Mountains/Mountain Chains
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- Europe's largest mountain system,beginning near the Mediterranian Sea, forming a border between France and Italy
- Alps
- World's longest chain of mountains above sea level, stretching along South America's west coast
- Andes
- Italian mountain range extending from the Gulf of Genoa to the Strait of Messina
- Apennines
- Northwestern African mountains in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
- Atlas Mountains
- Mount in Turkey on which Noah's ark is believed to have come to rest
- Ararat
- Mountain range from the Yugoslav border across central Bulgaria to the Black Sea
- Balkans
- Central European mountains extending about 900 miles along the Slovakian-Polish border into Ukraine and Romania
- Carpathian Mountains
- Mountain range in Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, rising between the Black and Caspian seas, often considered Europe's southeastern limit
- Caucasus
- Extinct volcanic mountain in Ecuador in the Andes
- Chimborazo
- Ecuadorian mountain the is one of the world's highest active volcanoes
- Cotopaxi
- World's highest mountain system, which forms a barrier separating India from the Tibetan plateau in China and is named with the Sanskrit for "Snowy Range"
- Himalaya(s)
- Central Asian chain of mountains forming part of the boundary between eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan
- Hindu Kush
- Swiss Alps mountain near Interlaken
- Jungfrau
- World's second highest mountain, located in Kashmir
- K2
- Volcano in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, between the islands of Sumatra and Java, that exploded in 1883, and killed about 36,000 people
- Krakatoa
- Peak in Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border
- Matterhorn
- Highest Mountain in Alps, located on the French-Italian-Swiss border
- Mount Blanc
- New Zealand's highest peak, named for an English navigator
- Mount Cook
- Active volcano on the island of Sicily
- Mount Etna
- Japan's highest mountain, located on the island of Honshu
- Mount Fuji
- World's 3rd highest mountain, located in the Himalaya on the border between Nepal and India
- Mount Kanchenjunga
- Africa's second highest mountain
- Mount Kenya
- Canada's highest mountain, located in the Yukon territory near the Alaska border
- Mount Logan
- Mountain in Greece said by the early Greeks to be the home of the Gods
- Mount Olympus
- Range of the Alps along the Swiss-Italian border
- Pennine Alps
- Range running from the Scottish border in the Cheviot Hills through central England
- Pennines
- Mountain chain that forms a natural barrier between France and Spain
- Pyrenees
- Mountain system in Mexico consisting of 3 ranges referred to as the Oriental, Occidental, and del Sur
- Sierra Madre
- Mountain range in Russia and Kazakhstan are considered to be one of the boundaries between Europe and Asia
- Urals
- Italian peak that is the only active volcano on the European mainland
- Vesuvius