This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies. First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent. Ranges in the oceans and on other celestial bodies are listed afterwards.
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Mountain ranges on Earth
editBy height
editNote 1: A peak included in the "Eastern Pamirs"[1] more often than in the Kunlun Mountains, as Kongur Tagh and the Kunlun range are separated by the large Yarkand River valley; no valley of such significance separates the Pamirs and Kongur Tagh, just political boundaries.
Note 2: Part of Hindu Kush-Himalayas region
All of the Asian ranges above have been formed in part over the past 35 to 55 million years by the collision between the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate. The Indian Plate is still particularly mobile and these mountain ranges continue to rise in elevation every year and this page may need to be updated in a few years; of these the Himalayas are rising most quickly; the Kashmir and Pamirs region to the north of the Indian subcontinent is the point of confluence of these mountains which encircle the Tibetan Plateau.
By prominence
editSee List of peaks by prominence (ranking the mountain ranges as well).
Mountain ranges by length
editMountain systems, Himalayan ranges and chains by length (over 500 km):
- The underwater Mid-ocean ridge – 65,000 km (40,000 mi)
- Ring of Fire – 40,000 km (25,000 mi)[2]
- American Cordillera – 13,400 km (8,300 mi)
- Andes – 7,000 km (4,300 mi). Northern and Southern Andes main subdivisions, along both run three vast, almost parallel chain systems of mountain ranges – Cordillera Occidental, Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental.
- North American Cordillera – 6,400 km (4,000 mi)
- American Cordillera – 13,400 km (8,300 mi)
- Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt – more than 15,000 km (9,300 mi)
- Hindu Kush-Himalayas region – 3,500 km (2,200 mi)[3]
- Great Escarpment, Southern Africa – 5,000 km (3,100 mi)[4]
- Drakensberg – 1,000 km (620 mi)
- Rocky Mountains – 4,830 km (3,000 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera)
- Great Dividing Range – 3,500 km (2,200 mi)
- Transantarctic Mountains – 3,500 km (2,200 mi)
- Kunlun Mountains – 3,000 km (1,900 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Atlas Mountains – 2,500 km (1,600 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Ural Mountains – 2,500 km (1,600 mi)
- Appalachian Mountains – 2,414 km (1,500 mi)
- Himalayas – c.2,500 km (1,600 mi) (main section of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas region)[5]
- High Himalayas – 2,300 km (1,400 mi)[6]
- Sivalik Hills – 2,400 km (1,500 mi)
- Lesser Himalayas – 2,500 km (1,600 mi)[7]
- Altai mountain system – 2,000 km (1,243 mi)
- New Guinea Highlands – 1,950 km (1,210 mi)
- Barisan Mountains – c. 1,700 km (1,100 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Carpathian Mountains – 1,700 km (1,100 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Scandinavian Mountains (Scandes) – c. 1,700 km (1,100 mi)
- Verkhoyansk Range-Suntar-Khayata Range – 1,650 km (1,030 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains)[8]
- Verkhoyansk Range – 1,100 km (680 mi)
- Suntar-Khayata Range – 550 km (340 mi)
- Coast Mountains – 1,600 km (990 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera)
- Qin Mountains – 1,600 km (990 mi)
- Transhimalaya – 1,600 km (990 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Western Ghats – 1,600 km (990 mi)
- Chersky Range – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains)
- Peninsular mountain ranges – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera)
- Serra do Mar – 1,500 km (930 mi)
- Taurus Mountains – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Zagros Mountains – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Sierra Madre Occidental – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera)
- Mantiqueira Mountains/Espinhaço Mountains – 1,320 km (820 mi)
- Kolyma Mountains – 1,300 km (810 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains)
- Alps – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Western Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi)
- French Prealps – more than 400 km (250 mi)
- Eastern Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi)
- Central Eastern Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi)
- Northern Limestone Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi)
- Southern Limestone Alps and Western Limestone Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi)
