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Mountains of the World Flashcards

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Mountain range extending from southern British Columbia through to Northern California, includes volcanoes such as Mount St. Helens

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Cascades

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Mountain with the highest fatality-to-summit ratio; tenth highest mountain in the world; first of the eight-thousanders to be climbed

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Annapurna

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Longest mountain chain in Asia, part of the Greater Himalayas, forming the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau

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Kunlun Mountains

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World’s highest volcano above sea level

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Ojos del Salado (on the Argentina-Chile border)

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Highest volcano in Asia

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Mount Damavand (in Iran)

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Cascade volcano that is the most topographically prominent mountain in the continental United States

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Mount Rainier

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Highest mountain in Oceania

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Puncak Jaya also known as the Carstensz Pyramid (in Indonesia) or Mount Wilhelm (in Papua New Guinea)

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World’s highest unclimbed mountain

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Gangkhar Puensum (in Bhutan)

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Mountain range in southern Quebec, north of the St. Lawrence River

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Laurentian Mountains

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Active volcano on the east of Sicily; in Greek Mythology, the monster Typhon was trapped under this mountain by Zeus

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Mount Etna

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World’s second highest mountain above sea level

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K2

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Highest mountain in Europe

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Mount Elbrus

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Mountain range spanning the borders of Pakistan, India, and China and including K2

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Karakoram

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Mountain formerly known as Mount McKinley

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Denali

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The highest mountain outside of Asia

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Aconcagua

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Italian volcano whose 79 CE eruption destroyed the city of Pompeii

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Mount Vesuvius

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Known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent; has the second-highest fatality rate among the eight-thousanders

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K2

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Also known as Chhogori and Mount Godwin-Austen

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K2

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Highest mountain in South America

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Aconcagua

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Subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges that includes Mount Logan as well as Glacier Bay National Park

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Saint Elias Mountains

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Northernmost active volcano on Earth

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Beerenberg (on the Norwegian island of Jan Mayen)

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Indonesian volcano whose 1883 eruption was one of the most destructive volcanic events in recorded history, destroying most of its surrounding islands and causing massive tsunamis

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Krakatoa

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The most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaiʻi

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Kīlauea

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World’s fourth highest mountain and connected to Everest via the South Col; its name means “South Peak” in Tibetan

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Lhotse

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Tibetan mountain sacred in Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism

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Mount Kailash (also known as Mount Meru)

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North American mountain system extending from the southeastern United States into Canada

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Appalachian Mountains

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Highest mountain in New Zealand

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Aoraki also known as Mount Cook

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Highest mountain in the contiguous United States

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Mount Whitney (in California)

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The two people who made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953

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Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary

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Highest mountain in North America

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North African mountain range stretching through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

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Atlas Mountains

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Highest volcano in North America

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Pico de Orizaba (in Mexico)

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Furthest point from the centre of the Earth

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Chimborazo (in Ecuador)

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Highest mountain in Central America

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Volcán Tajumulco (in Guatamala)

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Mountain range stretching from France to Slovenia

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Highest mountain in Europe west of Russia’s Caucasus

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Mont Blanc

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Highest volcano in Japan, about 100 km southwest of Tokyo

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Mount Fuji

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Southernmost active volcano on Earth

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Mount Erebus

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Mountain system stretching between the Black and Caspian Seas; home to Mount Elbrus

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Caucasus Mountains

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World’s highest mountain above sea level

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Highest mountain in Australia

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Kosciuszko

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Scenic mountain range in eastern China that is a frequent subject of traditional Chinese paintings and literature

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World’s third highest mountain and was assumed to be the highest until 1852

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Kangchenjunga

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Third longest mountain range in the world, running the entire length of Australia’s eastern coastline

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Great Dividing Range

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Also known as Sagarmatha and Chomolungma

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Mountain range extending along the length of peninsular Italy

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Mountain range part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia

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Ural Mountains

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World’s tallest mountain as measured from its base

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Highest mountain in Antarctica

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Mount Vinson

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Chain of mountain ranges that stretch in an arc from the Czech Republic in the northwest through Romania in the southeast

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Carpathian Mountains

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Washington State volcano notorious for its eruption in 1980

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Mount St. Helens

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World’s largest non-volcanic mountain by base area

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Mount Logan

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Flat-topped mountain overlooking the city of Cape Town

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Table Mountain

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Mountain range in Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan come together

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Altai Mountains

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Mountain in the Alps known for its large, near-symmetrical pyramidal peak; its four steep faces face the four compass points

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Matterhorn

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Section of the Himalayas including Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu

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Mahālangūr Himāl

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The eight-thousander and ninth-highest mountain that is the western anchor of the Himalayas; its name translates as “Naked Mountain”

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Nanga Parbat

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Highest mountain in Canada

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Mount Logan

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Highest mountain range in the world

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Highest mountain in the British Isles

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Longest mountain range in the world (not including the Mid-Ocean Ridge)

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Second longest mountain range in the world, located in western North America

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Rocky Mountains

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Highest mountain in the Caribbean

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Pico Duarte (in the Dominican Republic)

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World’s largest mountain by base area and volume

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Highest mountain in Africa

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Kilimanjaro

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