Mountains and Mountain Ranges

Mountain Everest

World’s highest mountain. Located on the border of Nepal and China

K2

World’s second highest mountain. Located in the Karakoram range in northern Pakistan

Mount Fuji

Japan’s highest mountain

Mount Ararat

Turkey’s highest mountain, and believed to be the place where Noah’s Ark came to rest

Mont Blanc

Highest mountain in the Alps

Mount Elbrus

Highest Mountain in Europe. Found in the Caucasus mountains in southern Russia

Mount Erebus

Active volcano in Antarctica, World’s southermost active volcano.

Mount Vinson Massif

Highest mountain in Antartica

Mount Aconcagua

Highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. Located in the Andes Mountains in western Argentina

Mount Kilimanjaor

Africa’s highest mountain, a volcano in Tanzania

Matterhorn

Mountain in the Alps on the border between Switerland and Italy.

Table Mountain

Flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town, South Africa

Mount Kosciusko

Austrlia’s highest mountain

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

A large sandstone rock formation in the Northern Territory in Australia

Mount Cook

New Zealand’s highest mountain

Mount Denali (McKinley)

Highest mountain in North America. Located in Alaska

Mount Whitney

Highest mountain in the contiguous US States. Located in the Sierra Nevada in California

Mount Rainier

Highest mountain of the Cascade Range and the highest in Washington

Mount Logan

Highest mountain in Canada and 2nd highest in North America

Mauna Kea

Dormant volcano located in Hawaii. World’s tallest mountain when measured from base to peak, most of it is underwater

Mount Mitchell

Tallest peak east of the Rockies. Found in North Carolina

Mount Saint Helens

Active volcano in Washington state, most recently erupted in the 1980s

Mount Elbert

Highest mountain in the Rockies. Located in Colorado

Olympus Mons

The largest known mountain in the solar system. Found on the planet Mars

Himalayas

World’s tallest mountain range. Found in Asia. Separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan plateu

Atlas Mountains

Africa’s longest mountain range. Reaches across Morocco and Algeria in the westernmost part of the region

Alps

Highest and longest mountain range found exclusively in Europe. Found in France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Slovenia

Andes Mountains

World’s longest continental mountain range, stretching along the west coast of South America

Appalachian Mountains

A mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama. North America’s oldest mountain range

Ural Mountains

North-south range that separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia

Hindu Kush

mountain range extending west of the Himalayas, located near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Pyreness Mountains

A mountain range that extends along the border between France and Spain

Carpathian Mountains

A mountain range in central and eastern Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland to Romania

Great Dividing Range

Australia’s most substantial mountain range and the third longest land-based range in the world

Cascade Range

A mountain range with several active volcanoes in northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia, Canada

Sierra Nevada

Mountain range located in California and Nevada. Contains Lake Tahoe, Mount Whitney and Yosemite Valley

Sierra Madre

The chief mountain range in Mexico

Caucasus Mountains

A mountain system in southeastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea

Alaska Range

Contains the highest mountain in North America

Southern Alphs

Mountain range on New Zealand’s South Island

Blue Ridge Mountains

A name for a group of mountains located in the Appalachians that are characterized by a “blue” haze that surrounds their peaks

Great Smokey Mountains

Part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, located on the Tennessee/North Carolina border

Brooks Range

Mountain range located in northern Alaska and Yukon

Ozark Mountains

Mountainous area in southern Missouri/northern Arkansas

Ouachita Mountains

A low mountain range between the Arkansas and Red Rivers extending from central Arkansas to southeast Oklahoma. Mount Magazine is the highest point in the range and the highest point in Arkansas.