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There are 14 mountains over 8,000 metres (26,247 ft), which are often referred to as the Eight-thousanders. (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20. [1])
Of the 100 highest major summits of the United States, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation, four peaks exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), and all 100 peaks exceed 4012 meters (13,163 feet) elevation.
Hindu Kush – 800 km (500 mi) (section of the Hindu Kush-Greater Himalayas region) Precordillera – 800 km (500 mi) (considered section of the Southern Andes, American Cordillera) Dzhugdzhur Mountains – 700 km (430 mi) Stanovoy Highlands – 700 km (430 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) Aravalli Range – 692 km (430 mi)
Of these 230 major 100-kilometer summits of North America, 103 are located in the United States (excluding four in HawaiĘ»i), 50 in Canada, 33 in México, 21 in Greenland, four in Honduras, three in Cuba, two in Guatemala, two in Haiti, two in Panamá, and one each in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ...
Mauna Loa (4,169 m or 13,678 ft) is the largest mountain on Earth in terms of base area (about 5,200 km 2 or 2,000 sq mi) and volume (about 42,000 km 3 or 10,000 cu mi), although, due to the intergrade of lava from Kilauea, Hualalai and Mauna Kea, the volume can only be estimated based on surface area and height of the edifice. Mount ...
Of the most prominent summits of California, only Mount Whitney exceeds 3000 meters (9843 feet) of topographic prominence. Five peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), nine peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than 1500 meters (4921 feet), and 35 peaks exceed 1000 meters (3281 feet) of topographic prominence.
Mount Logan in the Saint Elias Mountains of Yukon is the highest peak of Canada.. The following sortable table comprises the 150 highest mountain peaks of Canada with at least 500 metres (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.
Area (km 2) Date when this area was recorded Lewis Named as a memorial to Prof. Henry Carvell Lewis who revolutionised views on British and American glacial geology. [28] [29] Gregory [29] by 1894 [20] 0.3 1983 [3] Gregory Named after Dr. J. W. Gregory, who was the first European to reach the glaciers of Mount Kenya in 1892 (1893?). [27 ...