- Western Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi)
- Apennines – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Caucasus Mountains – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Greater Caucasus – 1,200 km (750 mi)
- Lesser Caucasus – 600 km (370 mi)
- Cordillera Occidental (Colombia) – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Northern Andes, American Cordillera)
- Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Northern Andes, American Cordillera)
- Vindhya Range – 1,200 km (750 mi)
- Altai Mountains – 1,200 km (750 mi)
- Drakensberg – 1,125 km (700 mi)
- Byrranga Mountains – 1,100 kilometres (680 mi)
- Cascade Range – 1,100 km (680 mi)
- Annamite Range – 1,100 km (680 mi)
- Brooks Range – 1,100 km (680 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera)
- Verkhoyansk Range – 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) (section of the East Siberian Mountains)
- Cordillera Central (Colombia) – 1,023 km (636 mi) (section of the Northern Andes, American Cordillera)
- Lena Plateau – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains)
- Pontic Mountains – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Eastern Sayan Mountains – 1,000 km (620 mi)
- Sierra Madre del Sur – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera)
- Arakan/Rakhine Mountains – 950 km (590 mi)
- Hengduan Mountains – 900 km (560 mi) as a system of mountain ranges
- Ogo Mountains – 900 km (560 mi)
- Koryak Mountains – 880 km (550 mi) (Siberia)
- Cape Fold Belt – 850 km (530 mi)
- Hindu Kush – 800 km (500 mi) (section of the Hindu Kush-Greater Himalayas region)
- Precordillera – 800 km (500 mi) (considered section of the Southern Andes, American Cordillera)
- Dzhugdzhur Mountains – 700 km (430 mi)
- Stanovoy Highlands – 700 km (430 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains)
- Aravalli Range – 692 km (430 mi)
- Alaska Range – 650 km (400 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera)
- Kopet Mountains – 650 km (400 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Sette-Daban – 660 km (410 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains)
- Dinaric Mountains – 645 km (401 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Sierra Nevada (U.S.) – 640 km (400 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera)
- California Coast Ranges – 640 km (400 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera)
- Balkan Mountains – 557 km (346 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt)
- Karakoram – 500 km (310 mi) (section of the Hindu Kush-Greater Himalayas region)
- Southern Alps – 500 km (310 mi)
- Yudoma-Maya Highlands – 500 km (310 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains)
By continental area
editAfrica
edit- Aberdare ranges, Kenya
- Ahaggar Mountains
- Ahmar Mountains
- Amaro Mountains, Ethiopia
- Atlantika Mountains, Cameroon, Nigeria
- Atlas Mountains, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
- Anti-Atlas, Morocco
- Aurès Mountains, Algeria, Tunisia
- High Atlas, Morocco
- Middle Atlas, Morocco
- Rif, Morocco
- Saharan Atlas, Algeria
- Tell Atlas, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
- Bale Mountains, Ethiopia
- Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon
- Blue Mountains, Niger
- Bvumba Mountains, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Cal Madow, Somalia
- Cederberg, South Africa
- Danakil Alps, Ethiopia, Eritrea
- Drakensberg, Lesotho, South Africa
- Eastern Arc Mountains, Kenya, Tanzania
- Eastern Highlands, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Entoto Mountains, Ethiopia
- Erta Ale Range, Ethiopia
- Golis Mountains, Somalia
- Khufleh Range, Somalia
- Kilimanjaro and Meru, Tanzania
- Kipengere Range, Tanzania
- Lebombo Mountains, Mozambique
- Magaliesberg, South Africa
- Mahale Mountains, Tanzania
- Mandara Mountains, Cameroon, Nigeria
- Moka Range, Mauritius
- Ogo Mountains, Somalia
- Outeniqua, South Africa
- Pare Mountains, Tanzania
- Piton des Neiges – Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion
- Rwenzori, Uganda
- Semien, Ethiopia
- Swartberg, South Africa
- Tadrat Acacus, Libya
- Tibesti Mountains
- Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
- Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania
- Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
Asia
edit- Alagalla Mountain Range, Sri Lanka
- Alborz, Iran
- Al-Hajar Mountains, Oman, United Arab Emirates
- Altai Mountains, Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan
