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10 Highest
- Everest (8,848 m), Nepal-Tibet, Asia
- K2 (8,611 m), Pakistan, Asia
- Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), Nepal-India, Asia
- Lhotse (8,511 m), Nepal-Tibet, Asia
- Makalu (8,463 m), Nepal-Tibet, Asia
- Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Nepal-Tibet, Asia
- Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), Nepal, Asia
- Manaslu (8,163 m), Nepal, Asia
- Nanga Parbat (8,125 m), Pakistan, Asia
- Annapurna (8,091 m), Nepal, Asia
Eight-thousanders
The 14 "eight-thousanders", 8,000 metre or higher above sea level, all in the Himalaya:
- Mount Everest (8,848 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)
Seven Summits
The highest mountains of each continent (the Seven Summits):
- 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)
- Vinson Massif, Antarctica (4,897 m)
- Mount Kosciuszko, Australia (2,228 m) or Carstensz Pyramid, Oceania (4,884 m)
Earth, by continent
Africa
- Ahaggar Mountains (2,918 m), Algeria
- (2,484 m), Namibia
- (3,650 m), Basuto-South Africa
- Emi Koussi (3,415 m), Chad
- (2,500 m), South Africa
- (2,610 m), Angola
- (4,844 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Cameroon (4,075 m), Cameroon
- Mount Elgon (4,321 m), Kenya-Uganda
- (4,798 m), Congo-Uganda
- (4,715 m), Congo-Uganda
- (also known as Debasien or Tabasiat) (3,054 m), Uganda
- Mount Karisimbi (4,507 m), Rwanda-Congo
- Mount Kenya (5,195 m), Kenya
- Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), Kenya-Tanzania - highest mountain of Africa
- (4,627 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Meru (4,566 m), Tanzania - little known due to its close proximity to Kilimanjaro
- Mount Moroto (3,083 m), Uganda
- (2,750 m), Uganda
- (4,890 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Stanley (5,119 m), Congo-Uganda
- Jbel Toubkal (4,167 m), Morocco
- (2,149), Uganda
- Ras Dejen (4,533 m), Ethiopia
- Rungwe (3,175 m), Zambia
- Table Mountain/Tafelberg (1,088 m), Cape Town, South Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Himalaya - Karakoram
- Annapurna (8,091 m), Nepal - #10 in the world
- Broad Peak (8,047 m), Pakistan-China - #12 in the world
- Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Nepal-China - #6 in the world
- Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), Nepal - #7 in the world
- Gangkhar Puensum (7,570 m), Bhutan - highest unclimbed mountain in the world
- Gasherbrum I (8,068 m), Pakistan-China - #11 in the world
- Gasherbrum II (8,035 m), Pakistan-China - #13 in the world
- Gasherbrum III (7,952 m), Pakistan-China
- Gasherbrum IV (7,925 m), Pakistan-China
- K2 (8,611 m), Pakistan - world's second highest, but a tougher climb than Everest
- Kanchenjunga (8,586 m), Nepal-India - #3 in the world
- Kamet (7,756 m), Indian border - first peak over 25,000 ft to be climbed
- Kongur Shan (7,719 m), western Tibet (may be only 7,649 m)
- Kula Kangri (7,554 m), Tibet
- Lhotse (8,516 m), Nepal - #4 in the world
- Makalu (8,462 m), Nepal - #5 in the world
- Manaslu (8,156 m), Nepal - #8 in the world
- Masherbrum (7,821 m), Pakistan
- Melungtse (7,181 m), Nepal-Tibet
- Mount Everest (8,850 m), Nepal-Tibet border - highest mountain in the world
- Muztagh Tower (7,273 m), Pakistan
- Namcha Barwa (7,756 m), southeast Tibet - highest peak in the eastern Himalaya
- Nanda Devi (7,816 m), India
- Nanga Parbat (8,125 m), Pakistan - #9 in the world
- Pumori (7,161 m), Nepal-Tibet (Himalaya)
- Rakaposhi (7,788 m), Pakistan
- Shishapangma (8,013 m), Tibet - #14 in the world
- Tirich Mir (7,690 m), Pakistan
- Trango Towers (6,350 m), Pakistan
Others
- Anamudi (2,675 m), India - highest point of peninsular India.
