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List of mountain ranges

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.

Contents

By height

  1. Himalaya- Asia    Nepal,  India,  China,  Pakistan,  Bhutan; highest point - Everest; 8848 meters above sea level.
  2. Karakoram (part of Greater Himalayas) - Asia:  Pakistan,  China,  India; highest point - K2, 8611 meters above sea level.
  3. Hindu Kush (part of Greater Himalayas) - Asia:  Afghanistan,  Pakistan,  India; highest point - Tirich Mir, 7708 meters above sea level.
  4. Pamirs (part of Greater Himalayas) - Asia:  Tajikistan,  Kyrgyzstan,  China,  Afghanistan; highest point - Kongur Tagh, 7649 meters above sea level, a peak included in the "Eastern Pamirs" 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.
  5. Hengduan Mountains (part of Greater Himalayas)-Asia:  China,  Myanmar; highest point - Mount Gongga, 7556 meters above sea level.
  6. Tian Shan - Asia:  China,  Kyrgyzstan,  Kazakhstan,  Uzbekistan; highest point - Jengish Chokusu, 7439 meters above sea level.
  7. Kunlun (part of Greater Himalayas) - Asia:  China; highest point - Liushi Shan, 7167 meters above sea level.
  8. Nyenchen Tanglha (part of Greater Himalayas) - Asia;  China; highest point - Mount Nyenchen Tanglha, 7162 meters above sea level.
  9. Andes - South America:  Argentina,  Chile,  Peru,  Bolivia,  Ecuador,  Colombia,  Venezuela; highest point - Aconcagua, 6962 meters above sea level.
  10. Alaska Range - North America:  United States; highest point - Denali, 6194 meters above sea level.

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; 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 on three sides.

By length

  1. Mid-ocean ridge - 40,389 km (25,097 mi)
  2. Andes - 7,000 km (4,300 mi)
  3. Rocky Mountains - 4,830 km (3,000 mi)
  4. Great Dividing Range - 3,500 km (2,200 mi)
  5. Transantarctic Mountains - 3,500 km (2,200 mi)
  6. Kunlun Mountains - 3,000 km (1,900 mi)
  7. Ural Mountains - 2,500 km (1,600 mi)
  8. Atlas Mountains - 2,500 km (1,553 mi)
  9. Appalachian Mountains - 2,414 km (1,500 mi)
  10. Himalayas - 2,400 km (1,491 mi)
  11. Altai Mountains - 2,000 km (1,243 mi)
  12. Carpathian Mountains - 1,700 km (1,100 mi)
  13. Kjølen - ca 1,700 km (1,056 mi)
  14. Barisan Mountains - ca 1,700 km (1,056 mi)
  15. Coast Mountains - 1,600 km (990 mi)
  16. Qin Mountains - 1,600 km (990 mi)
  17. Western Ghats - 1,600 km (990 mi)
  18. Serra do Mar - 1,500 km (932 mi)
  19. Taurus Mountains - 1,500 km (930 mi)
  20. Zagros Mountains-1,500 km (930 mi)
  21. Sierra Madre Occidental - 1,500 km (930 mi)
  22. Mantiqueira Mountains/Espinhaço Mountains - 1,320 km (820 mi)
  23. Greater Caucasus - 1,200 km (750 mi)
  24. Vindhya Range - 1,200 km (750 mi)
  25. Alps - 1,200 km (750 mi)
  26. Apennines - 1,200 km (750 mi)
  27. Drakensberg - 1,125 km (699 mi)
  28. Cascade Mountains - 1,100 km (684 mi)
  29. Annamite Range - 1,100 km (680 mi)
  30. Brooks Range - 1,100 km (680 mi)
  31. U.S. Interior Highlands
  32. Aravalli Range - 800 km (500 mi)
  33. Southern Alps - 600 km (370 mi)

Africa

  • Ahaggar Mountains
  • Ahmar Mountains,
  • Aberdare ranges, Kenya
  • 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
  • Bvumba Mountains, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • Cal Madow, Somalia
  • Cederberg, South Africa
  • Drakensberg, South Africa
  • Eastern Arc Mountains, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Eastern Highlands, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • Entoto Mountains, Ethiopia
  • Erta Ale Range, Ethiopia
  • Golis Mountains, Somalia
  • Kilimanjaro & Meru, Tanzania
  • Kipengere Range, Tanzania
  • Lebombo Mountains, Mozambique
  • Magaliesberg, South Africa
  • Mahale Mountains, Tanzania
  • Mandara Mountains, Cameroon, Nigeria
  • Mount Cameroon
  • Mount Nimba
  • Mt. Kenya, Kenya
  • Ogo Mountains, Somalia
  • Outeniqua, South Africa
  • Pare Mountains, Tanzania
  • Piton des Neiges & Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion
  • Rwenzori, Uganda
  • Semien, Ethiopia
  • Swartberg, South Africa
  • Tibesti Mountains
  • Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
  • Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania
  • Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
  • Asia

    1. Alagalla Mountain Range, Sri Lanka
    2. Alborz, Iran
    3. Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, United Arab Emirates
    4. Altai Mountains, Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan
    5. Annamite Range, Laos, Viet Nam
    6. Anti-Lebanon, Lebanon, Syria, Israel
    7. Arfak Mountains, Indonesia
    8. Asir Mountains
    9. Barisan Mountains, Indonesia
    10. Caraballo, Philippines
    11. Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
    12. Carmel Mountains, Israel
    13. Caucasus, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey
    14. Chersky Range, Siberia
    15. Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
    16. Cordillera Central, Philippines
    17. Crocker Range, Malaysia
    18. Dieng Volcanic Complex, Indonesia
    19. Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Siberia
    20. Eastern Ghats, India
    21. Fansipan, Vietnam
    22. Gydan Mountains
    23. Haraz Mountains, Yemen
    24. Hijaz Mountains
    25. Himalaya, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan
      1. Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya
      2. Siwalik Range or Churia Hills, Subhimalaya
    26. Hindu Kush, Afghanistan, Pakistan
    27. Japanese Alps, Japan
      1. Akaishi Mountains
      2. Hida Mountains
      3. Kiso Mountains
    28. Jayawijaya Mountains, Indonesia
    29. Kabir Kuh, Iran, Iraq
    30. Karakoram, Pakistan, China, India
    31. Khingan Mountains, China
      1. Greater Khingan
      2. Lesser Khingan
    32. Khibinsky Mountains, Russia
    33. Kirthar Mountains, Pakistan
    34. Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka
    35. Koryak Mountains Siberia
    36. Kunlun Mountains, China (Tibet)
    37. Kuray Mountains, Russia
    38. Mount Lebanon Range, Lebanon
    39. Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea
    40. Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, China
    41. Safed Koh, Afghanistan, Pakistan
    42. Salt Range, Pakistan
    43. Sayan Mountains, Siberia
    44. Sierra Madre, Philippines
    45. Sikhote Alin Mountains, Siberia
    46. Stanovoi Range, Siberia
    47. Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan, Iran
    48. Taurus Mountains, Turkey
    49. Toba Kakar Range, Afghanistan, Pakistan
    50. Tian Shan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
    51. Taiwan Mountains, Taiwan
    52. Tengger Mountains, Indonesia
    53. Titiwangsa Mountains, Malaysia
    54. Ural Mountains, Russia
    55. Verkhoyansk Range, Russia
    56. Western Ghats, India
    57. Zagros Mountains, Iran, Iraq
    58. Zambales Mountains, Philippines
    59. Zamboanga Cordilleras, Philippines

    Europe

    See Category:Mountain ranges of Europe

    1. Alps
      1. Eastern Alps, Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland
        1. Central Eastern Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
          1. Bergamo Alps, Italy
          2. Hohe Tauern, Austria, Italy
            1. Ankogel Group
            2. Defereggen Mountains
            3. Grossglockner
            4. Goldberg Group
            5. Granatspitz Group
            6. Hafner Group
            7. Kreuzeck Group
            8. Rieserferner Group
            9. Schober Group
            10. Venediger Group
          3. Kitzbühel Alps, Austria
          4. Niedere Tauern, Austria
          5. Ötztal Alps, Austria, Italy
          6. Rhaetian Alps, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
            1. Albula Range
            2. Bernina Range
            3. Bregaglia Range
            4. Livigno Range
            5. Oberhalbstein Range
            6. Plessur Range
            7. Samnaun Alps
            8. Sesvenna Range
            9. Silvretta
          7. Stubai Alps, Austria, Italy
          8. Tux Alps, Austria
          9. Verwall Alps, Austria
          10. Zillertal Alps, Austria, Italy
        2. Northern Limestone Alps, Austria, Germany
          1. Allgäu Alps, Austria, Germany
          2. Berchtesgaden Alps, Austria, Germany,France
          3. Dachstein, Austria
          4. Ennstaler Alpen, Austria
          5. Karwendel, Austria, Germany
          6. Lechtal Alps, Austria
          7. Totes Gebirge, Austria
          8. Wetterstein, Austria, Germany
          9. Wilden Kaiser, Austria
        3. Rätikon, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
        4. Southern Limestone Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
          1. Adamello-Presanella, Italy
          2. Brenta Group, Italy
          3. Carnic Alps, Austria, Italy
          4. Dolomites, Italy
          5. Julian Alps, Italy, Slovenia
          6. Kamnik Alps, Austria, Slovenia
          7. Karawanken, Austria, Slovenia
          8. Ortler Alps, Italy, Switzerland
      2. Western Alps (France, Italy, and Switzerland)
        1. Bernese Alps, Switzerland
        2. Cottian Alps, France, Italy
        3. Glarus Alps, Switzerland
        4. Graian Alps, France, Italy, Switzerland
          1. Mont Blanc Group, France, Italy
          2. Vanoise, France
          3. Gran Paradiso, France, Italy
        5. Lepontine Alps, Italy, Switzerland
        6. Ligurian Alps, France, Italy
        7. North-Eastern Swiss Alps, Switzerland
        8. Pennine Alps, Italy, Switzerland
        9. Prealps, France, Italy
          1. Dauphiné Alps, France
          2. Maritime Alps, France, Italy
          3. Provence Prealps, France
          4. Savoy Prealps, France
        10. Savoie Alps, France Switzerland
        11. Urner Alps, Switzerland
    2. Apennines, Italy, San Marino
    3. Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria, Serbia
    4. Belasitsa, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia
    5. Black Forest, Germany
    6. Black Mountains, Wales
    7. Brecon Beacons, Wales
    8. Cairngorms, Scotland
    9. Cantabrian Mountains, Spain
      1. Picos de Europa
      2. Basque Mountains
    10. Carpathian Mountains, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
      1. Western Carpathians
        1. Tatra Mountains, Poland, Slovakia
        2. Western Beskids and Central Beskids
      2. Eastern Carpathians
        1. Eastern Beskids and the Ukrainian Carpathians
        2. Rodna Mountains
      3. Southern Carpathians
        1. Făgăraș Mountains group
        2. Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
        3. Poiana Ruscă Mountains
        4. Banat Mountains
      4. Apuseni Mountains
        1. Bihor Mountains
    11. Caucasus Mountains, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia
    12. Dentelles de Montmirail, France
    13. Dinaric Alps, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
    14. Scanderberg Range, Albania
    15. Gennargentu, Italy
    16. Grampian mountains, Scotland
      1. Ben Nevis
    17. Harz, Germany
    18. Jura mountains, France, Switzerland
    19. Karelides, Finland
    20. Lake District, England
    21. Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland
    22. Măcin Mountains, Romania
    23. Massif Central, France
    24. Mourne Mountains, Ireland
    25. Owl Mountains
    26. Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), Czech Republic, Germany
    27. Osogovo, Bulgaria, Macedonia
    28. Pennines, England
    29. Pindus Mountains, Greece
    30. Pirin, Bulgaria
    31. Pyrenees, Andorra, France, Spain
    32. Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, Greece
    33. Rila, Bulgaria
    34. Rhön Mountains, Germany
    35. Scandinavian Mountains, Finland, Norway, Sweden
      1. Setesdalsheiene,
      2. Jotunheimen,
      3. Rondane,
      4. Dovrefjell,
      5. Trollheimen,
      6. Kjolen mountains
      7. Saltfjellet,
      8. Svecofennides
      9. Lyngen Alps
    36. Sierra Morena, Spain
    37. Sistema Bético, Spain
    38. Sistema Central, Portugal, Spain
      1. Sierra de Guadarrama
    39. Sistema Ibérico, Spain
    40. Sistema Penibético, Spain
    41. Snowdonia, Wales
    42. Sredna Gora, Bulgaria
    43. Strandzha, Bulgaria, Turkey
    44. Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland
    45. Sudetes, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland
      1. Ślęża Masiff
      2. Lusatian Mountains
      3. Ještěd ridge
      4. Jizera Mountains
      5. Kaczawskie Mountains
      6. Krkonoše
      7. Rudawy Janowickie
      8. Krkonoše foothills
      9. Wałbrzyskie Mountains
      10. Stone Mountains
      11. Owl Mountains
      12. Bardzkie Mountains
      13. Stołowe Mountains
      14. Orlicke Mountains
      15. Bystrzyckie Mountains
      16. Golden Mountains
      17. Śnieżnik Mountains
      18. Opawskie Mountains
      19. Hrubý Jeseník
      20. Low Jeseník
    46. Šumava, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany
    47. Swabian Alb, Germany
    48. Ural Mountains, Russia
    49. Vogelsberg Mountains, Germany
    50. Vosges mountains, France
    51. Wicklow Mountains, Ireland

    North America

    Greenland
    1. Alángup Qáqai
    2. Alexandrine Range
    3. Amitsorssûp Qulâ
    4. Barth Range
    5. Brages Range
    6. Crown Prince Frederick Range
    7. Daly Range
    8. Didrik Pining Range
    9. Ejnar Mikkelsen Range
    10. Ellemands Range
    11. Fynske Alps
    12. Giesecke Range
    13. Gronau Nunataks
    14. Grønne Range
    15. H. H. Benedict Range
    16. Halle Range
    17. Haug Range
    18. Heywood Range
    19. Hjelm Range
    20. Kangerluluk Range
    21. Knud Rasmussen Range
    22. Lacroix Range
    23. Lemon Range
    24. Lilloise Range
    25. Lindbergh Range
    26. Mols Range
    27. Murchison Range
    28. Musk Ox Mountains
    29. Norlund Alps
    30. Pentamerus Range
    31. Pictet Range
    32. Prince of Wales Range
    33. Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps
    34. Princess Elizabeth Alps
    35. Qârusuit Range
    36. Qivssakatdlagfik
    37. Queen Louise Land
    38. Rold Range
    39. Roosevelt Range
    40. Schweizerland
    41. Sioraq Range (Sioraq Fjelde)
    42. Stauning Alps
    43. Svinhufvud Range
    44. Tågefjeldene
    45. Watkins Range
    46. Wiedemann Range
    Canada
    1. Adam Range
    2. Adamant Range
    3. Alsek Ranges, British Columbia, Alaska, Yukon
    4. Anvil Range, Yukon
    5. Arctic Cordillera, northeastern Canada
    6. Asulkan Range
    7. Badshot Range
    8. Baffin Mountains
    9. Battle Range
    10. Beaufort Range
    11. Belcher Mountains, Hudson Bay
    12. Big Bend Ranges, British Columbia
    13. Big Salmon Range, Yukon
    14. Blackwelder Mountains
    15. Blue Mountains
    16. Bonanza Range
    17. Bonnet Plume Range, Yukon
    18. Bonnington Range
    19. Britannia Range
    20. British Empire Range
    21. British Mountains, Yukon
    22. Bruce Mountains
    23. Byam Martin Mountains
    24. Cadwallader Range
    25. Camelsfoot Range
    26. Cameron Range
    27. Canadian Rockies
    28. Cantilever Range
    29. Cariboo Mountains
    30. Cascade Range
    31. Cayoosh Range
    32. Challenger Mountains
    33. Chilcotin Ranges
    34. Clachnacudainn Range
    35. Clendinning Range
    36. Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S.
    37. Conger Range
    38. Coquitlam Range
    39. Crease Range
    40. Cunningham Mountains
    41. Dawson Range
    42. Dickson Range
    43. Douglas Ranges
    44. Douro Range
    45. Duncan Ranges
    46. Elk River Mountains
    47. Everett Mountains
    48. Fannin Range
    49. Franklin Range
    50. Garfield Range
    51. Garibaldi Ranges
    52. Genevieve Range
    53. Glenyon Range, Yukon
    54. Goat Range
    55. Gowlland Range
    56. Grinnell Range
    57. Grogan Morgan Range
    58. Haddington Range
    59. Haihte Range
    60. Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
    61. Halifax Range
    62. Hankin Range
    63. Hartz Mountains (Nunavut)
    64. Hermit Range
    65. Hess Mountains, Yukon
    66. Homathko Icefield
    67. Ilgachuz Range
    68. Inglefield Mountains
    69. Innuitian Mountains
    70. Insular Mountains, British Columbia
    71. Itcha Range
    72. Jeffries Range
    73. Joy Range
    74. Karmutzen Range
    75. Kaumajet Mountains, Labrador, Canada
    76. Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia
    77. Kiglapait Mountains, Labrador
    78. Kitimat Ranges
    79. Kluane Ranges, Yukon
    80. Knorr Range, Yukon
    81. Kokanee Range
    82. Kootenay Ranges, British Columbia
      1. Vermilion Range
      2. Stanford Range
      3. Beaverfoot Range
    83. Krag Mountains
    84. Krieger Mountains
    85. Lardeau Range
    86. Lillooet Icecap
    87. Lillooet Ranges
    88. MacDonald Range, British Columbia
    89. McKay Range
    90. Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington
    91. Nadaleen Range, Yukon
    92. Nelson Range
    93. Newcastle Range
    94. Niut Range
    95. Norns Range
    96. North Shore Mountains
    97. Osborn Range
    98. Pelham Range
    99. Pelly Mountains, Yukon
    100. Pierce Range
    101. Precipitous Mountains
    102. Premier Range
    103. Prince of Wales Mountains
    104. Prince of Wales Range
    105. Princess Margaret Range
    106. Purity Range
    107. Queen Charlotte Mountains, British Columbia
    108. Quesnel Highland
    109. Rainbow Range
    110. Refugium Range
    111. Richardson Mountains, Yukon
    112. Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
    113. Rocky Mountain Foothills, British Columbia and Alberta
    114. Ruby Range
    115. Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia
    116. San Christoval Range
    117. Sawtooth Range (Nunavut)
    118. Scoresby Hills
    119. Selamiut Range
    120. Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington
    121. Selwyn Mountains, Yukon
    122. Seymour Range
    123. Shulaps Range
    124. Shuswap Highland
    125. Sir Donald Range
    126. Sir Sandford Range
    127. Somerset Range
    128. Sophia Range
    129. Spearhead Range
    130. Spectrum Range
    131. St. Cyr Range, Yukon
    132. Stokes Range
    133. Sutton Range
    134. Swiss Range
    135. Tantalus Range
    136. Thorndike Peaks
    137. Tochquonyalla Range
    138. Torngat Mountains
    139. Treuter Mountains
    140. United States Range
    141. Valhalla Ranges
    142. Valkyr Range
    143. Vancouver Island Ranges, British Columbia
    144. Victoria and Albert Mountains
    145. Waddington Range
    146. Wernecke Mountains, Yukon
    147. Windy Range
    148. Winston Churchill Range, Alberta
    United States
    1. Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming
    2. Adirondack Mountains, New York
    3. Alaska Range, Alaska
    4. Allegheny Mountains
    5. Amargosa Range, California
    6. Appalachian Mountains, Eastern United States
    7. Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma
    8. Baird Mountains, Alaska
    9. Basin and Range Province Arizona, Nevada, Utah
    10. Bear River Mountains, Utah and Idaho
    11. Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Idaho
    12. Beaverhead Mountains, Montana and Idaho
    13. Bendeleben Mountains, Alaska
    14. Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
    15. Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho
    16. Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming
    17. Blue Ridge Mountains
    18. Boise Mountains, Idaho
    19. Boston Mountains, Arkansas
    20. Boulder Mountain, Utah
    21. Boulder Mountains, Idaho
    22. Boulder Mountains, Montana
    23. Brabazon Range, Alaska
    24. Bridger Range, Montana
    25. Bridger Mountains, Wyoming
    26. Brooks Range, northern Alaska
    27. Cabinet Mountains, Montana
    28. Cascade Range
    29. Castle Mountains, Montana
    30. Catskill Mountains
    31. Chinati Mountains, Texas
    32. Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas
    33. Chugach Mountains
    34. Clearwater Mountains, Idaho
    35. Coeur d'Alène Mountains, Montana and Idaho
    36. Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S.
    37. Coso Range, California
    38. Crazy Mountains, Montana
    39. Darby Mountains, Alaska
    40. Davidson Mountains, Alaska
    41. Davis Mountains, Texas
    42. Delaware Mountains, Texas
    43. DeLong Mountains, Alaska
    44. Driftless Area, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
    45. East Humboldt Range, Nevada
    46. Elk Mountains, Colorado
    47. Elkhorn Mountains, Montana
    48. Endicott Mountains, Alaska
    49. Fairweather Range, Alaska
    50. Flathead Range, Montana
    51. Franklin Mountains, Alaska
    52. Franklin Mountains, Texas
    53. Front Range, Colorado
    54. Gallatin Range, Montana
    55. Garnet Range, Montana
    56. Gila Mountains, Arizona
    57. Granite Mountains, Wyoming
    58. Granite Range, Alaska
    59. Great Smoky Mountains
    60. Green Mountains, Wyoming
    61. Green Mountains, Vermont
    62. Gros Ventre Range, Wyoming
    63. Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
    64. Henry Mountains, Utah
    65. Huron Mountains, Michigan
    66. John Long Mountains, Montana
    67. Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia
    68. Kigluaik Mountains, Alaska
    69. La Sal Mountains, Utah
    70. Laguna Mountains, California
    71. Lake Range, Nevada
    72. Laramie Mountains, Wyoming
    73. Lemhi Range, Idaho
    74. Lewis Range, Montana
    75. Livingston Range, Montana
    76. Madison Range, Montana
    77. Manzano Mountains, New Mexico
    78. