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Important Mountains

Mountain

Location

Meters

Feet

Kilimanjaro	Tanzania	5,895	19,340
Mount Kenya	Kenya	5,199	17,057
Margherita Peak	Uganda-Zaire	5,109	16,763
Ras Dashen	Ethiopia	4,620	15,158
Mount Meru	Tanzania	4,565	14,977
Mount Elgon	Kenya-Uganda	4,321	14,177
Jebel Toubkal	Morocco	4,165	13,665
Cameroon Mountain	Cameroon	4,095	13,435
Thabana Ntlenyana	Lesotho	3,482	11,424
Emi Koussi	Chad	3,415	11,204

Mountain

Location

Meters

Feet

Mount Everest	Tibet-Nepal	8,850	29,035
K2 (Mount Godwin Austen)	China-Jammu and Kashmir	8,611	28,250
Kanchenjunga	Nepal-India	8,598	28,208
Dhaulagiri	Nepal	8,172	26,810
Nanga Parbat	Jammu and Kashmir	8,121	26,660
Annapurna I	Nepal	8,078	26,504
Gasherbrum I	Jammu and Kashmir	8,068	26,470
Nanda Devi	India	7,817	25,645
Rakaposhi	Jammu and Kashmir	7,788	25,550
Kamet	India-Tibet	7,756	25,447
Namcha Barwa	Tibet	7,756	25,445
Gurla Mandhata	Tibet	7,728	25,355
Muztag	China	7,724	25,340
Tirich Mir	Pakistan	7,690	25,230
Kula Kangri	Bhutan-Tibet	7,554	24,784
Ismail Samani Peak	Tajikistan	7,498	24,599
Pobedy Peak	Kyrgyzstan	7,439	24,406
Lenin Peak	Tajikistan	7,165	23,508
Hantengri Feng	China	6,995	22,949
Mount Damavand	Iran	5,604	18,386
Mount Ararat	Turkey	5,137	16,854
Mount Shkhara	Georgia	5,068	16,628
Puncak Jaya	Indonesia	5,030	16,503
Klyuchevskaya Sopka	Russia	4,760	15,617
Puncak Trikora	Indonesia	4,750	15,584
Mount Belukha	Russia	4,506	14,783
Mount Kinabalu	Malaysia	4,101	13,455
Mount Erciyes	Turkey	3,916	12,848
Kerinci	Indonesia	3,800	12,467
Fuji	Japan	3,776	12,389
Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb	Yemen	3,760	12,336
Rinjani	Indonesia	3,726	12,224
Semeru	Indonesia	3,676	12,060
Qurnat as Sawda'	Lebanon	3,083	10,115
Tai Shan	China	1,545	5069

Mountain

Location

Meters

Feet

Mount McKinley	Alaska	6,194	20,320
Mount Logan	Yukon Territory	5,959	19,551
Pico de Orizaba	Mexico	5,610	18,406
Mount Saint Elias	Alaska-Yukon Territory	5,489	18,008
Volcán Popocatépetl	Mexico	5,452	17,887
Mount Foraker	Alaska	5,304	17,400
Volcán Iztaccíhualt	Mexico	5,286	17,343
Mount Lucania	Yukon Territory	5,226	17,146
Mount Blackburn	Alaska	4,996	16,390
Nevado de Toluca	Mexico	4,704	15,433
Mount Whitney	California	4,418	14,494
Mount Elbert	Colorado	4,399	14,433
Mount Massive	Colorado	4,396	14,421
Mount Harvard	Colorado	4,395	14,420
Mount Rainier	Washington	4,392	14,410
Mount Williamson	California	4,382	14,375
Blanca Peak	Colorado	4,364	14,317
Uncompahgre Peak	Colorado	4,361	14,309
Grays Peak	Colorado	4,349	14,270
Mount Evans	Colorado	4,348	14,264
Longs Peak	Colorado	4,345	14,255
Mount Wrangell	Alaska	4,317	14,163
Mount Shasta	California	4,317	14,162
Pikes Peak	Colorado	4,301	14,110
Volcán Tajumulco	Guatemala	4,220	13,845
Gannett Peak	Wyoming	4,207	13,804
Grand Teton	Wyoming	4,197	13,771
Kings Peak	Utah	4,123	13,526
Mount Waddington	British Columbia	4,016	13,176
Wheeler Peak	New Mexico	4,011	13,161
Boundary Peak	Nevada	4,005	13,140
Mount Robson	British Columbia	3,954	12,972
Granite Peak	Montana	3,901	12,799
Borah Peak	Idaho	3,859	12,662
Chirripó Grande	Costa Rica	3,819	12,530
Mount Columbia	Alberta	3,747	12,294
Mount Adams	Washington	3,742	12,276
Mount Gunnbjørn	Greenland	3,700	12,139
San Gorgonio Mountain	California	3,505	11,499
Mount Hood	Oregon	3,426	11,239
Lassen Peak	California	3,187	10,457
Pico Duarte	Dominican Republic	3,175	10,417
Mount Saint Helens	Washington	2,550	8,365

Mountain

Location

Meters

Feet

Aconcagua	Argentina	6,960	22,834
Ojos del Salado	Argentina-Chile	6,880	22,572
Cerro Tupungato	Argentina-Chile	6,800	22,310
Mercedario	Argentina	6,770	22,211
Huascarán	Peru	6,768	22,205
Llullaillaco	Argentina-Chile	6,723	22,057
Sajama	Bolivia	6,542	21,463
Illimani	Bolivia	6,462	21,201
Ancohuma	Bolivia	6,388	20,958
Illampu	Bolivia	6,360	20,867
Chimborazo	Ecuador	6,310	20,702
Cotopaxi	Ecuador	5,897	19,347
Misti	Peru	5,822	19,101
Pico Cristóbal Colón	Colombia	5,776	18,950
Nevado del Huila	Colombia	5,750	18,865
Pico Bolívar	Venezuela	5,007	16,427

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