Mountains of the World

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1. HimalayaAsiaThe highest and youngest of the great mountain ranges, still rising as India pushes into Asia. Fold mountains of the Alpine orogeny.
2. KarakoramAsiaThe world's second-highest range, carrying K2 (8,611 m), the second-highest peak on Earth. Spans Pakistan, China and India.
3. Hindu KushAsiaThe fold range of Afghanistan extending into Pakistan, part of the Pamir-Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya complex.
4. Pamir KnotAsiaThe high mountain knot of Central Asia, often called the Roof of the World.
5. KunlunAsiaThe long fold range forming the northern rim of the Tibetan Plateau in China.
6. Tien ShanAsiaThe great fold range of Central Asia across Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China, first raised in the Hercynian orogeny.
7. ZagrosAsiaIran's fold range, raised where the Arabian plate pushes into Eurasia.
8. Alborz (Elburz)AsiaThe fold range of northern Iran along the Caspian's southern shore.
9. UralEurope and AsiaThe old, low fold range in Russia taken as the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.
10. AltaiAsiaThe fold range where Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China meet.
11. Sulaiman and Kirthar RangesAsiaThe fold ranges forming the western wall of the Indus plain in Pakistan.
12. Mount FujiAsiaJapan's highest peak (3,776 m), an active stratovolcano and the classic example of a volcanic mountain.
13. Mount KinabaluAsiaMalaysia's highest peak (4,095 m) on Borneo, a granite dome carved by ice.
14. KrakatoaAsiaThe Indonesian volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra.
15. Mount ApoAsiaThe Philippines' highest peak (2,954 m), a volcano on Mindanao.
16. Greater HimalayaIndiaThe Himadri: the innermost, highest and snow-bound belt of the Himalaya.
17. ShivalikIndiaThe outermost and lowest Himalayan belt, built of river-borne debris.
18. Pir PanjalIndiaThe longest range of the Lesser Himalaya, enclosing the Kashmir Valley.
19. ZanskarIndiaThe Ladakh range's neighbour, running between the Greater Himalaya and the Ladakh range.
20. Ladakh RangeIndiaThe range between the Indus and Shyok valleys in Ladakh.
21. PurvachalIndiaThe eastern arm of the Himalaya: the Patkai Bum, Naga, Manipur and Mizo hills.
22. AravalliIndiaThe world's oldest fold range, worn down to a residual mountain across Rajasthan toward Delhi.
23. VindhyaIndiaA relict range of ancient horizontal sedimentary rock in central India.
24. SatpuraIndiaA horst, an uplifted block mountain, between the Narmada and Tapi rift valleys.
25. Western GhatsIndiaThe faulted western escarpment of the Deccan plateau, continuous, high and wet.
26. Eastern GhatsIndiaBroken, discontinuous hills cut through by the east-flowing peninsular rivers.
27. KanchenjungaIndiaAt 8,586 m, the highest peak in India and the third-highest on Earth.
28. Nanda DeviIndiaAt 7,816 m, the highest peak lying entirely within India.
29. AnamudiIndiaAt 2,695 m, the highest peak of peninsular India, in the Western Ghats.
30. Nilgiri HillsIndiaThe hills where the Western and Eastern Ghats meet in Tamil Nadu.
31. Meghalaya HillsIndiaThe Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills: a detached block of the peninsular plateau in the northeast.
