Notable Mountains And Peaks
22 entries in the Notable Mountains And Peaks compendium.
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AnnapurnaFirst eight-thousander climbed; dangerous peak with high fatality rate.Aoraki / Mount CookHighest mountain in New Zealand, a mountaineering and tourist icon.AvachinskyActive stratovolcano on Kamchatka, a Decade Volcano near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.Ben NevisHighest mountain in the British Isles, with a historic summit observatory.BenbulbinSteep-sided flat-topped mountain in Yeats Country, County Sligo.Black Elk PeakBlack Elk Peak, formerly called Harney Peak, stands as the highest natural point in the BlBorah PeakHighest summit in Idaho, with an active glacier and notable earthquake history.Broad PeakBroad Peak, the twelfth-highest mountain on Earth, is one of the fourteen eight-thousanderChimborazoEcuador's highest peak and farthest point from Earth's center.Cho OyuSixth-highest mountain, one of the 14 eight-thousanders, located on the China–Nepal borderDenaliHighest peak in North America, third most prominent on Earth.ElbrusHighest peak in Russia and Europe, a dormant stratovolcano.FujiA multifaceted term spanning geography, culture, and commerce.KilimanjaroAfrica's highest mountain and a major climbing destination.KosciuszkoAndrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and miliMatterhornA pyramidal peak emblematic of the Alps and Switzerland.Mont BlancHighest mountain in the Alps and western Europe, on the Franco-Italian border.Mount EverestEarth's highest mountain above sea level, on the China–Nepal border.Mount WhitneyMount Whitney, known as Tumanguya to the Paiute people, stands as the highest summit in thPuncak JayaHighest peak in Oceania and one of the Seven Summits.Table MountainTable Mountain (known in Khoekhoe as Huriǂoaxa, meaning "sea-emerging," and in Afrikaans aVesuviusActive volcano that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD.
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