* Mount Everest, Asia (8,850 m)
* Aconcagua, South America (6,959 m)
* Mount McKinley (Denali), North America (6,194 m)
* Kilimanjaro, Africa (5,895 m)
* Mount Elbrus, Europe (5,642 m) (or Mont Blanc (4,808 m))
* Vinson Massif, Antarctica (4,897 m)
* Mount Kosciuszko, Australia (2,228 m) (or Carstensz Pyramid, Oceania (4,884 m))
Eight-thousanders
The 14 "eight-thousanders", 8,000 m or higher, all in the Himalayas:
* Mount Everest (8,850 m)
* K2 (8,611 m)
* Kangchenjunga (8,586 m)
* Lhotse (8,545 m)
* Makalu (8,462 m)
* Cho Oyu (8,201 m)
* Dhaulagiri (8,167 m)
* Manaslu (8,163 m)
* Nanga Parbat (8,126 m)
* Annapurna (8,091 m)
* Gasherbrum I (8,068 m)
* Broad Peak (8,047 m)
* Gasherbrum II (8,035 m)
* Shishapangma (8,027 m)
Earth, by continent
Africa
* Cameroon Mountain
* Mount Elgon
* Mount Kenya
* Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania, highest mountain of Africa
* Mount Sinai - mountain in Egypt where Moses traditionally received the Ten Commandments
* Mount Stanley - Ruwenzori Range
* Table Mountain - Cape Town, South Africa
Antarctica
* Mount Albert Markham (4,282 m)
* Mount Erebus
* Mount Fridtjof Nansen
* Mount Jackson
* Mount Kirkpatrick
* Mount Markham (4,350 m)
* Mount Terror
* Mount Tyree
* Vinson Massif, highest mountain in Antarctica
Asia
* Adam's Peak (2243m) - Sri Lanka
* Annapurna - #10 in the world
* Mount Apo (2954m) - highest point in Philippines
* Ararat - Turkish Armenia, landing site, in folkloric elaborations of the biblical account of Noah, of his ark
* Baitou (Paektu) Mountain (2744m) - highest mountain in Korea, on Chinese/North Korean border
* Belukha (4506m) - Russia, highest peak in Altai Mountains
* Broad Peak (8047m) - #12 in the world
* Cho Oyu (8201m) - #6 in the world
* Demavend - Iran
* Dhaulagiri (8167m) - #7 in the world
* Doi Inthanon, highest peak in Thailand
* Mount Everest - Himalayas, Nepal, highest mountain in the world
* Mount Fuji (3776m) - famous Japanese volcano
* Gasherbrum I (8068m) - #11 in the world
* Gasherbrum II (8035m) - #13 in the world
* Gauri Sankar
* Halla Mountain - volcano; highest peak in South Korea
* K2 (8611m) - Pakistan, world's second highest, but a tougher climb than Everest, Part of the Himalayas range
* Kamet - Himalayas, first peak over 25,000 ft to be climbed
* Kanchenjunga (8586m) - #3 in the world, on Nepal-Sikkim border
* Mount Kerinchi - highest point of Barisan Range, Sumatra
* Mount Kinabalu (4093m) - Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia
* Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4750m) - Russian volcano
* Lenin Peak (7134m) - Russia
* Lhotse (8516m) - #4 in the world, located in Nepal
* Makalu (8462m) - #5 in the world, located in Nepal
* Manaslu (8156m) - #8 in the world, located in Nepal
* Muztagh Tower (7273m)
* Nanda Devi
* Nanga Parbat (8125m) - #9 in the world, located in Pakistan
* Pumori (7161m) - Himalayas
* Mount Tambora - Indonesia
* Shishapangma (8013m) - #14 in the world
Europe
Alps
* Dent Blanche - Alps
* Dent du Midi - Alps
* Gran Paradiso - Alps
* Grand Combin - Alps
* Grande Jorasses - Alps
* Grossglockner - Alps, Austria
* Finsteraarhorn - Alps, highest peak of the Bernese Oberland
* Jungfrau - Alps, Switzerland
* Matterhorn - Alps
* Mont Blanc - France, highest mountain of Western Europe
* Monte Rosa - Alps
* Piz Palu - Alps
* Mount Pilatus - Alps near Lucerne
* Mount Rigi - Alps near Lucerne
* Schlern - Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy
* Mount Titlis - Alps
* Weisshorn - Alps
* Wetterhorn - Alps
See also: Peaks and passes of the Alps
Balkans and Cyprus
* Mount Ainos - Greece
* Hymettus - east of Athens, Greece
* Montserrat - Spain
* Mount Aegaleus - Greece
* Mount Korab - highest point in Albania
* Mount Olympus - legendary home of the Greek gods, also the highest in Greece.
