This document provides information on the highest mountains in various regions of the world. It details the name, location, and elevation of the tallest peaks in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania. The mountains discussed include Mount Whitney, Pico de Orizaba, Mount Logan, Chimborazo, Huascarán, Aconcagua, Jungfrau, Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Kangchenjunga, K2, and Mount Everest.

1. Mt. Whitney
• Mount Whitney is the
highest summit in the
contiguous United States
with an elevation of
14,505 feet (4,421 m). It
is located at the boundary
between California’s Inyo
and Tulare counties, just
76 miles (122 km) west of
the lowest point in North
America at Badwater in
Death Valley National
Park (282 ft (86 m) below
sea level.)

2. Pico de Orizaba
• The Pico de Orizaba, or
Citlaltépetl is a
stratovolcano, the highest
mountain in Mexico and
the third highest in North
America. It rises 5,636 m
(18,490 feet) above sea
level in the eastern end of
the Eje Volcánico
Transversal mountain
range, on the border
between the states of
Veracruz and Puebla.

3. Mt. Logan
• Mount Logan is the
highest mountain of
Canada and the second-
highest peak in North
America, after Mt.
McKinley (Denali). The
mountain was named Sir
William Edmond Logan, a
Canadian geologist and
founder of the Geological
Survey of Canada (GSC).

4. Chimborazo
• The inactive
stratovolcano
Chimborazo is
Ecuador’s highest
summit. Its last
eruption is thought to
have occurred some
time in the first
millennium AD.

5. Ancohuma
• Ancohuma is the third
highest mountain in
Bolivia. It is located in
the northern section
of the Cordillera Real,
part of the Andes,
east of Lake Titicaca.
It lies just south of the
slightly lower Illampú,
near the town of
Sorata.

6. Huascarán
• Huascarán or Nevado
Huascarán is a
mountain in the Peruvian
province of Yungay,
situated in the Cordillera
Blanca range of the
Western Andes. The
highest southern summit
of Huascarán (Huascarán
Sur) is the highest point
in Peru and all the Earth’s
Tropic’s.

7. Tupungato
• Tupungato, one of the
highest mountains in
South America, is a
massive stratovolcano
dating to Pleistocene
times. It lies on the border
between the Chilean
Metropolitan Region and
the province of Mendoza,
Argentina, near a major
international highway
about 80 km (50 mi) east
of Santiago, Chile.

8. Ojos del Salado
• Nevado Ojos del is a
massive
stratovolcano in the
Andes on the
Argentina-Chile
border and the
highest volcano in the
world at 6,891 metres
(22,608 ft).

9. Aconcagua
• At 6,962 m (22,841 ft), Cerro
Aconcagua is the highest
mountain in the Americas, and
the highest mountain outside
Asia. It is located in the Andes
mountain range, in the
Argentine province of
Mendoza. The summit is
located about 5 kilometres
from San Juan Province and
15 kilometres from the
international border with Chile
and about 50 miles northeast
of the Chilean capital of
Santiago.

10. Jungfrau
• The Jungfrau is one of
the main summits in the
Bernese Alps, situated
between the cantons of
Valais and Bern in
Switzerland. Together
with the Eiger and
Mönch, the Jungfrau
forms a massive wall
overlooking the Bernese
Oberland and considered
one of the most
emblematic sights of the
Swiss Alps.

11. Matterhorn
• The Matterhorn is a
mountain in the
Pennine Alps on the
border between
Switzerland and Italy.
Its summit is 4,478
metres (14,692 ft)
high, making it one of
the highest peaks in
the Alps.

12. Mont Blanc
• Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco
is the highest mountain in the
Alps, Western Europe and the
European Union. It rises
4,810 m (15,781 ft) above sea
level and is ranked 11th in thIt
rises 4,810 m (15,781 ft) above
sea level and is ranked 11th in
the world in topographic
prominence. It is also
sometimes known as "La
Dame Blanche" (French for
"The White Lady"). e world in
topographic prominence. It is
also sometimes known as "La
Dame Blanche" (French for
"The White Lady").

13. Mt. Elbrus
• Mount Elbrus is an
inactive volcano located
in the western Caucasus
mountain range, in
Kabardino-Balkaria and
Karachay-Cherkessia,
Russia, near the border
of Georgia. Mt. Elbrus's
highest peak is the
highest mountain in the
Caucasus, in Russia.

14. Toubkal
• The mountain of Toubkal
is a mountain peak in
southwestern Morocco,
located in the Toubkal
National Park. At 4,167
metres, it is the highest
peak in the Atlas
Mountains and in North
Africa. It is located 63 km
south of the city of
Marrakesh, in the
Toubkal National Park.

15. Ras Dashen
• Ras Dashen is the
highest mountain in
Ethiopia. Part of Semien
Mountains National Park,
it reaches an elevation of
4,550 metres (14,928 ft).
The more common form,
"Ras Dashen" is a
corruption of its Amharic
name, "Ras Dejen", used
by the system of the
Ethiopian Mapping
Authority which means
"the general who fights in
front of the Emperor" .

16. Mt. Kenya
• Mount Kenya is the
highest mountain in
Kenya and the second-
highest in Africa, after
Kilimanjaro. The highest
peaks of the mountain
are Batian (5,199 metres
(17,057 ft)), Nelion
(5,188 metres (17,021 ft))
and Point Lenana
(4,985 metres
(16,355 ft)).

17. Kilimanjaro
• Kilimanjaro, with its
three volcanic cones,
Kibo, Mawenzi, and
Shira, is an inactive
stratovolcano in
north-eastern
Tanzania and the
highest mountain in
Africa at 5,895 metres
or 19,341 ft (the
Uhuru Peak).

18. Table Mountain
• Table Mountain is a
flat-topped mountain
forming a prominent
landmark overlooking
the city of Cape Town
in South Africa, and is
featured in the flag of
Cape Town and other
local government
insignia.

19. Nanda Devi
• Nanda Devi is the second
highest mountain in India and
the highest entirely within the
country (Kangchenjunga being
on the border of India and
Nepal); owing to this
geography it was the highest
known mountain in the world
until computations on
Dhaulagiri by western
surveyors in 1808. It was also
the highest mountain in India
before Sikkim joined the Indian
Union.

20. Dhaulagiri
• Dhaulagiri is the
seventh highest
mountain in the world.
It forms the eastern
anchor of the
Dhaulagiri Himal, a
subrange of the
Himalaya in the
Dhawalagiri Zone of
north central Nepal.

21. Makalu
• Makalu in Nepali is the
fifth highest mountain in
the world and is located
22 km (14 mi) east of
Mount Everest, on the
border between Nepal
and China. One of the
eight-thousanders,
Makalu is an isolated
peak whose shape is a
four-sided pyramid.

22. Kangchenjunga
• Kangchenjunga is the
third highest mountain in
the world (after Mount
Everest and K2), with an
elevation of 8,586 metres
(28,169 ft).
Kangchenjunga
translated means "The
Five Treasures of
Snows", as it contains
five peaks, four of them
over 8,450 metres.

23. K2
• K2 is the second-highest
mountain on Earth after
Mount Everest. With a
peak elevation of
8,611 metres (28,251 ft),
K2 is part of the
Karakoram Range, and is
located on the border
between the Taxkorgan
Tajik Autonomous County
of Xinjiang, China and
Gilgit, in Gilgit-Baltistan of
Pakistan.

24. Mt. Everest
• Mount Everest – also
called Qomolangma is
the highest mountain on
Earth above sea level,
and the highest point on
the Earth's continental
crust, as measured by the
height above sea level of
its summit, 8,848 metres
(29,029 ft).

25. Mt. Kailash
• Mount Kailash is a peak
in the , which are part of
the Himalayas in Tibet. It
lies near the source of
some of the longest rivers
in Asia: the Indus River,
the Sutlej River (a major
tributary of the Indus
River), the Brahmaputra
River, and the Karnali
River (a tributary of the
Ganges River).

26. Mt. Kosciuszko
• Mount Kosciuszko is a
mountain located in the
Snowy Mountains in
Kosciuszko National
Park. With a height of
2,228 metres (7,310 ft)
above sea level, it is the
highest mountain in
Australia (not including
its external territories).

27. Aoraki/Mount Cook
• Aoraki/Mount Cook is
the highest mountain in
New Zealand, reaching a
height of 3,754 metres
(12,316 ft). It lies in the
Southern Alps, the
mountain range which
runs the length of the
South Island. A popular
tourist destination, it is
also a favourite challenge
for mountain climbers.

28. Mt. Wilhelm
• Mount Wilhelm is the
highest mountain in
Papua New Guinea at
4,509 metres (14,793 ft).
It is part of the Bismarck
Range and the peak is
the point where three
provinces intersect,
Simbu, Western
Highlands and Madang.
The peak is also known
as Enduwa Kombuglu in
the local Kuman
language, a Papuan
language.

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