai Peninsula; where the Ten Commandments are said to have been given
- KrakatoaMountainIndonesia; a volcanic island that exploded in 1883
- Mount RushmoreMountainSouth Dakota; has the carved faces of four presidents
- Mount HoodMountainOregon; the tallest peak in Oregon
- Mount ShastaMountainCalifornia; a big volcano in the north of the state
- Half DomeMountainCalifornia's Yosemite Valley; a famous granite cliff
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