International Mountain Day is held each year on December 11 and was established at the 57th session of the UN General Assembly in 2003.
International Mountain Day is held each year on December 11 and was established at the 57th session of the UN General Assembly in 2003. Photo: Annapurna (8,091 meters ) and Machapuchare (6,997 meters) mountains in Nepal.
Mount Elbrus is the highest peak in Russia and in Europe and one of the highest mountains in the world, which makes an ascent to the top a major feat. Mount Elbrus is a dormant volcano with two summits, the eastern one with an elevation of 5,621 meters and the western one with an elevation of 5,642 meters.
Mount Everest (Chomolungma) is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 meters above sea level. It is located in the Himalayas, on the border of Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. It is known as Sagarmatha among the Nepalese and Qomolangma (Chomolangma) in Tibet, meaning goddess-mother.
Ismoil Somoni Peak (Communism Peak through 1998 and Stalin Peak through 1962) is the highest mountain (7,495 meters) in Tajikistan and in the former Soviet Union. This is a large rock and ice pyramid with a quadrangular base that has four distinct sides. Local people call it Uz-terg which means “head turning.”
Mount Kailash has a unique geographic location. It is in the remote and hard-to-reach part of western Tibet and is one of the main South Asian water divides. Four main rivers of Tibet, India, and Nepal flow near Kailash: the Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, and Karnali.
Mount Kilimanjaro is a volcanic massif in East Africa, Tanzania. It is one of the largest dormant volcanoes in the world and the highest peak in Africa (5,895 meters).
Mount Ararat is on the Armenian Plateau in Turkey. Mt. Ararat is a dormant volcanic cone consisting of two volcanoes connected by a mountain range. Greater Ararat reaches 5,165 meters in elevation and Lesser Ararat, 3,925 meters. Mt. Ararat is Turkey’s highest point.
Monte Fitz Roy is located in southern Patagonia, on the Chilean-Argentine border. Fitz Roy is a 3,405 meter peak in a group of sheer mountains.
Mont Blanc is a crystal massif, the highest peak in the Western Alps. It is the highest mountain in Western Europe rising to 4,810 meters.
Jengish Chokusu (Victory Peak) is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system reaching 7,439 meters. It lies on the Kyrgyzstan-China border.