- Annamite Range, Laos, Vietnam
- Anti-Lebanon, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine
- Aravalli Range, India
- Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia
- Barisan Mountains, Indonesia
- Caraballo Mountains, Philippines
- Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
- Carmel Mountains, Israel
- Caucasus, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey
- Chersky Range, Russia
- Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
- Cordillera Central, Philippines
- Crocker Range, Malaysia
- Dieng Volcanic Complex, Indonesia
- Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Russia
- Eastern Ghats, India
- Fansipan, Vietnam
- Haraz Mountains, Yemen
- Hijaz Mountains
- Himalaya, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan
- Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya
- Siwalik Range or Churia Hills, Subhimalaya
- Hindu Kush, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Japanese Alps, Japan
- Judaean Mountains, Palestine, Israel
- Kabir Kuh, Iran, Iraq
- Karakoram, Pakistan, China, India
- Khingan Mountains, China, Russia
- Khibinsky Mountains, Russia
- Kirthar Mountains, Pakistan
- Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka
- Kolyma Mountains Russia
- Koryak Mountains Russia
- Kunlun Mountains, China (Tibet)
- Kuray Mountains, Russia
- Mount Lebanon Range, Lebanon
- Müller Mountains, Central Borneo, Indonesia
- Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, China
- Pontic Mountains, Turkey
- Phnom Kulen, Cambodia
- Phnom Voar, Cambodia
- Safed Koh, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Salt Range, Pakistan
- Sayan Mountains, Russia
- Sivalik Hills range of outer Himalayas, India
- Sierra Madre, Philippines
- Sikhote Alin Mountains, Russia
- Stanovoi Range, Russia
- Sudirman Range, Indonesia
- Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan, Iran
- Ta Kream Mountain Range, Cambodia
- Taurus Mountains, Turkey
- Toba Kakar Range, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Tian Shan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
- Taiwan Mountains, Taiwan
- Tengger Mountains, Indonesia
- Titiwangsa Mountains, Malaysia
- Ural Mountains, Russia
- Verkhoyansk Range, Russia
- Western Ghats, India
- Zagros Mountains, Iran, Iraq
- Zambales Mountains, Philippines
- Zamboanga Cordilleras, Philippines
Europe
edit- Alps
- Eastern Alps, Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland
- Central Eastern Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
- Bergamo Alps, Italy
- Hohe Tauern, Austria, Italy
- Kitzbühel Alps, Austria
- Niedere Tauern, Austria
- Ötztal Alps, Austria, Italy
- Rhaetian Alps, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
- Rätikon, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
- Stubai Alps, Austria, Italy
- Tux Alps, Austria
- Verwall Alps, Austria
- Zillertal Alps, Austria, Italy
- Northern Limestone Alps, Austria, Germany
- Allgäu Alps, Austria, Germany
- Berchtesgaden Alps, Austria, Germany
- Dachstein, Austria
- Ennstaler Alpen, Austria
- Karwendel, Austria, Germany
- Lechtal Alps, Austria
- Totes Gebirge, Austria
- Wetterstein, Austria, Germany
- Wilden Kaiser, Austria
- Southern Limestone Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
- Adamello-Presanella, Italy
- Brenta Group, Italy
- Carnic Alps, Austria, Italy
- Dolomites, Italy
- Julian Alps, Italy, Slovenia
- Kamnik Alps, Austria, Slovenia
- Karawanken, Austria, Slovenia
- Ortler Alps, Italy, Switzerland
- Central Eastern Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
- Western Alps (France, Italy, and Switzerland)
- Bernese Alps, Switzerland
- Cottian Alps, France, Italy
- Glarus Alps, Switzerland
- Graian Alps, France, Italy, Switzerland
- Mont Blanc Group, France, Italy
- Beaufortain Massif, France
- Vanoise, France
- Gran Paradiso, France, Italy
- Lepontine Alps, Italy, Switzerland
- Ligurian Alps, France, Italy
- North-Eastern Swiss Alps, Switzerland
- Pennine Alps, Italy, Switzerland
- Dauphiné Alps, France
- Maritime Alps, France, Italy
- Prealps, France, Italy
- Provence Prealps, France
- Dentelles de Montmirail, France
- Savoy Prealps, France
- Provence Prealps, France
- Savoie Alps, France Switzerland
- Urner Alps, Switzerland
- Eastern Alps, Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland
- Apennines, Italy, San Marino
- Balkan Mountains range, mainly Bulgaria, smaller part in Serbia
- Central Balkan Mountains
- Kaloferska Mountain, Botev Peak, Central Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria
- Zlatishko-Tetevenska Mountain, Bulgaria[9]
- Western Balkan Mountains
- Chiprovska Mountain[10]
- Berkovska Mountain, Bulgaria[11]
- Vrachanski Balkan, Bulgaria
- Central Balkan Mountains
- Black Forest, Germany
- Cantabrian Mountains, Spain
- Carpathian Mountains, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
- Caucasus Mountains, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia
- Bezengi Wall, Georgia
- Ceraunian Mountains, Albania
- Dinaric Alps, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia
- Gennargentu, Italy
- Harz, Germany
- Ireland mountains
- MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland
- Wicklow Mountains, Ireland
- Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland
- Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland
- Jura Mountains, France, Switzerland
- Karelides, Finland
- Lake District, England
- Măcin Mountains, Romania
- Massif Central, France
- Olympus Range
- Owl Mountains
- Ore Mountains, Czech Republic, Germany
- Pennines, England
- Pindus Mountains, mainly Greece, smaller parts in Albania
- Pyrenees, Andorra, France, Spain
- Rila-Rhodope mountain massif, mainly Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece
- Rila, Bulgaria
- Pirin, Bulgaria
- Slavyanka (mountain)
- Osogovo-Belasitsa mountain range
- Rhodope Mountains, mainly Bulgaria, Greece
- Western Rhodopes
- Eastern Rhodopes
- Rhön Mountains, Germany
- Šar range, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia
- Scandinavian Mountains, Finland, Norway, Sweden
- Scottish Highlands
- Grampian mountains, Scotland
- Cairngorms, Scotland
- The Cuillins, Isle of Skye
- Sierra Morena, Spain
- Sistema Bético, Spain
- Sistema Central, Portugal, Spain
- Sistema Ibérico, Spain
- Skanderbeg Range, Albania
- Srednogorie mountain system, Bulgaria
- Vitosha, Bulgaria
- Sredna Gora, Bulgaria
- Strandzha, Bulgaria, Turkey
- Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland
- Sudetes, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland
- Ślęża Masiff
- Lusatian Mountains
- Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge
- Jizera Mountains
- Kaczawskie Mountains
- Giant Mountains
- Rudawy Janowickie
- Wałbrzyskie Mountains
- Stone Mountains
- Owl Mountains
- Bardzkie Mountains
- Stołowe Mountains
- Orlicke Mountains
- Bystrzyckie Mountains
- Golden Mountains
- Snieżnik Mountains
- Opawskie Mountains
- Hrubý Jeseník
- Nízký Jeseník
- Bohemian Forest, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany
- Swabian Alb, Germany
- Serra de Tramuntana, Spain
- Ural Mountains, Russia
- Vogelsberg Mountains, Germany
- Vosges mountains, France
- Wales mountains
- West Vardar/Pelagonia mountain range, North Macedonia, Greece
North America
editGreenland
edit- Alángup Qáqai
- Alexandrine Range
- Amitsorssûp Qulâ
- Barth Range
- Brages Range
- Crown Prince Frederick Range
- Daly Range
- Didrik Pining Range
- Ejnar Mikkelsen Range
- Ellemands Range
- Fynske Alps
- Giesecke Range
- Graah Mountains
- Gronau Nunataks
- Grønne Range
- H. H. Benedict Range
- Halle Range
- Haug Range
- Heywood Range
- Hjelm Range
- Kangerluluk Range
- Knud Rasmussen Range
- Lacroix Range
- Lemon Range
- Lilloise Range
- Lindbergh Range
- Mols Range
- Murchison Range
- Musk Ox Mountains
- Norlund Alps
- Pentamerus Range
- Pictet Range
- Prince of Wales Range
- Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps
- Princess Elizabeth Alps
- Qârusuit Range
- Qivssakatdlagfik
- Queen Louise Land
- Rold Range
- Roosevelt Range
- Schweizerland
- Sioraq Range (Sioraq Fjelde)
- Stauning Alps
- Svinhufvud Range
- Tågefjeldene
- Watkins Range
- Wiedemann Range
Canada
edit- Adam Range
- Adamant Range
- Alsek Ranges, British Columbia, Alaska, Yukon
- Anvil Range, Yukon
- Appalachian Mountains, eastern Canada
- Arctic Cordillera, northeastern Canada
- Asulkan Range
- Badshot Range
- Baffin Mountains
- Battle Range
- Beaufort Range
- Big Bend Ranges, British Columbia
- Big Salmon Range, Yukon
- Blackwelder Mountains
- Blue Mountains
- Bonanza Range
- Bonnet Plume Range, Yukon
- Bonnington Range
- Britannia Range
- British Empire Range
- British Mountains, Yukon
- Bruce Mountains
- Byam Martin Mountains
- Cadwallader Range
- Camelsfoot Range
- Cameron Range
- Canadian Rockies
- Cantilever Range
- Cariboo Mountains
- Cascade Range
- Cayoosh Range
- Challenger Mountains
- Chilcotin Ranges
- Clachnacudainn Range
- Clendinning Range
- Cloister Mountains
- Coast Mountains, Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia
- Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S.