* Panachaicus - northernmost mountain of the Peloponnese, east of Patras, Greece.
* Mount Parnassus - Greece
* Vergina - Greece
See also: List of mountains in Greece.
Caucasus
* Mount Elbrus - highest mountain in Caucasus
* Mount Kazbek - second highest mountain in Caucasus
Great Britain
* Ben Lawers
* Ben Nevis - highest mountain in Great Britain
* Snowdon - highest mountain in Wales
* Scafell Pike - highest mountain in England
* Kinder Scout - highest peak in the Peak District
* Mam Tor - England
Pyrenees
Scandinavia
* Galdhøpiggen - highest point in Norway
* Haltitunturi - highest point in Finland
* Kebnekaise - highest point in Sweden
to be categorised
* Mount Circeo - Italy
* Eiger - Alps, Switzerland
* Mount Elbrus - Russia, highest mountain of Europe
* Etna - volcano on Sicily, Italy
* Hekla - Iceland volcano
* Rigi - Alps overlooking Lake Lucerne
* Tödi - Glarus Alps
* Mount Vesuvius - famous Italian volcano
North America
* Mount Adams - Cascades, Washington
* Mount Assiniboine - Canadian Rockies
* Mount Baker - Cascades, Washington
* Bridge Mountain - Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
* Mount Columbia - Canadian Rockies
* Devils Tower - Wyoming
* Mount Diablo - California
* Mount Edith Cavell - Canadian Rockies
* Mount Foraker - Alaska
* Glacier Peak - Cascades, Washington
* Grand Teton - Wyoming
* Mount Greylock - Massachusetts
* Mount Hood - Cascades, Oregon
* Horsetooth Mountain - Colorado
* Mount Jackson - Oregon
* Mount Jefferson - Oregon
* Mount Katahdin - at north end of the Appalachian Trail
* Mount Lassen - Cascades, California
* Maroon Bells - Colorado
* Mauna Loa - Hawaii; see .
* Mount Logan - highest mountain of Canada
* Longs Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
* Mount McKinley (Denali) - highest mountain in North America
* Mount Mitchell - highest mountain of the Appalachians
* Mount Monadnock - New Hampshire
* Newberry Volcano - Oregon
* Pico de Orizaba - highest point in Mexico
* Mount Olympus - Washington
* Paricutin - Mexico
* Pikes Peak - Colorado
* Popocatepetl - Mexico
* Mount Rainier - Washington
* Mount Robson - Canadian Rockies
* Mount Saint Elias
* Mount Shasta - California
* Mount Shuksan - Cascades
* Mount St. Helens - volcano in the United States
* Mount Si - Cascades, short but popular
* Mount Stuart - Cascades, Washington
* Mount Timpanogos - Wasatch Range, Utah
* Three Sisters - Oregon
* Mount Waddington - highest mountain in the Coast Mountains range of British Columbia, Canada
* Mount Washington - highest peak in northeastern United States, worst weather in the world
* Wheeler Peak - highest peak in Nevada
* Mount Whitney - highest mountain in Sierra Nevada
Oceania
* Carstensz Pyramid - New Guinea
* Mauna Loa - Hawaii, a volcanic seamount that is earth's largest mountain, when measured from its base under the ocean.
* Mount Cook - highest mountain in New Zealand
* Mount Kosciuszko - highest mountain in Australia
* Mount Ruapehu - New Zealand
* Mount Taranaki - New Zealand (also known as Mt. Egmont)
South America
* Aconcagua - Argentina, highest mountain of South America
* Cerro Torre - Patagonia
* Chimborazo - Ecuador
* Cotopaxi - Ecuador
* Pico Cristóbal Colón - Colombia
* Huascaran - highest mountain of Peru
* Illimani - Bolivia
* Mount Roraima - Guyana
* Sugar Loaf Mountain - Rio de Janeiro
Extraterrestrial mountains
* List of mountains on the Moon
* List of mountains on Mercury
* List of mountains on Venus
* List of mountains on Mars
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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