This is a list of the most famous mountains in the world (and
some other ones we found information on on the way). We have been asked what the definition of a mountain is. The only description we could find is that a mountain is steeper and higher than a hill.
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| Mountain | Height (m) | Mountain Range | Country | Comments |
Aconcagua |
6958 |
Andes |
Argentina |
highest mountain in South America |
Adam's Peak |
2243 |
Sri Lanka |
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Aiguille Verte |
4122 |
Alps |
France |
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Aiguille de Blaitière |
3522 |
Alps |
France |
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Aiguille du Midi |
3842 |
Alps |
France |
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Alagoz |
4095 |
Armenia |
extinguished volcano |
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Aletschhorn |
4195 |
Bernese Alps |
Switzerland |
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Alphubel |
4206 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Anai Mudi |
2695 |
Southern Ghats |
India |
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Annapurna I |
8078 |
Himalayas |
Nepal |
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Annapurna II |
7938 |
Himalayas |
Nepal |
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Aran Fawddwy |
905 |
Cambrians |
Wales |
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Babia Góra |
1725 |
Beskid Zywiecki |
Poland |
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Ben Alder |
1145 |
Grampians |
Scotland |
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Ben Lawers |
1214 |
Grampians |
Scotland |
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Ben Lomond |
974 |
Scotland |
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Ben Lui |
1130 |
Scotland |
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Ben Macdhui |
1309 |
Grampians |
Scotland |
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Ben More |
1171 |
Grampians |
Scotland |
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Ben Nevis |
1343 |
Grampians |
Scotland |
highest mountain in Great Britain |
Biberkopf |
2599 |
Germany |
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Boundary Peak |
4005 |
USA |
highest point in Nevada |
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Braeriach |
1295 |
Grampians |
Scotland |
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Breithorn |
4165 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Broad-highest |
8050 |
Kashmir |
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Broad-middle |
8000 |
Kashmir |
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Brocken |
3747 |
Harz |
Germany |
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Bruach na Frithe |
958 |
Black Cuillins |
Scotland |
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Cairn Gorm |
1245 |
Grampians |
Scotland |
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Cairn Toul |
1293 |
Grampians |
Scotland |
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Carrantuohill |
1041 |
Ireland |
highest mountain in Ireland |
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Castor |
4228 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Catinaccio |
2981 |
Dolomites |
Italy |
aka Rosengarten |
Cerro Negro |
5703 |
Andes |
Bolivia |
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Cerro Poincenot |
3002 |
Andes |
Argentina |
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Cerro Torre |
3102 |
Andes |
Argentina |
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Chimborazo |
6310 |
Andes |
Ecuador |
highest mountain in Andes |
Cho Oyu |
8150 |
China, Nepal |
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Citlaltepetl |
0 |
Mexico |
aka Pico de Orizaba |
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Clingmans Dome |
2024 |
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Communism Peak |
7495 |
Russian Pamirs |
Tajikistan |
aka Garmo Peak, formerly Stalin Peak |
Cotopaxi |
5897 |
Andes |
Ecuador |
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Denali |
6194 |
Alaska Range |
Alaska |
aka Mount McKinley |
Dent Blanche |
4356 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Dhaulagiri |
8168 |
Nepal |
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Dom |
4545 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Dreizinnen |
3003 |
Dolomites |
Italy |
aka le tre Cime |
Dristner |
2765 |
Alps |
Austria |
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Dufourspitze |
4634 |
Walese Alps |
Switzerland |
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Eisack |
0 |
Dolomites |
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El Morado |
5060 |
Andes |
Chili |
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El'brus |
5633 |
Caucasus |
Russia |
highest mountain in Europe, border between Europe and Asia |
Elie De Beaumont |
3117 |
New Zealand |
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Etsch |
0 |
Dolomites |
South Tirol |
southern kalkalpen |
Feldberg |
1493 |
Black Forrest |
Germany |
highest point of Black Forrest |
Finsteraarhorn |
4274 |
Bernese Alps |
Switzerland |
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Fitz Roy |
3405 |
Andes |
Argentina? |
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Fritz Range |
2233 |
New Zealand |
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Galdhøpiggen |
2469 |
Jotunheimen |
Norway |
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Gasherbrum I |
8070 |
Karakoram |
Kashmir |
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Gasherbrum II |
8030 |
Karakoram |
Kashmir |
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Gasherbrum III |
7950 |
Karakoram |
Kashmir |
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Glittertind |
2452 |
Jotunheimen |
Norway |
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Godwin Austen |
0 |
Karakoram |
Kashmir |
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Gosainthan |