- Conger Range
- Coquitlam Range
- Crease Range
- Cunningham Mountains
- Dawson Range
- Dickson Range
- Douglas Ranges
- Douro Range
- Duncan Ranges
- Elk River Mountains
- Everett Mountains
- Fannin Range
- Franklin Range
- Garfield Range
- Garibaldi Ranges
- Genevieve Range
- Glenyon Range, Yukon
- Goat Range
- Gowlland Range
- Grinnell Range
- Grogan Morgan Range
- Haddington Range
- Haihte Range
- Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
- Halifax Range
- Hankin Range
- Hartz Mountains (Nunavut)
- Hermit Range
- Hess Mountains, Yukon
- Homathko Icefield
- Ilgachuz Range
- Inglefield Mountains
- Innuitian Mountains
- Insular Mountains, British Columbia
- Itcha Range
- Jeffries Range
- Joy Range
- Karmutzen Range
- Kaumajet Mountains, Labrador, Canada
- Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia
- Kiglapait Mountains, Labrador
- Kitimat Ranges
- Kluane Ranges, Yukon
- Knorr Range, Yukon
- Kokanee Range
- Kootenay Ranges, British Columbia
- Vermilion Range
- Stanford Range
- Beaverfoot Range
- Krag Mountains
- Krieger Mountains
- Lardeau Range
- Level Mountain Range
- Lillooet Icecap
- Lillooet Ranges
- Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland
- MacDonald Range, British Columbia
- McKay Range
- Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington
- Nadaleen Range, Yukon
- Nelson Range
- Newcastle Range
- Niut Range
- Norns Range
- North Shore Mountains
- Ogilvie Mountains
- Osborn Range
- Pelham Range
- Pelly Mountains, Yukon
- Pierce Range
- Precipitous Mountains
- Premier Range
- Prince of Wales Mountains
- Prince of Wales Range
- Princess Margaret Range
- Purity Range
- Queen Charlotte Mountains, British Columbia
- Quesnel Highland
- Rainbow Range
- Refugium Range
- Richardson Mountains, Yukon
- Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
- Rocky Mountain Foothills, British Columbia and Alberta
- Ruby Range
- Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia
- San Christoval Range
- Sawtooth Range (Nunavut)
- Scoresby Hills
- Selamiut Range
- Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington
- Selwyn Mountains, Yukon
- Seymour Range
- Shulaps Range
- Shuswap Highland
- Sir Donald Range
- Sir Sandford Range
- Somerset Range
- Sophia Range
- Spearhead Range
- Spectrum Range
- St. Cyr Range, Yukon
- Stokes Range
- Sutton Range
- Sweet Grass Hills, Alberta-Montana
- Swiss Range
- Tantalus Range
- Thorndike Peaks
- Tochquonyalla Range
- Torngat Mountains, Labrador, Quebec
- Treuter Mountains
- United States Range
- Valhalla Ranges
- Valkyr Range
- Vancouver Island Ranges, British Columbia
- Victoria and Albert Mountains
- Waddington Range
- Wernecke Mountains, Yukon
- Windy Range
- Winston Churchill Range, Alberta
United States
edit- Adirondack Mountains, New York
- Alaska Range, Alaska
- Aleutian Range, Alaska
- Chigmit Mountains, Alaska
- Neacola Mountains, Alaska
- Amargosa Range, California
- Appalachian Mountains, Eastern United States
- Appalachian Plateau
- Catskill Mountains
- Cumberland Mountains
- Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
- Pine Mountains
- Log Mountains
- Allegheny Mountains
- Appalachian Uplands
- New Brunswick Highlands
- New England Uplands
- Newfoundland Highlands
- Notre Dame Mountains
- Nova Scotia Highlands
- Megantic Hills
- Sutton Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
- Appalachian Plateau
- Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma
- Bears Paw Mountains, Montana
- Beaver Lake Mountains, Utah
- Big Snowy Mountains, Montana
- Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming
- Black Mountains, Utah
- Blue Mountains, Oregon and Washington
- Brooks Range, northern Alaska
- Baird Mountains, Alaska
- Jade Mountains, Alaska
- Davidson Mountains, Alaska
- De Long Mountains, Alaska
- Endicott Mountains, Alaska
- Franklin Mountains, Alaska
- Phillip Smith Mountains, Alaska
- Romanzof Mountains, Alaska
- Schwatka Mountains, Alaska
- Shubelik Mountains, Alaska
- Waring Mountains, Alaska
- Baird Mountains, Alaska
- Bull Mountains, Montana
- Capitan Mountains, New Mexico
- Cascade Range, Western Canada and US
- Castle Mountains, Montana
- Cedar Mountains, Utah
- Chalk Buttes, Montana
- Chinati Mountains, Texas
- Chisos Mountains, Texas
- Chugach Mountains, Alaska
- Granite Range, Alaska
- Robinson Mountains, Alaska
- Coast Mountains, Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia
- Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S.
- Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington
- Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia
- Purcell Mountains, British Columbia and Montana
- Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington
- Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington
- Coso Range, California
- Cricket Mountains, Utah
- Davis Mountains, Texas
- Delamar Mountains, Nevada
- Delaware Mountains, Texas
- Desert Range, Nevada
- Driftless Area, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa
- Ocooch Mountains, Wisconsin
- East Desert Range, Nevada
- East Humboldt Range, Nevada
- Franklin Mountains, Texas
- Gila Mountains, Arizona
- Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
- Highwood Mountains, Montana
- Huron Mountains, Michigan
- Judith Mountains, Montana
- Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon
- Marble Mountains, California
- Northern Yolla-Bolly Mountains, California
- Salmon Mountains, California
- Scott Mountains, California
- Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon and California
- Trinity Alps, California
- Trinity Mountains, California
- Lake Range, Nevada
- Little Rocky Range, Montana
- Little Snowy Mountains, Montana
- Little Wolf Mountains, Montana
- Metacomet Ridge, Connecticut and Massachusetts
- Traprock Ridge, Connecticut
- Mineral Mountains, Arizona
- Mineral Mountains, Utah
- Nulato Hills, Alaska
- North Moccasin Mountains, Montana
- Olympic Mountains, Washington
- Oquirrh Mountains, Utah
- Oregon Coast Range, Oregon
- Organ Mountains, New Mexico
- Ortiz Mountains, New Mexico
- Pahranagat Range, Nevada
- Panamint Range, California
- Pavant Range, Utah
- Peninsular Ranges, California and México
- Laguna Mountains, California
- San Jacinto Mountains, California
- Santa Ana Mountains, California
- Temescal Mountains, California
- Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona
- Porcupine Mountains, Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- Pryor Mountains, Montana
- Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
- Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming
- Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Wyoming
- Bighorn Mountains, Montana and Wyoming
- Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho
- Beaverhead Mountains, Montana and Idaho
- Bitterroot Mountains, Montana and Idaho
- Centennial Mountains, Montana and Idaho
- Coeur d'Alène Mountains, Montana and Idaho
- Saint Joe Mountains, Idaho
- Boise Mountains, Idaho
- Boulder Mountains, Idaho
- Boulder Mountains, Montana
- Bridger Mountains, Wyoming
- Bridger Range, Montana
- Cabinet Mountains, Montana
- Clearwater Mountains, Idaho
- Crazy Mountains, Montana
- Elk Mountains, Colorado
- Elkhorn Mountains, Montana
- Flathead Range, Montana
- Front Range, Colorado
- Gallatin Range, Montana
- Garnet Range, Montana
- Granite Mountains, Wyoming
- Green Mountains, Wyoming
- Gros Ventre Range, Wyoming
- Henry Mountains, Utah
- John Long Mountains, Montana
- La Sal Mountains, Utah
- Laramie Mountains, Wyoming
- Lemhi Range, Idaho
- Lewis Range, Montana
- Livingston Range, Montana
- Madison Range, Montana
- Medicine Bow Mountains, Colorado and Wyoming
- Snowy Range, Wyoming
- Mosquito Range, Colorado
- Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming
- Pioneer Mountains, Idaho
- Pioneer Mountains, Montana
- Red Mountains, Wyoming
- Salish Mountains, Montana
- Salmon River Mountains, Idaho
- Salt River Range, Wyoming
- San Juan Mountains, Colorado
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico
- Sawatch Range, Colorado
- Sawtooth Range, Idaho
- Shoshone Range, Idaho
- Smoky Mountains, Idaho
- Soldier Mountains, Idaho
- Swan Range, Montana
- Tenmile Range, Colorado
- Teton Range, Wyoming
- Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
- Uinta Mountains, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming
- Wasatch Range, Utah
- Bear River Mountains, Utah and Idaho
- Washburn Range, Wyoming
- White Cloud Mountains, Idaho
- Whitefish Range, Montana and British Columbia
- Wind River Range, Wyoming
- Wyoming Range, Wyoming
- Ruby Mountains, Nevada
- Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
- Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia
- Brabazon Range, Alaska
- Fairweather Range, Alaska
- San Andres Mountains, New Mexico
- San Francisco Mountains, Utah
- San Francisco Peaks, Arizona
- Sandia–Manzano Mountains, New Mexico
- Manzano Mountains, New Mexico
- Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
- Sawtooth Mountains, Minnesota
- Schell Creek Range, Nevada
- Selenite Range, Nevada
- Seward Peninsula ranges, Alaska
- Bendeleben Mountains, Alaska
- Darby Mountains, Alaska
- Kigluaik Mountains, Alaska
- York Mountains, Alaska
- Sheep Range, Nevada
- Shoshone Mountains, Nevada
- Shoshone Range, Nevada
- Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada
- Snake Range, Nevada
