Mountains Flashcards
What mountain range runs through Switzerland, Austria, France, and Italy ?
The Alps
The Sugar Loaf mountain is located in which country in South America ?
Brazil
The Pyrenees mountain range forms the border between which two countries?
France and Spain
Mount Elbert is the highest mountain in which mountain range ?
Rocky Mountains
Surprisingly, Everest is not the tallest mountain when measured from based to peak, but rather this title goes to Mauna Kea in Hawaii. How tall does this mountain measure from the sea to the summit?
10210 m
What is the exact height of Mount Everest ?
8849 m
The Appalachian Mountains run down which coast in America?
East Coast
Seven states can be seen from which Mountain in Alabama ?
Look out Mountain
The Ural Mountains separate which two continents ?
Europe and Asia
Gangkhar Puensum is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Where can you find this mountain?
Bhutan
The Appalachian Mountains range covers which three countries ?
USA, Canada, and France
Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa, but which country would you find it ?
Tanzania
What is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom?
Ben Nevis
Name seven summits . Highest mountains on all seven continents.
Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus , Mont Blanc , Cartstensz Pyramid, Mount Wilhelm, Mount Kosciuszko
Mount Blanc is the tallest mountain in the Alps , just how high is the it.
4810 m
What is the name of the person who free soloed El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, resulting in the documentary Free Solo being made in 2018?
Alex Honnold
What is the second highest mountain on Earth
K2
Mount Elbert can be found in which state?
Colorado
In which country can you find Mount Fuji.
Japan
What is the name of the Himalayan mountain with the highest fatality rate at 32%, causing over 60 people to lose their lives?
Annapurna
On average, how many people each year die climbing Mount Everest?
5
Mount Snowden can be found in which country ?
Wales
In which country can the Laurentian Mountains be found?
Canada
Where can Mons Huygens be found?
The moon
Who were the first people to climb Mount Everest?
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
In which year was Everest first climbed?
1953
Zugspitze is the tallest mountain in which European Country?
Germany
Edward Whymper first climbed which iconic Swiss mountains in 1865?
The Matterhorn
Where can the highest mountain in our solar system be found?
Mars , Olympus Mons has a height of over 21900m , and a diameter comparable to that of Arizona
What is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
Mount Cook