8012 |
Himalayas |
China |
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Granaty |
2239 |
High Tatra |
Poland |
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Grand Combin |
4314 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Grand Teton |
4197 |
USA? |
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Grossglockner |
3797 |
Tyrolean Alps |
Austria |
highest mountain in Austria |
Half Dome |
2695 |
USA |
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Hallett Peak |
3875 |
USA |
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Harney Peak |
2207 |
Black Hills |
South Dakota, Wyoming |
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Hestbrepiggen |
2172 |
Norway |
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Hohberghorn |
4219 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Illimani |
6451 |
Andes |
Bolivia |
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Jaworzyna |
1114 |
Beskid Sadecki |
Poland? |
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Jaya |
5030 |
Indonesia |
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Jungfrau |
0 |
Bernese Alps |
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K2 |
8611 |
Himalayas |
Kashmir |
aka Mount Godwin Austen |
Kamet |
7760 |
India |
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Kangchenjunga |
8590 |
Himalayas |
India, Nepal |
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Kangchenjunga, S Peak |
8470 |
Himalayas |
India, Nepal |
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Kangchenjunga, W Peak |
8420 |
Himalayas |
India, Nepal |
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Kibo |
5895 |
Kilimanjaro |
Tanzania, Kenya |
highest mountain in Africa, extinct volcano |
Kosciusko |
2228 |
Australia |
highest mountain in Australia |
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Latemar |
2865 |
Dolomites |
Italy |
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Le Tre Cime |
3003 |
Dolomites |
Italy |
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Lenzspitze |
4294 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Lhotse I |
8511 |
Himalayas |
China, Nepal |
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Lhotse II |
7589 |
Himalayas |
China, Nepal |
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Liskamm |
4527 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Llotse E Peak |
8380 |
China, Nepal |
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Longs Peak |
4345 |
USA? |
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Ludwigshoehe |
4311 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Makalu I |
8470 |
China, Nepal |
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Manaslu |
8130 |
Nepal |
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Marmolada |
3342 |
Alps |
Italy |
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Matterhorn |
4477 |
Walese Alps |
France, Switzerland |
aka Mont Cervin, Monte Cervino |
Mauna Kea |
4205 |
USA, Hawaii |
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Mawensi |
5149 |
Kilimanjaro |
Tanzania, Kenya |
extinct volcano |
Mitre Peak |
1692 |
New Zealand |
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Mont Blanc |
4810 |
Alps |
France, Italy |
highest mountain in Western Europe, highest mountain in the Alps |
Mont Blanc du Tacul |
4248 |
Alps |
France |
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Mont Cervin |
4477 |
Alps |
France, Switzerland |
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Mont Maudit |
4465 |
Alps |
France |
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Mont-Dore |
1886 |
Alps |
France |
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Monte Cervino |
4477 |
Alps |
France, Switzerland |
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Monte Pelmo |
3168 |
Alps |
Italy |
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Monte Rosa |
4634 |
Walese Alps |
Switzerland |
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Moro Rock |
2050 |
USA |
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Mount Asama |
0 |
Japan |
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Mount Bogong |
1984 |
Australian Alps |
Australia |
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Mount Bryan |
934 |
Mount Lofty Range |
SE Australia |
highest peak in range |
Mount Cook |
3764 |
New Zealand |
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Mount Egmont |
2518 |
New Zealand |
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Mount Evans |
4348 |
USA |
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Mount Everest |
8848 |
Himalayas |
Nepal,Tibet |
highest mountain |
Mount Feathertop |
1923 |
Australian Alps |
Australia |
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Mount Fugen |
1360 |
Japan |
volcano, erupted in 1991 |
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Mount Fujijama |
3378 |
Japan |
aka Mount Fuji or Fuji-san, dormant volcano, sakred mountain |
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Mount Godwin Austen |
8611 |
Himalayas |
Kashmir |
aka K2 |
Mount Hamilton |
1356 |
California |
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Mount Kennedy |
4235 |
Canada |
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Mount Kenya |
5199 |
Central Kenya |
aka Kirinyaga, extinct volcano |
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Mount Kilimanjaro |
5895 |
Tanzania, Kenya |
highest point in Africa, comprises 3 extinct volcanos |
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Mount Kosciusko |
2228 |
Australian Alps |
Australia |
prev ka Mount Townsend |
Mount Logan |
6051 |
Canada |
highest mountain in Canada |
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Mount McKinley |
6194 |
Alaska Range |
Alaska |
aka Denali, highest mountain in North America, named after president William McKinley |
Mount Mitchell |
2044 |
Black Mountains (Appalaches) |
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Mount Rainier |
0 |
USA/WA |
