Mountains & Peaks

Aconcagua

The stone sentinel, highest peak in the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere

Aoraki / Mount Cook

New Zealand's highest peak, the cloud piercer of the Southern Alps

Denali

The high one, North America's tallest mountain in the Alaska Range

K2

The savage mountain, Earth's second-highest peak in the Karakoram

Kangchenjunga

The five treasures of the snows, third-highest mountain on Earth

Matterhorn

The iconic horn of the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border

Mauna Kea

Hawaii's sacred shield volcano, the tallest mountain measured from base

Mont Blanc

The white mountain, highest summit of the Alps

Mount Ararat

Turkey's highest peak, the snow-crowned volcano of biblical fame

Mount Elbrus

Europe's highest summit, a dormant volcano in the Caucasus

Mount Everest

Earth's highest mountain, the crown of the Himalaya on the Nepal-Tibet border

Mount Fuji

Japan's sacred symmetrical volcano

Mount Kenya

An eroded equatorial volcano, Africa's second-highest peak

Mount Kilimanjaro

Africa's highest peak, a snow-capped volcano on the equator

Mount Kosciuszko

Mainland Australia's highest summit in the Snowy Mountains

Mount Olympus

Greece's highest peak, the mythic home of the gods

Puncak Jaya

Oceania's highest summit, an equatorial glacier peak in New Guinea

Table Mountain

The flat-topped sandstone landmark above Cape Town

Vinson Massif

Antarctica's highest mountain, deep in the Ellsworth range