- Ararat (5,137 m), Turkish Armenia, landing site, in folkloric elaborations of the biblical account of Noah, of his ark
- Baekdu/Baitou Mountain (2,744 m), on Chinese/North Korean border - highest mountain in Korea
- Belukha (4,506 m), Russia - highest peak in Altai Mountains
- Demavend (5,604 m), Iran
- Doi Inthanon (2,565 m), highest peak in Thailand
- Gongga Shan (7,556 m), highest peak in Sichuan, China - highest in the world outside of the Himalaya and Karakoram
- Halla Mountain (1,950 m), volcano, highest peak in South Korea
- Hkakabo Razi (5,881 m), highest peak in Myanmar
- Ismail Samani Peak (7,496 m), Tajikistan - highest peak in the Pamir
- Mount Kazbek (5,047 m), Georgia, in Caucasus
- Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4,750 m), Russian volcano
- Lenin Peak (7,134 m), Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border (Pamir range)
- Mount Merapi (2,911 m), Indonesia
- Mount Apo (2,954 m), highest point in the Philippines
- Mount Fuji (3,776 m), famous volcano, highest peak in Japan and world's most visited mountain
- Mount Jade (3,952 m), highest peak in Taiwan
- Mount Kerinchi (3,805 m), highest point of Barisan Range, Sumatra
- Mount Kinabalu (4,093 m), Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia
- Noshaq (7,485 m), highest point in Afghanistan, located in the Hindu Kush mountain range.
- Mount Tambora (2,850 m), Indonesia
- Peak Pobeda (Tomur Feng) (7,439 m), Kyrgyzstan-China border - highest peak in the Tian Shan
- Sri Pada (Adam's Peak, 2,243 m), Sri Lanka
Europe
Alps
- Piz Bernina (4,049 m), Switzerland-Italy - highest peak in the Eastern Alps
- Dachstein (2,997 m), highest peak of Styria, Upper Austria and Austrian , first vertical climb 19th century
- Dent Blanche (4,356 m), Switzerland
- (3,260 m), Switzerland
- Diablerets (3,210 m), Switzerland
- Eiger (3,970 m), Bernese Alps, Switzerland
- Finsteraarhorn (4,274 m), Alps, highest peak of the Bernese Oberland
- Gran Paradiso (4,061 m), Italy
- Grand Combin (4,314 m), Switzerland
- Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m), France-Italy, Mont-Blanc range
- Großglockner (3,797 m), highest peak in Austria
- Hochkönig (2,938 m), Austria near Berchtesgaden, Germany
- Jungfrau (4,158 m), Bernese Alps, Switzerland
- (2,135 m), Karawanken, Austria-Slovenia - famous climbing peak
- Matterhorn (4,477 m), photo star above Zermatt, Switzerland-Italy
- Mont Blanc (4,808 m), France-Italy - highest mountain of Western Europe
- (3,199 m), Dolomites, South Tyrol-Italy
- Monte Rosa (4,634 m), , Italy-Switzerland second highest mountain of Western Europe
- (1,407 m), Swiss
- Ortler (3,902 m)m highest peak of South Tyrol, Italy
- Pelvoux (3,946 m), French Alps
- Mount Pilatus (2,129 m), near Lucerne, Switzerland
- Rigi (1,797 m), overlooking Lake Lucerne
- (3,912 m)
- Schlern (2,563 m), Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy
- Schneeberg (2,076 m), highest peak of Lower Austria
- Tödi (3,620 m), Swiss Glarus Alps
- Traunstein (1,610 m), photo star at , Upper Austria
- Triglav (2,864 m), highest peak of Slovenia
- (3,239 m), Swiss
- Untersberg (1,973 m), near of Salzburg city
- Weisshorn (4,506 m), Switzerland
- Wetterhorn (3,701 m), Switzerland
- Wildspitze (3,774 m), Ötztaler Alps, Austria
- Zugspitze (2,964 m), on the Austrian-German border, and the highest point in Germany
See also: Alps, List of mountains of the Alps
Apennines
Balkans
- Aegaleus, Greece
- Ainos (1,628 m), Greece
- Botev vrah (2,376 m), Bulgaria - highest peak of the Balkan mountains
- Čvrsnica (2,238 m), Dinarides, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Dinara (Troglav peak 1,913 m; Dinara peak 1,831 m), Dinarides, Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Hymettus (1,026 m), east of Athens, Greece
- Korab (2,764 m), highest point in Albania
- Musala (2,925 m), Bulgaria, highest mountain in Bulgaria and the Balkans
- Olympus (2,919 m), highest mountain in Greece - legendary home of the Greek gods
- Orjen (1,894 m), highest mountain of littoral Montenegro, during glacial periodes the heaviest glaciated Mediterranean mountain
- Panachaicus (1,926 m), northernmost mountain of the Peloponnese, east of Patras, Greece
- Parnassus (2,460 m), Greece
- Šar mountain (2,747 m), Republic of Macedonia-Serbia (Kosovo)-Albania
- (2,640 m), Greece
- Vergina (2,193 m?), Greece
- Vihren (2,915 m), Bulgaria - third highest mountain in the Balkans after Musala in Bulgaria and Mount Olympus
See also: List of mountains in Greece, Greek names of mountains, .
