Mountains Flashcards
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Accured mountains
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Albanian Alps
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stretch across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, Slovenia
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Alps
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includes Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Mount Triglav
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Alps
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Otzi the Iceman (a mummy) was found here
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Alps
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Dolomite subrange
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Alps
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Julian subrange
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Alps
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Gotthard (Base) Tunnel
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Alps
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includes the Brenner pass, St. Bernard pass
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Alps
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contains Lake Como, Lake Geneva, Lake Lucerne, Lake Garda
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Alps
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four-thousanders
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Alps
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in Mongolia, China, Russia, Kazakhstan
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Altai Mountains
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west of the Gobi Desert
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Altai Mountains
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Russian Tibet
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Altai Mountains
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Siberian Alps
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Altai Mountains
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range in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
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Andes
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includes Mt. Chimborazo, Mt. Aconcagua
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Andes
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Mountain of Seven Colors
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Andes
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created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate
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Andes
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contains the Altiplano
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Andes
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contains the Salar de Uyuni (Uyuni salt flat) that has a mirror effect
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Andes
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contains Lake Titicaca
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Andes
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Cock-of-the-Rock (a bird species)
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Andes
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range includes the Potosi mines
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Andes
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runs from Mt. Katahdin (Maine) to Springer Mountain (Georgia)
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Appalachian Trail
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includes the Allegheny Mountains subrange (WV)
Appalachian Mountains
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includes the Adirondack Mountains subrange (NY)
Appalachian Mountains
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includes the Catskill Mountains subrange (NY)
Appalachian Mountains
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includes the Blue Ridge Mountains subrange (NC)
Appalachian Mountains
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includes the Great Smoky Mountains subrange (TN/NC)
Appalachian Mountains
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includes the Green Mountains subrange (VT)
Appalachian Mountains
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includes the Berkshire Mountains subrange (MA/CT)
Appalachian Mountains
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includes the Talladega Mountains subrange (AL)
Appalachian Mountains
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includes the White Mountains subrange (NH)
Appalachian Mountains
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stretch across Morocco
Atlas Mountains
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Jebel Toubkal is the highest peak (Mt Toubkal)
Atlas Mountains
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in Romania and Slovakia
Carpathian Mountains
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includes the High Tatras
Carpathian Mountains
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contains Gerlach Peak
Carpathian Mountains
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contains Transylvanian Alps
Carpathian Mountains
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contains Wawel Castle
Carpathian Mountains
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runs down the NW US (WA, OR, CA)
Cascade Range
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includes Mt. Hood, Mt. Ranier, Mt. St. Helens
Cascade Range
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stretch between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
Caucasus Mountains
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stretch across Georgia, Azerbaijan
Caucasus Mountains
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breakaway region South Ossetia found in the range
Caucasus Mountains
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contains Mt. Elbrus
Caucasus Mountains
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Indian mountains that meet in Tamil Nadu
Ghats (Eastern and Western)
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separated by the Deccan Plateau
Ghats (Eastern and Western)
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runs along eastern Australia
Great Dividing Range
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includes Mt. Kosciuszko
Great Dividing Range
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includes the Snowy Mountains, Australian Alps, and Grampian Mountains as subranges
Great Dividing Range
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stretch across India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Pakistan
Himalayas
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includes the Region of Tibet
Himalayas
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source of the Ganges and Indus Rivers
Himalayas
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“Eight Thousanders”
Himalayas
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includes Mt. Everest, K2
Himalayas
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includes the Karakoram region
Himalayas
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range on the border of Afghanistan, Pakistan
