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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; Summits farthest from the Earth ...
Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown, pink, and gray. This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies.First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent.
This list includes significant mountain peaks located in the United States arranged alphabetically by state, district, or territory. The highest peak in each state, district or territory is noted in bold. For state high points that are not mountains, see List of U.S. states and territories by elevation.
List of mountains and hills of the Taunus; Thirteener; List of mountain types; W. List of mountains and hills of the Westerwald This page was last edited on 18 ...
This is an incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at least 500 m of prominence, see List of highest mountains. See also a list of mountains ranked by prominence.
The standard list for the major peaks of the Andes is the list of 6000m peaks as first compiled by John Biggar in 1996 and listed in his Andes guidebook. [1] This list currently stands at 102 peaks, with no known completers.
The Vandeleur-Lynams: those mountains in Ireland over 600 metres (1,969 ft) in height, with a prominence over 15 metres (49 ft). There are 273 Vandeleur-Lynams in Ireland. The Nuttalls : A list of all mountains in over 2,000 ft (609.6m) with more than a 49.2 ft (15m) prominence. See lists for England and for Wales.
The highest mountains above sea level are generally not the highest mountains above the surrounding terrain, also called the highest free-standing mountains. There is no precise definition of surrounding base, but Denali , [ 2 ] Mount Kilimanjaro [ 3 ] and Nanga Parbat [ 4 ] are possible candidates for the tallest mountain on land by this measure.