32. AlpsEuropeEurope's great Alpine fold range across eight countries, source of the Rhine, Rhone and Po.
33. VosgesEuropeEastern France's textbook block (fault) mountain, the highest point Grand Ballon (1,424 m).
34. Black ForestEuropeGermany's block mountain on the Rhine rift, raised along the rift's faults.
35. PyreneesEuropeThe fold range forming the natural border between France and Spain.
36. ApenninesEuropeThe fold range running as the backbone of the Italian peninsula.
37. JuraEuropeThe fold range on the France-Switzerland border, north-west of the Alps.
38. Dinaric AlpsEuropeThe fold range down the Adriatic coast of the Balkans.
39. CarpathiansEuropeThe great arc of fold mountains through Central and Eastern Europe.
40. CaucasusEuropeThe fold range between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
41. Scandinavian MountainsEuropeThe old Caledonian fold spine of Norway and Sweden, carved by ice into fjords.
42. Cantabrian MountainsEuropeThe fold range of northern Spain running parallel to the Bay of Biscay.
43. Balkan MountainsEuropeThe Bulgarian fold range that gives the Balkan Peninsula its name.
44. Mount EtnaEuropeSicily's volcano, the most active in Europe.
45. StromboliEuropeThe Aeolian island volcano called the Lighthouse of the Mediterranean.
46. VesuviusEuropeThe volcano near Naples that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 CE.
47. Atlas MountainsAfricaAfrica's only major fold range, running through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
48. DrakensbergAfricaThe great escarpment of South Africa and Lesotho, edging the southern plateau.
49. Ethiopian HighlandsAfricaThe volcanic Roof of Africa, split by the East African Rift.
50. Ahaggar (Hoggar)AfricaA volcanic highland rising from the central Sahara in Algeria.
51. TibestiAfricaChad's volcanic massif in the Sahara.
52. KilimanjaroAfricaTanzania's 5,895 m giant: Africa's highest point and the world's highest free-standing mountain.
53. Mount KenyaAfricaAfrica's second-highest peak (5,199 m), an extinct volcano on the Equator.
54. Mount StanleyAfricaThe Rwenzori peak (5,109 m) on the Uganda-DR Congo border.
55. Mount NimbaAfricaThe Guinea-Ivory Coast border peak, a World Heritage site.
56. ToubkalAfricaMorocco's 4,167 m summit in the High Atlas, the highest in North Africa.
57. Rocky MountainsNorth AmericaNorth America's great fold range from British Columbia to New Mexico, the continent's young cordillera.
58. AppalachiansNorth AmericaThe ancient, worn-low fold mountains of eastern North America, from Canada to Alabama.
59. Sierra NevadaNorth AmericaCalifornia's great tilted fault-block range, a classic block mountain.
60. Cascade RangeNorth AmericaThe volcanic arc along the Pacific coast of the USA and Canada, part of the Ring of Fire.
61. Coast MountainsNorth AmericaBritish Columbia's crowded coastal ranges, part of the Pacific mountain system.
62. Alaska RangeNorth AmericaThe Alaskan range holding Denali (6,190 m), North America's highest peak.
63. Mackenzie MountainsNorth AmericaThe Yukon and Northwest Territories arm of the northern Rocky system.
64. AlleghenyNorth AmericaThe western plateau belt of the Appalachian system in the USA.
65. White MountainsNorth AmericaNew Hampshire's White Mountains, home of Mount Washington.
66. Black MountainsNorth AmericaNorth Carolina's Black Mountains, holding Mount Mitchell.
67. Mount LoganNorth AmericaYukon's 5,959 m giant, Canada's highest peak.
68. Pico de OrizabaNorth AmericaMexico's highest peak (5,636 m), a dormant stratovolcano.
69. ParicutinNorth AmericaThe Mexican cinder cone that grew out of a farmer's field in 1943.
70. Sierra Madre OccidentalNorth AmericaThe fold range of western Mexico, cut by the Copper Canyon system.
71. AndesSouth AmericaThe world's longest continental range, down South America's western edge through seven countries.
72. AconcaguaSouth AmericaArgentina's 6,961 m giant: the highest peak of the Americas and of the Southern Hemisphere.
73. ChimborazoSouth AmericaEcuador's volcano whose summit is the point on Earth's surface farthest from the planet's centre.
74. CotopaxiSouth AmericaEcuador's 5,897 m giant, one of the world's highest active volcanoes.
75. Ojos del SaladoSouth AmericaThe Chile-Argentina border volcano (6,893 m), the highest volcano on Earth.
76. Brazilian HighlandsSouth AmericaBrazil's ancient shield plateau, worn down over hundreds of millions of years.
77. Guiana HighlandsSouth AmericaThe ancient shield of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil, famous for flat-topped tepuis.
78. Great Dividing RangeOceaniaAustralia's 3,500 km eastern range, dividing short coastal rivers from long inland ones.
79. Darling RangeOceaniaThe low scarp behind Perth along Australia's south-western coast.
80. Southern AlpsOceaniaNew Zealand's South Island fold range, raised along the Alpine Fault.
81. Puncak JayaOceaniaNew Guinea's 4,884 m summit: the highest point in Oceania and the highest island peak on Earth.
82. Mount KosciuszkoOceaniaAt 2,228 m, the highest point of mainland Australia.
83. Vinson MassifAntarcticaAntarctica's highest peak (4,892 m) in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains.
84. Transantarctic MountainsAntarcticaThe 3,500 km range dividing East Antarctica from West Antarctica.