Caucasus
Iberia
Iceland
Ireland
Scandinavia
United Kingdom
- Ben Lawers (1,214 m), Scotland
- Ben Nevis (1,344 m), highest mountain in the United Kingdom
- Cross Fell (893 m), highest mountain in the Pennines
- Snowdon (1,085 m), highest mountain in Wales
- Scafell Pike (978 m), highest mountain in England
- Kinder Scout (636 m), highest mountain in the Peak District
- Mam Tor (517 m), Peak District, England
- Slieve Donard (850 m), highest mountain in Northern Ireland
See also:
- Mountains of the United Kingdom
- List of mountains and hills of the British Isles by height
Carpathian Mountains
to be categorised
- The Brocken - highest peak of Harz Mts., Eastern Germany (1,142 m)
- Etna - dominant volcano on Sicily, Italy (3,263 m)
- Feldberg - Schwarzwald, Germany (1,493 m)
- Mont Ventoux - France (1,909 m)
- Mount Circeo - Italy
- Mount Vesuvius - famous Italian volcano (1,270 m)
- , Böhmerwald - Austria-Czech Republic-Germany (1,378 m)
North America
Canada
Greenland
Mexico
- Cofre de Perote or "Naupa-Tecutépetl" or "Nauhcampatépetl" or "Square Mountain" ( 4,282 m) – Veracruz
- Volcán de Fuego de Colima (3,860 m) – Jalisco/Colima border
- Iztaccíhuatl or "White Woman" or "Asleep Woman" (5,286 m) – México state/Puebla border
- La Malinche, or "Matlalcueitl" (4,462 m) – Tlaxcala/Puebla border
- Nevado de Colima or "Zapotepetl" (4,330 m) – Jalisco/Colima border
- Nevado de Toluca or "Xinantecatl" (4,577 m) – México state
- Pico de Orizaba, or "Citlaltépetl" (5,636 m) – Puebla/Veracruz border, highest point in Mexico
- Paricutín (3,170 m) – Michoacán
- Popocatépetl (5,465 m) – México state
- Cerro del Potosí (3,700 m) – Nuevo León
- El Coahuilón (3,500 m) – Coahuila/Nuevo León border
- Cerro La Cruz del Marqúes (3,931 m) – Mexico City
- Pico del Águila (3,894 m) – Mexico City
- (3,706 m) – Coahuila/Nuevo León border
- (3,600 m) – Coahuila
- (3,360 m) – Coahuila
- (3,919 m) – México state
- or "Tlaloc Mountain" (4,151 m) – México state
- (4,081 m) – México state
- Tacana (4,110 m) – Chiapas/Guatemala
- Sierra Negra (4,680 – Puebla
- (1,960 m) – Nuevo León
- (1,785 m) – Nuevo León
- (1,980 m) – Nuevo León
- (1,960 m) – Nuevo León
- (2,020 m) – Nuevo León
- (2,515 m) – Queretaro
- (1,800 m) – Nuevo León
- (1,880 m) – Nuevo León
- La Calle (2,905 m) – Nuevo León
- (1,940 m) – Baja California Sur
- (1050) m – Islas Revillagigedo
- or "Volcan de Ahuacatlán" (2,280 m) – Nayarit
- (2,353 m) – Nayarit
- (3,030 m) – Jalisco
- El Jorullo (1,820 m) – Michoacán
- (3,150 m) – Puebla
- El Chichón (1,150 m) – Chiapas
- (1,200 m) – Sonora
- Volcan San Martín Tuxtla (1,650 - 1,700 m) – Veracruz
- Amealco (3,040 m) – Queretaro
- or "Star Mountain" (2,613 m) – Mexico City
- (3,000 m) – Durango
- (3,930 m) – México state
- (3,450 m) – México state/Morelos
- (2,000 m) – Durango
- (3,120 m) – Morelos
- (1,200 m) – Baja California
- (2,020 m) – Nayarit
- (3,000 m) – Jalisco
- (2,700 m) – Mexico City
- (2,600 m) – Mexico City
- – México state
United States
- Mount Adams – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Adams – White Mountains, New Hampshire
- Mount Baker – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Baxter – California
- Mount Bona (16,550ft) – Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska
- Mount Borah – Idaho
- Bridge Mountain – Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
- Camel's Hump – Green Mountains, Vermont