- South Moccasin Mountains, Montana
- Spring Mountains, Nevada
- Star Range, Utah
- Superstition Mountains, Arizona
- Sutter Buttes, California
- Sweet Grass Hills, Montana
- Texas Hill Country, Texas
- Toiyabe Range, Nevada
- Transverse Ranges, California
- Chalk Hills, California
- Little San Bernardino Mountains, California
- Pine Mountain Ridge, California
- Puente Hills, California
- San Bernardino Mountains, California
- San Emigdio Mountains, California
- San Gabriel Mountains, California
- San Jose Hills, California
- San Rafael Hills, California
- San Rafael Mountains, California
- Santa Monica Mountains, California
- Santa Susana Mountains, California
- Santa Ynez Mountains, California
- Shandin Hills, California
- Sierra Pelona Ridge, California
- Simi Hills, California
- Tehachapi Mountains, California
- Topatopa Mountains, California
- Tushar Mountains, Utah
- U.S. Interior Highlands, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
- Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas and Oklahoma
- Ozark Plateau, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma
- Boston Mountains, Arkansas
- St. Francois Mountains, Missouri
- Uwharrie Mountains, North Carolina
- Virginia Mountains, Nevada
- West Humboldt Range, Nevada
- West Mountains, Idaho
- White Mountains, Alaska
- White Mountains, Arizona
- White Mountains, California
- Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma
- Wolf Mountains, Montana
Mexico
edit- Chiapas Highlands, Mexico
- Peninsular Ranges, California and México
- Sierra de Juarez, México
- Sierra de la Giganta, México
- Sierra de la Laguna, México
- Sierra de San Borja, México
- Sierra de San Francisco, México
- Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, México
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas, México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
- Sierra Madre del Sur, México
- Sierra Madre Occidental, México
- Sierra Fría, Mexico
- Sierra los Huicholes, México
- Sierra de Morones, Mexico
- Sierra Tarahumara, México
- Sierra Madre Oriental, México
- Sierra del Burro, México
- Sierra del Carmen, México
- Sierra Norte de Puebla, México
- Sierra de Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Sierra Nevada), México
- Tuxtla Mountains, México
Central America
edit- Cerros de Escazú, Costa Rica
- Cordillera de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica and Panamá
- Cordillera de Tilarán, Costa Rica
- Cordillera Isabelia, Nicaragua, Honduras
- Cordillera Los Maribios, Nicaragua
- Cordillera Central, Costa Rica
- Maya Mountains, Belize
- Sierra de Chinajá, Guatemala
- Sierra de Chuacús, Guatemala
- Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala
- Sierra del Merendón, Guatemala and Honduras
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas, México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
Caribbean
edit- Blue Mountains, Jamaica
- Central Range, Trinidad and Tobago
- Chaîne de la Selle, Haiti
- Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic
- Cordillera Septentrional, Dominican Republic
- Cordillera Central, Puerto Rico
- Dry Harbour Mountains, Jamaica
- John Crow Mountains, Jamaica
- Massif de la Hotte, Haiti
- Massif du Nord, Haiti
- Mocho Mountains, Jamaica
- Montagnes Noires, Haiti
- Northern Range, Trinidad and Tobago
- Sierra de Baoruco, Dominican Republic
- Sierra de Cayey, Puerto Rico
- Sierra de Luquillo, Puerto Rico
- Sierra del Escambray, Cuba
- Sierra Maestra, Cuba
- Sierra del Rosario, Cuba
South America
editAndes
editThe longest mountain range in the world (above sea level) is the Andes, consisting of several subranges.
- Cordillera de los Andes, in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela:
- Cordillera Central, Colombia
- Cordillera Occidental, Colombia
- Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, Venezuela
- Serranía del Perijá, Colombia, Venezuela
- Serranía de los Churumbelos, Colombia
- Cordillera Real, Ecuador
- Cordillera Occidental, Ecuador
- Cordillera Occidental, Peru
- Cordillera Blanca, Peru
- Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru
- Cordillera Negra, Peru
- Cordillera Central, Peru
- Cordillera Oriental, Peru
- Cordillera Central, Bolivia
- Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia
- Serranía de Charagua
- Serranía del Aguaragüe
- Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Chile
- Cordillera de Lípez, Argentina, Bolivia
- Cordillera Domeyko, Chile
- Cordón de Lila, Chile
- Sierra de Almeida, Chile
- Sierra de Famatina, Argentina
- Frontal Cordillera, Argentina
- Principal Cordillera, Argentina, Chile
- Cordillera de la Ramada, Argentina
- Sierra de Velasco, Argentina
- Cordillera de Talinay, Chile
- Cordillera Negra (Chile), Chile
- Cordillera del Paine, Chile
- Sierra Baguales, Argentina, Chile
- Cordillera Sarmiento, Chile
- Cordillera Riesco, Chile
- Cordillera Darwin, Chile
- Martial Mountains, Argentina
