Ten Highest
- Everest (8,848 m), Nepal-Tibet (China), Asia
- K2 (8,611 m), Pakistan-Xinjiang (China), Asia
- Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), Nepal-Sikkim (India), Asia
- Lhotse (8,511 m), Nepal-Tibet (China), Asia
- Makalu (8,463 m), Nepal-Tibet (China), Asia
- Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Nepal-Tibet (China), 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
metres 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 Puncak Jaya, Papua, Oceania (4,884 m) (also known as Carstenz Pyramid)
By Continent
Africa
- Ahaggar Mountains (2,918 m), Algeria
- Auasberge (2,484 m), Namibia
- Draken Mountains Cathkin Peak (3,650 m), Basoto-South Africa
- Emi Koussi (3,415 m), Chad
- Kompassberg (2,500 m), South Africa
- Moco (2,610 m), Angola
- Mount Baker (4,844 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Cameroon (4,075 m), Cameroon
- Mount Elgon (4,321 m), Kenya-Uganda
- Mount Emin (4,798 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Gessi (4,715 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Kadam (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), Tanzania - highest mountain in Africa
- Mount Luigi di Savoia (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
- Mount Morungole (2,750 m), Uganda
- Mount Speke (4,890 m), Congo-Uganda
- Mount Stanley (5,119 m), Congo-Uganda
- Jbel Toubkal (4,167 m), Morocco
- Mount Zulia (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
The rankings are derived from the list of highest mountains, which ranks mountains separated by 500m of prominence. See talk page.
- Annapurna (8,091 m), Nepal - #10 in the world
- Annapurna II (7,937 m), Nepal
- Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Nepal-Tibet, China - #6 in the world
- Chomo Lhari (7,314 m), Bhutan-Tibet, China
- Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), Nepal - #7 in the world
- Gangkhar Puensum (7,570 m), Bhutan - highest unclimbed mountain in the world
- Gyala Peri (7,294 m), Tibet, China - Opposite Namcha Barwa
- Gyachung Kang (7,952 m), Nepal-Tibet, China
- Gurla Mandhata (7,694 m), Tibet, China
- Hilmalchuli (7,893 m), Nepal - one of the highest mountains below 8000 meters
- Kailash (6,638 m), Tibet, China - A holy mountain to Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Bon and Jains
- Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), Nepal-Sikkim, India - #3 in the world
- Kamet (7,756 m), Indianear Tibetan border - first peak over 25,000 ft to be climbed
- Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), Nepal-Sikkim, India - #3 in the world
- Kula Kangri (7,554 m), Tibet, China - #47 in the world
- Laila Peak (Rupal Valley) (5,971m), Pakistan
- Lhotse (8,516 m), Nepal-Tibet, China- #4 in the world
- Machhapuchhre (6,993 m), Nepal- also known as Fishtail, one of the most photogenic mountains in the world
- Makalu (8,462 m), Nepal-Tibet, China- #5 in the world
- Manaslu (8,156 m), Nepal - #8 in the world
- Melungtse (7,181 m), Tibet, China
- Mount Everest (8,850 m), Nepal-Tibet, China border - highest mountain in the world
- Namcha Barwa (7,756 m), Southeast Tibet, China - 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, China
- Rakhiot Peak (7,070 metres), Pakistan
- Shishapangma (8,013 m), Tibet, China - #14 in the world
Hindu Kush
- Buni Zom (6,550 m), Pakistan
- Istor-o-nal (7,403 m), Pakistan - #68 in the world
- Noshaq (7,492 m), Afghanistan-Pakistan - #52 in the world
- Saraghrar (7,349 m), Pakistan - #78 in the world
- Tirich Mir (7,690 m), Pakistan - #33 in the world - Highest in peak Hindukush range
Karakoram
- Baintha Brak (The Ogre) (7,285 m), Pakistan - #87 in the world