highest perpetually snow-clad peak with the largest glacial system in the continental US, sleeping volcano |
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Mount Whitney |
4418 |
Sierra Nevadas |
USA |
highest point in the lower 48 states |
Mulhacen |
3482 |
Sierra Nevada |
Spain |
highest mountain in Spain |
Muz Tag Ata |
7550 |
China |
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Nadelhorn |
4327 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Nanda Devi, High |
7816 |
Himalayas |
India |
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Nanda Devi, Low |
7436 |
Himalayas |
India |
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Nanga Parbat |
8130 |
Himalayas |
Kashmir |
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Nevados de Payachata |
6330 |
Andes |
Chile |
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Nevados de Putre |
5408 |
Andes |
Chile |
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Nordend |
4608 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Obergabelhorn |
4063 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Ojos del Salado |
6910 |
Argentina, Chile |
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Orla Perc |
2182 |
High Tatra |
Poland |
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Parrotspitze |
4436 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Piave |
0 |
Dolomites |
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Pic Bette |
2286 |
Tibesti Massif |
Libya |
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Pico de Neblina |
3014 |
Brazilian Highlands |
Brazil |
highest point in Brazil |
Pico de Orizaba |
5610 |
Mexico |
aka Citlaltepetl |
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Pilsko |
1557 |
Beskid Zywiecki |
Poland |
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Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire |
826 |
Mauritius |
highest peak in Mauritius |
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Pobedy Peak |
7440 |
Kyrgysztan |
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Qilin Mountains |
5826 |
China |
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Qornet es Saouda |
3087 |
Lebanon |
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Rakaposhi |
7790 |
Kashmir |
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Rimfischhorn |
4199 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Rosengarten |
2981 |
Dolomites |
Italy |
aka Catinaccio |
Rysy |
2499 |
High Tatra |
Poland |
highest mountain in Poland |
Sakurajima |
1117 |
Kagoshima |
Japan |
1914 it joined island to mainland with overflow, Japan's most active volcano |
Scafell Peak |
978 |
Lake District |
England |
highest mountain in England |
Schneekoppe |
1602 |
Riesengebirge |
Germany, Tschechnia |
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Schroetterhorn |
3386 |
Alps |
Italy |
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Schwarzhorn |
4322 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Sgurr Alasdair |
993 |
Black Cuillins |
Scotland |
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Sgurr Mhic Choinnich |
948 |
Black Cuillins |
Scotland |
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Shira |
3778 |
Kilimanjaro |
Tanzania |
extinct volcano |
Signalkuppe |
4556 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Simonyspitzen |
3488 |
Alps |
Austria |
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Skardstinden |
2373 |
Norway |
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Slieve Donard |
0 |
Mountains of Mourne |
Northern Ireland |
highest mountain in Northern Ireland |
Snowdon |
1085 |
Wales |
highest mountain in Wales, aka Yr Wyddfa |
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Stecknadelhorn |
4241 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Strahlhorn |
4190 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Table Top Mountain |
1088 |
Capetown |
South Africa |
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Taeaschhorn |
4490 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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The Inaccessible Peak |
986 |
Black Cuillins |
Scotland |
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Tirich Mir |
7690 |
Pakistan |
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Torres del Paine |
2800 |
Andes |
Chile? |
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Ulugh Muztagh |
7720 |
Tibet |
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Venusberg |
0 |
Germany |
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Vincent Pyramide |
4215 |
Alps |
Italy? |
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Vinson Massif |
5140 |
Antarctic |
highest mountain in Antarctica |
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Volcan Antuco |
3585 |
Andes |
Chile |
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Volcan Lanin |
3747 |
Andes |
Argentina |
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Volcan Lascar |
5154 |
Andes |
Chile |
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Volcan Licancabur |
5916 |
Andes |
Chile |
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Volcan Llaima |
3125 |
Andes |
Chile |
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Volcan San Jose |
5890 |
Andes |
Chile |
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Weisshorn |
4505 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Wetterhorn |
0 |
Bernese Alps |
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Wheeler Peak |
4011 |
USA/NM |
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Wheeler Peak |
3982 |
USA/NV |
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Wildspitze |
3774 |
Oztal Alps |
Austria |
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Yr Wyddfa |
1085 |
Wales |
aka Mount Snowdon |
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Zinalrothorn |
4221 |
Alps |
Switzerland |
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Zugspitze |
2964 |
Alps |
Germany |
highest mountain in Germany |
Zumsteinspitze |
4563 |
Alps |
Switzerland |