Hindu Kush
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includes the Khyber Pass
Hindu Kush
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Tirich Mir is the highest peak
Hindu Kush
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lapis lazuli is mined in this range
Hindu Kush
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mostly in Missouri and Arkansas
Ozark Mt. Range
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includes the Boston Mountains and St. Francois Mountains
Ozark Mt. Range
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Crystal Dome
Ozark Mt. Range
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Mystic Caverns
Ozark Mt. Range
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Peel's Ferry
Ozark Mt. Range
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Turner Ward Knob
Ozark Mt. Range
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range of Northern Morroco
Rif Mountains
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along the Continental Divide
Rocky Mountains
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includes Pikes Peak
Rocky Mountains
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contains Banff, Glacier, and Grand Teton National Parks
Rocky Mountains
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includes the Sangre de Cristo Mountains (NM & CO) subrange
Rocky Mountains
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includes the Big Horn Mountains (WY) subrange
Rocky Mountains
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includes the Teton Range (WY & ID)
Rocky Mountains
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Mexican range split into Occidental, Oriental, and del Sur ranges
Sierra Madres
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includes Mt. Whitney, El Capitan, Mount Shasta, Half Dome
Sierra Nevadas
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contains Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks
Sierra Nevadas
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contains Lake Tahoe
Sierra Nevadas
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General Sherman Tree
Sierra Nevadas
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John Muir Trail
Sierra Nevadas
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Russian range that separates Europe and Asia
Ural Mountains
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includes Mount Narodnaya
Ural Mountains
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meets the Kara Sea in the north
Ural Mountains
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range in Western Iran and a bit of Turkey and Iraq
Zagros Mountains
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contains Turkish Kurdistan
Zagros Mountains
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contains the cities of Khorramabad and Shiraz
Zagros Mountains
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highest peak in the Alps
Mont Blanc
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Sea of Ice glacier
Mont Blanc
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Chamonix
Mont Blanc
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near the Swiss town of Zermatt
Matterhorn
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almost perfectly pyramidal shape
Matterhorn
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Edward Whymper was first to summit
Matterhorn
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4 members of Whymper's group died when a rope broke
Matterhorn
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Hörnli Ridge
Matterhorn
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on the Swiss-Italian border
Matterhorn
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the summit is furthest from the center of the Earth because of the equatorial bulge in Equador
Mt. Chimborazo
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the highest point in the southern hemisphere
Mt. Aconcagua
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near Mendoza, Argentina
Mt. Aconcagua
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peak straddles Polish glacier - popular route to ascend
Mt. Aconcagua
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member of the Seven Summits
Mt. Aconcagua
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in the Black Mountain subrange of NC
Mt. Mitchell
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tallest in the US, east of Mississippi
Mt. Mitchell
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highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains along the TN/NC border
Clingmans Dome
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part of the Presidential Range in NH
Mt. Washington
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some of the highest wind speeds on Earth (231 mph)
Mt. Washington
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dormant stratovolcano in OR
Mt. Hood
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erupted in 1980 and killed 57
Mt. St. Helens
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stratovolcano and the tallest mountain in the Cascades
Mt. Ranier
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the highest peak in Europe
Mt. Elbrus
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Jagungal, Tackingal - means “table-top mountain” in Aboriginal languages
Mt. Kosciuszko
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tallest in world
Mt. Everest
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on the border between Nepal and China
Mt. Everest
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Over 29,000 ft
Mt. Everest
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Khumbu Icefall
Mt. Everest
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Three Steps
Mt. Everest
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Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay - first to get to the summit in 1953
Mt. Everest
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Sherpas - locals, guides
Mt. Everest
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16 Sherpas were killed in an avalanche in 2014
Mt. Everest
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Aka Qogir, Ketu, Mount Godwin-Austen
K2
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2nd tallest in the world
K2
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House’s Chimney
K2
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Black Pyramid
K2
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2nd highest fatality rate among attempted climbers of mountains above 8000 meters
K2
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named after explorer Zebulon Pike
Pikes Peak
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inspiration for "America the Beautiful" by Katherine Lee Bates
Pikes Peak
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tallest mountain in the contiguous United States
Mount Whitney
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in Sequoia and Kings Mountain National Parks
Mount Whitney
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also Mt. McKinley
Denali
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in Alaska (south/central Alaska)
Denali
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part of the Alaska Range
