Mountains and Mountain Ranges Flashcards
World’s highest mountain. Located on the border of Nepal and China
Mount Everest
World’s second highest mountain. Located in the Karakoram range in northern Pakistan.
K2
Japan’s highest mountain.
Mount Fuji
Highest mountain in the Alps
Mount Blanc
Turkey’s highest mountain, and believed to be the place where Noah’s Ark came to rest.
Mount Ararat
Highest mountain in Europe. Found in the Caucasus mountains in southern Russia.
Mount Elbrus
Active volcano in Antarctica, world’s southernmost active volcano.
Mount Erebus
Highest mountain in Antarctica
Mount Vinson Massif
Highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. Located in the Andes mountains in western Argentina.
Mount Aconcagua
Africa’s highest mountain, a volcano in Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy
Matterhorn
Flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town, South Africa
Table Mountain
Australia’s highest mountain
Mount Kosciusko
A large sandstone rock formation in the Northern Territory in Australia.
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
New Zealand’s highest mountain
Mount Cook
Highest mountain in North America. Located in Alaska.
Mount Denali (McKinley)
Highest mountain in the contiguous US states. Located in the Sierra Nevada in California.
Mount Whitney
Highest mountain of the Cascade Range and the highest in Washington
Mount Ranier
Highest mountain in Canada and 2nd highest in North America
Mount Logan
Dormant volcano found in Hawai’i. World’s tallest mountain when measured from base to peak, most of it is underwater.
Mauna Kea
Tallest peak east of the Rockies. Found in North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
Active volcano in Washington state, most recently erupted in the 1980s.
Mount Saint Helens
Highest mountain in the Rockies. Located in Colorado
Mount Elbert
The largest known mountain in the solar system. Found on the planet Mars
Olympus Mons
World’s tallest mountain range. Found in Asia. Separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan plateau.
Himalayas
Africa’s longest mountain range. Reaches across Morocco and Algeria in the westernmost part of the region
Atlas Mountains
Highest and longest mountain range in Europe. Found in France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Slovenia
Alps
World’s longest continental mountain range, stretching along the west coast of South America
Andes Mountains
A mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama. North America’s oldest mountain range.
Appalachian Mountains
North-south range that separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Asia and Europe.
Ural Mountains
A mountain range extending west of the Himalayas, located near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Hindu Kush
A mountain range that extends along the border between France and Spain.
Pyrenees Mountains
A mountain range in central and eastern Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland to Romania
Carpathian Mountains
Australia’s most substantial mountain range and the third longest land-based range in the world
Great Dividing Range
A mountain range with several active volcanoes in northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia, Canada.
Cascade Range
Mountain range located in California and Nevada. Contains Lake Tahoe, Mount Whitney, and Yosemite Valley
Sierra Nevada
The chief mountain range in Mexico
Sierra Madre
A mountain system in southeastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Caucasus Mountains
Contains the highest mountain in North America
Alaska Range
Mountain range on New Zealand’s South Island
Southern Alps
A name for a group of mountains located in the Appalachians that are characterized by a “blue” haze that surrounds their peaks.
Blue Ridge Mountains
Part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, located on the Tennessee/North Carolina border.
Great Smoky Mountains
Mountain range located in northern Alaska and Yukon
Brooks Range
Mountainous area in southern Missouri/northern Arkansas
Ozark Mountains
A low mountain range between the Arkansas and Red Rivers extending from central Arkansas to southeast Oklahoma. Mount Magazine is the highest point in the range and the highest point in Arkansas.
Ouachita Mountains
