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Mountains and Ranges
mountains and ranges
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the highest mountain in Africa; a dormant volcano containing three volcanic cones; located in Tanzania | Mount Kilimanjaro |
| highest mountain in Antarctica; located in the Ellsworth Mountains | Vinson Massif |
| highest mountain in Oceania; located in the Sudirman Range in Indonesia | Mount Carstensz |
| highest mountain in Asia and the World; located in Himalayas in Nepal and China | Mount Everest |
| highest mountain in Western Asia (or Europe if defined more broadly); located in Caucasus Range of Russia | Mount Elbrus |
| highest mountain in North America; located in Alaska Range in Alaska; also known as Denali | Mount McKinley |
| highest mountain in South America and in Western Hemisphere; located in Andes Range in Argentina | Mount Aconcagua |
| second-highest mountain in the world; located in Himalayas in Pakistan and China | K2 |
| highest mountain in Turkey; where Noah's Ark came to rest according to Bible | Mount Ararat |
| name means "White Mountain"; highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe, and the European Union | Mont Blanc |
| separate Europe from Asia | Ural Mountains |
| mountain system in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the Caucasus region | Caucasus Mountains |
| located in Central and Eastern Europe; rise in Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia | Carpathian Mountains |
| the tallest active volcano in Europe; located on island of Sicily | Mt. Etna |
| volcano on Gulf of Naples in Italy; best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum | Mr. Vesuvius |
| towers above Delphi in central Greece, north of the Gulf of Corinth; according to Greek mythology, this mountain was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs, and the home of the Muses | Mt. Parnassus |
| highest mountain in Greece, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia; in Greek mythology it was regarded as the "home" of the Twelve Olympian gods; it formed itself after the gods defeated the Titans in the Titan War | Mt. Olympus |
| highest mountain in British Isles, located in Scotland | Ben Nevis |
| highest mountain in eastern U. S.; located in Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina | Mt. Mitchell |
| highest summit in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point within the Black Hills; located in South Dakota | Harney Peak |
| highest summit in the contiguous United States; located in the Sierra Nevadas in California | Mt. Whitney |
| the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America, after Mount McKinley; located in Canada's Yukon Territory | Mt. Logan |
| major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California; home to Mt. Hood (Oregon), Mt. Rainier (Washington), Mt. Adams (Washington), Crater Lake, and Columbia River | Cascades |
| mountain range covering about a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine; part of the Appalachian Mountains, they are considered the most rugged mountains in New England; home to Mt. Washington | White Mountains |
| contain the highest peaks of the White Mtns, most notable summits are named for American Presidents, followed by prominent public figures of the 18th and 19th centuries; includes Mt. Washington | Presidential Range |
| highest peak in the Northeastern United States; famous for dangerously erratic weather, long held the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface | Mt. Washington |
| highest mountain in Pennsylvania; part of Appalachians | Mt. Davis |
| highest mountain in Japan, symbollic to nation, active volcano | Mt. Fuji |
| mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt; featured in Bible as site where Moses received the Ten Commandments | Mt. Sinai |
| a chain of mountains that run on the seafloor of five oceans; world's longest mountain system | Ocean Ridge |
| world's longest mountain system on the surface of a continent, or above sea-level; located in seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina; home of Mt. Aconcagua | Andes Mountains |
| mostly located in Nunavut but extends southeast into the northernmost tip of Labrador and northeastern Quebec | Arctic Cordillera |
| contains the highest mountains on the Earth's surface; abuts or crosses five countries: Bhutan, India, Nepal, People's Republic of China, and Pakistan; home of Everest | Himalayas |
| one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretch across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south | Alps |
| a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain; separate the Iberian Peninsula from rest of continental Europe, and extend from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean | Pyrenees |
| a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending along the length of peninsular Italy | Apennines |
| a mountain range across a north-western stretch of Africa extending through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia; separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert | Atlas Mountains |
| in northern Turkey | Pontic Mountains |
| in southern Turkey | Taurus Mountains |
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