Denali
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in Denali National Park
Denali
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West Buttress route - the best path to ascend
Denali
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Frederick Cook - we now think he faked his ascent in 1906
Denali
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“the High One”
Denali
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near the Churchill Peaks
Denali
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in Japan
Mt. Fuji
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Hokusai - 36 Views of this mountain
Mt. Fuji
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bright red due to the rising sun in Fine Wind, Clear Morning
Mt. Fuji
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seen in the Great Wave off Kanagawa
Mt. Fuji
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Yamanaka, Kawaguchi - lakes on the slopes
Mt. Fuji
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Significant in Shinto religion - sacred to Sengen-Sama
Mt. Fuji
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1 hr drive from Tokyo
Mt. Fuji
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2nd tallest in Africa
Mt. Kenya
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In Kenya
Mt. Kenya
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Halford Mackinder(British) - led first ascent
Mt. Kenya
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Darwin Glacier
Mt. Kenya
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Diamond Glacier
Mt. Kenya
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Lewis Glacier
Mt. Kenya
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Tyndall glacier
Mt. Kenya
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“Mountain of Whiteness”
Mt. Kenya
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Formed by a now-dormant volcano
Mt. Kenya
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“Facing Mount Kenya” - Jomo Kenyatta
Mt. Kenya
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anthropological study of the Kikuyu
Mt. Kenya
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in Tanzania
Mt. Kilimanjaro
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3 peaks - Kibo, Mawenzi, Shira
Mt. Kilimanjaro
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tallest peak in Africa
Mt. Kilimanjaro
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tallest mountain not part of a range(freestanding)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
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Hans Meyer - the first person to ascend
Mt. Kilimanjaro
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“Kaiser Wilhelm Peak”
Mt. Kilimanjaro
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“The Snows of [this mountain]” - Ernest Hemingway
Mt. Kilimanjaro
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smaller of the two volcanoes in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Kilauea
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2018 eruption
Kilauea
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constant activity since 1983
Kilauea
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its Pu`u `O`o crater has a lava lake
Kilauea
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name means "spewing"
Kilauea
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second largest volcano in the world
Mauna Loa
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name means "long mountain"
Mauna Loa
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home to the Keeling Observatory
Mauna Loa
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tallest mountain on Earth measured from base to peak at around 33,500 feet
Mauna Kea
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construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope here has been delayed
Mauna Kea
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Pele (godess of lightning, fire, and volcanoes) and Poliahu (snow godess) had a sled race on its slopes
Mauna Kea
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home to many observatories and large telescopes including Gemini North, James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
Mauna Kea
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Pliny the Younger escaped an eruption here but Pliny the Elder did not
Mount Vesuvius
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destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii
Mount Vesuvius
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Spartacus's forces used vines to descend cliffs here
Mount Vesuvius
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Pliny the Elder wrote an eyewitness account in two letters to Tacitus
Mount Vesuvius
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located near Naples, Italy
Mount Vesuvius
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Valley of the Ox
Mount Etna
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Typhon was imprisoned within this volcano
Mount Etna
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near Messina in Sicily
Mount Etna
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Plain of Catania
Mount Etna
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Indonesian volcano whose eruption caused the "Year without a Summer"
Mount Tambora
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Indonesian volcano that erupted in 1883
Krakatoa
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caused brilliant red sunsets in Europe
Krakatoa
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may have inspired the skies in The Scream by Munch
Krakatoa
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caused 37 meter tall tsunamis that slammed into Java and Sumatra
Krakatoa
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Icelandic volcano that erupted in 2010
Eyjafjallajökull
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Phillipines volcano on Luzon that erupted in 1991
Mount Pinatubo
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active volcano in Ecuador
Cotopaxi
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gentle slopes and a broad shape
shield volcanoes
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examples include Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea
shield volcanoes
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formed by the accumulation of low-viscosity basaltic lava flows
shield volcanoes
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tall, steep-sided cones
stratovolcanoes
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formed by alternating layers of lava flows, ash, and volcanic rocks
stratovolcanoes
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examples include Mount Fuji, Mount Rainier, Mount Vesuvius
stratovolcanoes
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small, conical mounds built from ejected fragments of volcanic rock that accumulate around the vent during explosive eruptions
cinder cone volcanoes
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large, bowl-shaped depressions that form when a volcano collapses after a massive eruption
caldera
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examples include Crater Lake and another in Yellowstone
caldera
