n you imagine standing on the to of these
25 highest mountains in the world? Think
about this. Let’s stack them above sea level,
starting with Mount Everest. If that
happened, all of the tallest mountains in the
world would be in the Himalayas.
Unfortunately, the problem with that method
is the dividing line between mountains. It can
be confusing depending on where the base
starts. Because of that, a better
measurement to use is called a “topographic
prominence” (basically how much the
mountain sticks out from the surrounding
landscape).
So, while Mount Kilimanjaro’s peak is not as
far away from sea level as any number of
peaks in the Himalayas, the difference
between its base and its peak is much
greater. With that in mind, these are the 25
tallest mountains in the world.
25 Pico Bolívar
Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in
Venezuela, at 4,978 metres. Located in
Mérida State, its top is permanently covered
with névé snow and three small glaciers.
24 Volcán Tajumulco
Volcán Tajumulco is a large stratovolcano in
the department of San Marcos in western
Guatemala. It is the highest mountain in
Central America at 4,220 metres (13,845 ft).
Tajumulco has had several historical reports
of volcanic eruptions, but none have been
confirmed to be true eruptions.
23 Ras Dashen
Ras Dashen is the highest mountain in
Ethiopia and tenth highest mountain of
Africa. Part of Semien Mountains National
Park, it reaches an elevation of 4,550 metres
(14,928 ft).
22 K2
K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth,
after Mount Everest and is located on the
border of Pakistan and China. It is also
known as the Savage Mountain due to the
difficulty of ascent and the second-highest
fatality rate among the “eight thousanders”
for those who climb it. For every four people
who have reached the summit, one has died
trying. Unlike Annapurna, the mountain with
the highest fatality-to-summit rate, K2 has
never been climbed in winter.
21 Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier is a massive stratovolcano
located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of
Seattle in the state of Washington, United
States. It is the most topographically
prominent mountain in the contiguous United
States and the Cascade Volcanic Arc, with a
summit elevation of 14,411 ft (4,392 m).
20 Mount Kinabalu
Mount Kinabalu is a prominent mountain on
the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is
located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah
and is protected as Kinabalu National Park, a
World Heritage Site.
19 Namcha Barwa
Namcha Barwa or Namchabarwa is a
mountain in the Tibetan Himalaya. The
traditional definition of the Himalaya
extending from the Indus River to the
Brahmaputra would make it the eastern
anchor of the entire mountain chain, and it is
the highest peak of its own section as well
as Earth’s easternmost peak over 7,600
metres.
18 Bogda Peak
Bogda Peak or Bogda Feng is the highest
mountain in the Bogda Shan range, in the
eastern Tien Shan mountains, China, at
5,445 m (17,864 ft).
17 Chimborazo
Chimborazo is a currently inactive
stratovolcano located in the Cordillera
Occidental range of the Andes. Its last
known eruption is believed to have occurred
around 550 AD and with a peak elevation of
6,268 metres (20,564 ft), Chimborazo is the
tallest mountain in Ecuador.
16 Jengish Chokusu
Jengish Chokusu is the highest mountain in
the Tian Shan mountain system at 7,439
metres (24,406 ft). It lies on the Kyrgyzstan–
China border southeast of lake Issyk Kul.
waii. Standing 13,803 ft (4,207 m) above
sea level, its peak is the highest point in the
U.S. state of Hawaii.
14 Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat (literally, Naked Mountain) is
the ninth tallest mountain in the world and
the western anchor of the Himalayas.
Located in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan,
it has an immense, dramatic peak rising far
above its surrounding terrain and has had a
notable incidence of tragedy associated with
its climbing.
13 Klyuchevskaya Sopka
Klyuchevskaya Sopka is a stratovolcano
which is the highest mountain on the
Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia and the
highest active volcano of Eurasia. Its steep,
symmetrical cone towers about 100
kilometres (60 mi) from the Bering Sea
12 Mount Damavand
Mount Damāvand, a potentially active
volcano and the highest peak in Iran, has a
special place in Persian mythology and
folklore. It is located in the middle Alborz
Range, adjacent to the highest volcano in all
of Asia.
11 Mont Blanc / Monte Bianco
Mont Blanc (French) or Monte Bianco
(Italian), meaning “White Mountain”, is the
tallest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe,
and the European Union and rises 4,810.45
m (15,782 ft) above sea level.
10 Mount Elbrus
Mount Elbrus is a dormant volcano located in
the western Caucasus mountain range, in
Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–
Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of
Georgia. Its peak is the highest in the
Caucasus, in Russia.
9 Puncak Jaya
Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid (4,884
m) is the highest summit of Mount Carstensz
in the Sudirman Range of the western central
highlands of Papua province, Indonesia.
8 Vinson Massif
Vinson Massif is the highest mountain of
Antarctica, lying in the Sentinel Range of the
Ellsworth Mountains, which stand above the
Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the
Antarctic Peninsula.
7 Pico de Orizaba
The Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltépetl, is a
stratovolcano, the tallest mountain in Mexico
and the third highest in North America. It
rises 5,636 metres (18,491 ft) above sea
level in the eastern end of the Trans-Mexican
Volcanic Belt, on the border between the
states of Veracruz and Puebla.
6 Mount Logan
Mount Logan is the tallest mountain in
Canada and the second-highest peak in
North America, after Mount McKinley
(Denali).
5 Pico Cristóbal Colón
Named after Christopher Columbus, Pico
Cristóbal Colón is the tallest mountain in
Columbia, with an estimated height of 5,700
metres (18,700 ft).
4 Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones,
Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant
volcanic mountain in Kilimanjaro National
Park, Tanzania. It is the tallest mountain in
Africa at 5,895 metres or 19,341 feet above
sea level.
3 Mount McKinley
Mount McKinley, or Denali (Koyukon
Athabaskan for “The High One”), in Alaska,
is the tallest mountain peak in the United
States and in North America, with a summit
elevation of 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above
sea level.
2 Aconcagua
Aconcagua is the tallest mountain in the
Americas at 6,960.8 m (22,837.3 ft). It is
located in the Andes mountain range, in the
province of Mendoza, Argentina, and lies
112 kilometres (70 mi) northwest of its
capital, the city of Mendoza.
1 Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the
world, with a peak at 8,848 meters (29,029
ft) above sea level. It is also the tallest
mountain in the world from base to peak.
Mount Everest, whose Tibetan name
Qomolangma, means “Goddess the Third,” is
located in the Mahalangur section of the
Himalayas. The international border between
China and Nepal runs across the precise
summit point.
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