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Pontic Mountains – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Eastern Sayan Mountains – 1,000 km (620 mi) Sierra Madre del Sur – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Arakan /Rakhine Mountains – 950 km (590 mi) Hengduan Mountains – 900 km (560 mi) as a system of mountain ranges.
Cold Bay Volcano. Columbia Peak. Cope Mountain. Copter Peak. De Long Mountains High Point PB. Debauch Mountain PB. Denali (Mount McKinley) PB, highest summit of the Alaska Range, the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and all of North America. Devils Paw PB. Devils Prongs.
Lists of mountains. Mountains are listed according to various criteria: List of mountains by elevation. List of highest mountains greater than 7,200 metres (23,622 ft) above sea level. List of highest unclimbed peaks. List of volcanoes by elevation. Topographic prominence. List of mountain peaks by prominence. Ultra-prominent peak.
The Appalachian Mountains, [ b ] often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The term "Appalachian" refers to several different regions associated with the mountain range, and its surrounding terrain. The general definition used is one followed by the United States Geological Survey and the ...
The Dolomites (Italy) are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Alps (/ ælps /) [ a ] are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, [ b ][ 2 ] stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. [ c ...
Mount Elbert is the highest summit of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. Mount Rainier is the highest summit of Washington and the Cascade Range. Grays Peak in Colorado is the highest point on the Continental Divide in North America. Mount Shasta in California is the highest summit of the southern Cascade Range.
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny. [1] Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological ...
Of the 50 most isolated major summits of the United States, only Denali exceeds 4000 kilometers (2485 miles) of topographic isolation, Mauna Kea exceeds 3000 kilometers (1864 miles), Mount Whitney exceeds 2000 kilometers (1243 miles), seven peaks exceed 1000 kilometers (621.4 miles), 12 peaks exceed 500 kilometers (310.7 miles), 44 peaks exceed ...