- Dientes de Navarino, Chile
Extra-Andean mountain ranges
editOther ranges in South America include:
- Sierra de La Ventana, Argentina
- Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina
- Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina
- Sistema de Tandilia, Argentina
- Guiana Highlands, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
- Serranías Chiquitanas, Bolivia
- Serra dos Aimorés, Brazil
- Borborema Plateau, Brazil
- Chapada, Brazil
- Chapada do Araripe, Brazil
- Espinhaço Mountains, Brazil
- Chapada dos Guimarães, Brazil
- Chapada das Mangabeiras, Brazil
- Mantiqueira Mountains, Brazil
- Serra do Mar, Brazil
- Serra do Cristal, Brazil
- Serra Gaúcha, Brazil
- Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil
- Serra Geral, Brazil
- Serra de Ibiapaba, Brazil
- Serra do Rio do Rastro, Brazil
- Serra do Tiracambu, Brazil
- Serras de Sudeste, Brazil
- Chilean Coast Range, Chile
- Cordón Baquedano, Chile
- Baudó Mountains, Colombia
- Serranía de Macuira, Colombia
- Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
- Serrania de la Macarena, Colombia
- Ybytyruzú Mountains, Paraguay
- Cuchilla de Haedo, Uruguay
- Cuchilla Grande, Uruguay
Oceania
editAustralia
edit- Arthur Range
- Blue Mountains
- Flinders Ranges
- Great Dividing Range
- Hammersley Range
- MacDonnell Ranges
- Pelion Range
- Stirling Range
Indonesia
edit- Jayawijaya Mountains, Western New Guinea
- Arfak Mountains, Western New Guinea
New Zealand
edit- Arrowsmith Range
- Ben Ohau Range
- Blue Mountains
- Bombay Hills
- Butler Range (Canterbury)
- Butler Range (West Coast)
- Cameron Mountains
- Catlins Range
- Coromandel Range
- Craigieburn Range
- Crown Range
- Dark Cloud Range
- Darran Mountains
- Dunstan Mountains
- Earl Mountains
- Franklin Mountains
- Glasgow Range
- Hakarimata Range
- Hapuakohe Range
- Herangi Range
- Huiarau Range
- Humboldt Mountains
- Hundalee Hills
- Hunter Mountains
- Hunua Ranges
- Kā Mauka-Tokoweka
- Kaikōura Ranges
- Kaimai Range
- Kaitake Range
- Kakanui Range
- Kākāpō Range
- Kaweka Range
- Kepler Mountains
- Mount Cook Range
- Lammerlaw Range
- Lammermoor Range
- Livingstone Mountains
- Moehau Range
- Murchison Mountains
- Old Man Range / Kopuwai
- Papahaua Range
- Paparoa Range
- Pisa Range
- Port Hills
- Pouakai Range
- Rangitoto Range
- Rock and Pillar Range
- Spenser Mountains
- Stuart Mountains
- Raukūmara Range
- Richmond Range
- The Remarkables
- Remutaka Range
- Ruahine Range
- The Silverpeaks
- Southern Alps
- Spenser Mountains
- Hector Mountains
- Tararua Range
- Two Thumb Range
- Waitākere Ranges
- Wharepapa / Arthur Range
- Wick Mountains
Papua New Guinea
editAntarctica
edit- Allardyce Range, South Georgia
- Imeon Range, Smith Island
- Pensacola Mountains
- Salvesen Range, South Georgia
- Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island
- Transantarctic Mountains
- Heimefront Range, Queen Maud Land
- Borg Massif, Queen Maud Land
- Fimbulheimen, Queen Maud Land
- Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land
- Belgica Mountains, Queen Maud Land
- Planet Heights
- Queen Fabiola Mountains, Queen Maud Land
- Aristotle Mountains, Graham Land
- Stribog Mountains, Brabant Island
- Solvay Mountains, Brabant Island
- Brugmann Mountains, Liège Island
Ocean
edit- Emperor Seamounts
- Mid-ocean ridge (the longest mountain range on Earth)[12]
- Ninety East Ridge
Extraterrestrial mountain ranges
editThe Moon
editBy IAU convention, lunar mountain ranges are given Latin names.
- Montes Agricola
- Montes Alpes
- Montes Recti
- Montes Retacule
- Montes Riphaeus
- Montes Rook
- Montes Secchi
- Montes Spitzbergen
- Montes Taurus
- Montes Teneriffe
Iapetus
editMars
editMercury
editTitan
editPluto
edit- Al-Idrisi Montes
- Baret Montes
- Elcano Montes
- Hillary Montes
- Pigafetta Montes
- Tabei Montes
- Tenzing Montes (formerly Norgay Montes)
- Zheng He Montes
Venus
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ N. O. Arnaud; M. Brunel; J. M. Cantagr4=P. Tapponnier (1993). "High cooling and denudation rates at Kongur Shan, Eastern Pamir (Xinjiang, China)". Tectonics. 12 (3): 1335–1346. doi:10.1029/93TC00767.
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- ^ "Regional cooperation". 6 December 2019.
- ^ Clark, V. Ralph; Barker, Nigel P.; Mucina, Laco (2011). "The Great Escarpment of southern Africa: A new frontier for biodiversity exploration". Biodiversity and Conservation. 20 (12): 2543–2561. doi:10.1007/s10531-011-0103-3. S2CID 23805786.
- ^ "Himalayas - Physical features".
- ^ "Great Himalayas | mountain range, Asia".
- ^ "Lesser Himalayas | Geology, Range, & Facts".
- ^ Early paleozoic magmatism of the Sette Daban, Southern Verkhoyansk region, Southeastern Yakutia
- ^ "Vezhen - Peakbagger.com".
- ^ "Midžor - Peakbagger.com".
- ^ "Kom - Peakbagger.com".
- ^ Ocean Facts, National Ocean Service
External links
edit- Dağlar & Zirveler, List of Mountains and Peaks in the World