- Cannon Mountain – White Mountains, New Hampshire
- Cathedral Peak – California
- Mount Churchill (15,638 ft) – Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska
- Mount Columbia – Colorado
- Mount Dana – California
- Devil's Thumb – Alaska
- Devils Tower – Wyoming
- Mount Diablo – California
- – (12,163 feet), Utah, 3rd highest point
- Mount Elbert (4,401 m) – Sawatch Range, Colorado, highest point in the Rocky Mountains
- Mount Fairweather or Fairweather Mountain (15,300 ft or 4663 m) – , Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska & British Columbia, United States & Canada, Highest point in British Columbia
- Mount Foraker – Alaska
- Gannett Peak – Wyoming
- Glacier Peak – Cascades, Washington
- Grand Teton – Wyoming
- Mount Greylock – Massachusetts
- Half Dome – California
- Mount Hood – Cascades, Oregon
- Horsetooth Mountain – Colorado
- Mount Jefferson – Cascades, Oregon
- Jobs Peak – Sierra Nevada
- Mount Lafayette – White Mountains, New Hampshire
- Mount Katahdin – at north end of the Appalachian Trail
- Mount Lassen – Cascades, California
- Mount Lemmon (2,791 m) – Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona
- Longs Peak – Colorado
- Mammoth Mountain – California
- Mount Mansfield – Green Mountains, Vermont
- Maroon Bells – Colorado
- – Chugach Range, Alaska
- Mount Massive – Sawatch Range, Colorado
- Mauna Loa – Hawaii; see Oceania.
- Mount McKinley or Denali (20,320 ft) – highest mountain in North America
- Mount Mitchell – highest mountain of the Appalachians
- Mount Monadnock – New Hampshire
- Newberry Volcano – Oregon
- Mount Olympus – Washington
- Pikes Peak – Colorado
- Mount Rainier (4,392 m) – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Saint Elias (5,489m) – #2 in Canada and the USA
- San Jacinto Peak (3,293 m) – California
- Mount Sanford (16,237 ft) – Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska
- Mount Shasta – California
- Mount Shuksan – Cascades
- Mount St. Helens – active volcano in the Cascades, Washington
- Mount Si – Cascades, short but popular
- Mount Stuart – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Timpanogos – Wasatch Range, Utah
- Three Sisters – Oregon
- (11,413 ft) – , Alaska
- Mount Washington – highest peak in northeastern United States, worst weather in the world
- Mount Werner – Colorado – Location of the Steamboat Ski Resort
- Wheeler Peak – highest peak in Nevada
- Mount Whitney (14,497.2 feet or 4,421 m) – Sierra Nevada, highest mountain in the contiguous United States
Oceania
Australia
- The Blue Mountains — New South Wales
- Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m) — highest mountain in mainland Australia — New South Wales
- — Victoria
- Mount Bogong (1,986 m) — highest mountain in Victoria, Australia
- Mount Feathertop (1,922 m) — Victoria
- Mount Hotham (1,861 m) — Victoria
- Falls Creek (1,842 m) — Victoria
- Mount Buller (1,804 m) — Victoria
- Mount Buffalo (1,695 m) — Victoria
- Cradle Mountain National Park — Tasmania
- Mount Dandenong — near Melbourne — Victoria
- Mount Keira — mountain in the Illawarra escarpment near Keiraville, Wollongong New South Wales
- Mount Kembla — mountain in the Illawarra escarpment near Unanderra, Wollongong New South Wales
Hawaii
Indonesia
Bali
New Guinea
New Zealand
South America
Argentina
Other countries
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