- Baltistan Peak (7,288 m), Pakistan - #89 in the world
- Broad Peak (8,047 m), Pakistan-China - #12 in the world
- Diran (7,257 m), Pakistan - #93 in the world
- Distaghil Sar (7,885m), Pakistan - #19 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 (unranked: insufficient prominence)
- Gasherbrum IV (7,925 m), Pakistan-China - #17 in the world
- Gasherbrum V (7,321 metres), Pakistan
- Haramosh (7,409 m), Pakistan - #67 in the world
- K2 (8,611 m), Pakistan-China - world's second highest, but a tougher climb than Everest
- K12 (7,468 m), Pakistan - #51 in the world
- Kanjut Sar (7,760 m), Pakistan - #26 in the world
- Kunyang Chhish (7,852 m), Pakistan - #21 in the world
- Laila Peak (Haramosh Valley) (6,986 m), Pakistan
- Laila Peak (Hushe Valley) (6,096m), Pakistan
- Malubiting (7,458 m), Pakistan - #58 in the world
- Masherbrum (7,821 m), Pakistan - #22 in the world
- Mitre Peak (6,025 m), Pakistan
- Muztagh Tower (7,273 m), Pakistan - #91 in the world
- Passu Sar (7,476 m), Pakistan - #54 in the world
- Rakaposhi (7,788 m), Pakistan - #27 in the world
- Saltoro Kangri (7,742 m), Pakistan - #31 in the world
- Sangemarmar Sar (7,050 m), Pakistan
- Sia Kangri (7,422 m), Pakistan - #63 in the world
- Skil Brum (7,420 m), Pakistan - #66 in the world
- Trango Towers (6,350 m), Pakistan
- Ultar Peak (7,388 m), Pakistan - #70 in the world
Others
- Anamudi (2,675 m), India - highest point of peninsular India.
- Ararat (5,137 m), Turkey - 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 - also known as Minya Konka, highest peak in the Hengduan Shan Ranges
- Halla Mountain (1,950 m), volcano, highest peak in South Korea
- Hkakabo Razi (5,881 m), highest peak in Myanmar
- Independence Peak (7,134 m), Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border (Pamir range)
- Ismail Samani Peak (7,496 m), Tajikistan - highest peak in the Pamir
- Mount Kazbek (5,047 m), Georgia, in Caucasus
- Kawa Karpo (6,740 m), Yunnan, China - also known as Kagebo, highest mountain in Yunnan, it is unclimbed and is holy to Tibetan Buddhism
- Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4,750 m), Russian volcano
- Kongur (7,719 m), Xinjiang, China - highest mountain in the Kunlun 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
- Muztagh Ata (7,546 m), Xinjiang, China - located in the Kunlun Range,one of the easiest mountains above 7500 to climb
- 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
- Qurnat as Sawda' (3,088 m), highest point in Lebanon
- 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 Limestone Alps, first vertical climb (19th century)
- Dent Blanche (4,356 m), Switzerland
- Dent du Midi (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
- Koschuta (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 in Western Europe
- Monte Cristallo (3,199 m), Dolomites, South Tyrol-Italy
- Monte Rosa (4,634 m), Western Alps, Italy-Switzerland second highest mountain in Western Europe
- Napf (1,407 m), Swiss Flysch Alps
- 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
- Piz Palu (3,912 m)
- Schlern (2,563 m), Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy
- Schneeberg (2,076 m), highest peak in Lower Austria
- Tödi (3,620 m), Swiss Glarus Alps
- Traunstein (1,610 m), photo star at Traun Lake, Upper Austria
- Triglav (2,864 m), highest peak of Slovenia
- Mount Titlis (3,239 m), Swiss Urner Alps
- 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 in littoral Montenegro, during glacial periods the most heavily 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
- Mount Smolikas (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, List of mountains in Bulgaria.
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
- Mountains and hills of Scotland
Carpathian Mountains
to be categorised
- The Brocken - highest peak of Harz Mountains, 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)
- Plöckenstein, 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
- La Martha (3,706 m) – Coahuila/Nuevo León border
- La Viga (3,600 m) – Coahuila
- Cerro Las Nieves (3,360 m) – Coahuila
- Yeloxochtl (3,919 m) – México state
- Tlalocatepetl or "Tlaloc Mountain" (4,151 m) – México state
- Telapon (4,081 m) – México state
- Tacana (4,110 m) – Chiapas/Guatemala
- Sierra Negra (4,680 – Puebla
- Pico Piramide (1,960 m) – Nuevo León
- Pico Piñon (1,785 m) – Nuevo León
- Pico Perico (1,980 m) – Nuevo León
- Pico Everest (1,960 m) – Nuevo León
- Pico Cuauhtémoc (2,020 m) – Nuevo León
- Peña de Bernal (2,515 m) – Queretaro
- Matacanes (1,800 m) – Nuevo León
- La Mota Grande (1,880 m) – Nuevo León
- La Calle (2,905 m) – Nuevo León
- Tres Vírgenes (1,940 m) – Baja California Sur
- Evermann (1,050 m) – Islas Revillagigedo
- Ceboruco or "Volcan de Ahuacatlán" (2,280 m) – Nayarit
- Sangagüey (2,353 m) – Nayarit
- La Primavera (3,030 m) – Jalisco
- El Jorullo (1,820 m) – Michoacán
- Los Humeros (3,150 m) – Puebla
- El Chichón (1,150 m) – Chiapas
- El Pinacate (1,200 m) – Sonora
- Volcan San Martín Tuxtla (1,650 - 1,700 m) – Veracruz
- Amealco (3,040 m) – Queretaro
- Cerro de la Estrella or "Star Mountain" (2,613 m) – Mexico City
- Cerro del Garbanzo (3,000 m) – Durango
- Holotepec (3,930 m) – México state
- Chichinautzin (3,450 m) – México state/Morelos
- Jahuey (2,000 m) – Durango
- Ololica (3,120 m) – Morelos
- Volcan de San Quintín (1,200 m) – Baja California
- Tepetiltic (2,020 m) – Nayarit
- Volcán de Tequila (3,000 m) – Jalisco
- Tetlalmanche (2,700 m) – Mexico City
- Teutli (2,600 m) – Mexico City
- Los Tres Reyes Magos – México state
United States
- Mount Adams – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Adams – White Mountains, New Hampshire
- Mount Baker – Cascades, Washington
- Mount Baxter – California
- Mount Bona (16,550 ft) – 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 Charleston – Spring Mountains, Nevada
- 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
- Mount Delano – (12,163 ft), Utah, third-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) – Fairweather Range, 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 Katahdin – at north end of the Appalachian Trail
- Mount Lafayette – White Mountains, New Hampshire
- 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
- Mount Marcus Baker – 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 (5,489 m) – #2 in North America
- 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
- Mount Torbert (11,413 ft) – Tordillo Mountains, 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 – second 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
- The Victorian Alps — Victoria
- Mount Bogong (1,986 m) — highest mountain in Victoria
- 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 — in the Illawarra escarpment near Keiraville, Wollongong, New South Wales
- Mount Kembla — in the Illawarra escarpment near Unanderra, Wollongong, New South Wales
Hawaii
Indonesia
Bali
Papua
New Zealand
South America
Argentina
- Aconcagua (6,962 m), Argentina, highest mountain outside Asia
- Cerro Torre (3,133 m), Patagonia, Argentina. Long considered the hardest mountain climb in the world.
- Fitz Roy (3,375 m), Argentina
- Lanin Volcano, Argentina
- Cerro Mercedario (6,720 m), Argentina
- Llullaillaco (6,738 m), Argentina
Other countries
- Mount Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador
- Cotopaxi, Ecuador
- Pico Cristóbal Colón (5,675 m), Colombia
- Huascaran, highest mountain in Peru
- Illimani (6,462 m), Bolivia
- Ojos del Salado, highest mountain in Chile, second highest of the Andean peaks
- Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
- Mount Roraima, Guyana
- Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
See also
Lists of mountains
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