GEOGRAPHY MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD HIGHEST PEAKS EARTH REFERENCE

GEOGRAPHY MOUNTAINS of the WORLD

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HIGHEST AND LARGEST MOUNTAINS ON EARTH

mountain	range	country	elevation	distinction
Mount Everest	Himalaya	Nepal China 1	8,850 m	The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on the Earth's surface as measured from sea level at 8,850 meters above the Geoid.2 Mount Everest continues to rise at an average rate of about 40 millimeters per year as the Indian Tectonic Plate slides north under the Eurasian Plate.
Chimborazo	Andes	Ecuador	6,310 m	The summit of Volcán Chimborazo is the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's center of mass at 6,384,404 meters.3
Mauna Kea	Hawaiian Volcanos	United States	4,205 m	Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base to summit, with a total height of 10,203 meters. The base of Mauna Kea on the floor of the Pacific Ocean is 5,998 meters below mean sea level and its summit is 4,205 meters above mean sea level.
Mauna Loa	Hawaiian Volcanos	United States	4,169 m	Mauna Loa is the most voluminous mountain on Earth with a volume of 74,000,000,000,000 cubic meters (74 Tm³), enoungh material to fill the Grand Canyon more than 18 times. Though 36 meters lower than neighboring Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa is the most massive mountain on Earth.

Note 1: The People's Republic of China has absorbed the nation of Tibet.
Note 2: A geoid is a mathematical model of the Earth used to define global mean sea level.
Note 3: The Earth is oblate, i.e., fatter around the equator than at the poles.

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS

rank	peak	range	region	elevation
1	Mount Everest	Himalaya	Nepal & Tibet 1	8,850 m
2	K2	Karakoram	Kashmir 2	8,611 m
3	Kanchenjunga	Himalaya	India & Nepal	8,586 m
4	Lhotse I	Himalaya	Nepal & Tibet 1	8,516 m
5	Makalu I	Himalaya	Nepal & Tibet 1	8,463 m
6	Cho Oyu	Himalaya	Nepal & Tibet 1	8,201 m
7	Dhaulagiri	Himalaya	Nepal	8,167 m
8	Manaslu I	Himalaya	Nepal	8,163 m
9	Nanga Parbat	Himalaya	Kashmir 3	8,125 m
10	Annapurna I	Himalaya	Nepal	8,091 m
11	Gasherbrum I	Karakoram	Kashmir 2	8,068 m
12	Broad Peak	Karakoram	Kashmir 2	8,047 m
13	Gasherbrum II	Karakoram	Kashmir 2	8,035 m
14	Shisha Pangma	Himalaya	Tibet 1	8,013 m
15	Gasherbrum III	Karakoram	Kashmir 2	7,952 m

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN RANGES

rank	range	countries	highest peak	elevation
1	Himalaya	Nepal China India Bhutan Pakistan	Mount Everest	8,850 m
2	Karakoram	Pakistan India China	K2	8,611 m
3	Kunlun Shan	China	Kongkoerh	7,719 m
4	Hindu Kush	Pakistan Afghanistan	Tirich Mir	7,690 m
5	Hengduan Shan	China	Gongga Shan	7,556 m
6	Pamirs	Tajikistan Afghanistan China	Pik Ismail Samani	7,495 m
7	Tian Shan	Kyrgyzstan China Kazakhstan	Pik Pobedy	7,439 m

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN ON EACH CONTINENT

rank	continent	highest peak	country	elevation
1	Asia	Mount Everest	Nepal China 1	8,850 m
2	South America	Aconcagua	Argentina	6,962 m
3	North America	Mount McKinley (Denali)	United States	6,194 m
4	Africa	Kilimanjaro	Tanzania	5,895 m
5	Europe	Gora El'brus	Russia	5,642 m
6	Ocean Islands	Puncak Jaya	Indonesia	5,030 m
7	Antarctica	Vinson Massif	Antarctica 2	4,900 m
8	Australia	Mount Kosciusko	Australia	2,228 m

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN EACH LATITUDE ZONE

rank	latitude zone	highest peak	country	elevation
6	Arctic Zone	Gunnbjornsfjeld	Greenland 1	3,708 m
1	North Temperate Zone	Mount Everest	Nepal China	8,850 m
4	North Tropical Zone	Chimborazo	Ecuador	6,310 m
3	South Tropical Zone	Huascarán	Perú	6,768 m
2	South Temperate Zone	Aconcagua	Argentina	6,962 m
5	Antarctic Zone	Vinson Massif	Antarctica 3	4,900 m

Note 1: Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) is a self-governing administrative division of the
Note 2: Antarctica is governed by the Antarctic Treaty of 1959.

HIGHEST MONTAIN PEAK IN EACH HEMISPHERE

hemisphere	highest peak	country	elevation
Northern Hemisphere	Mount Everest	Nepal China 1	8,850 m
Southern Hemisphere	Aconcagua	Argentina	6,962 m
Eastern Hemisphere	Mount Everest	Nepal China 1	8,850 m
Western Hemisphere	Aconcagua	Argentina	6,962 m
Note 1: The People's Republic of China has absorbed the nation of Tibet.

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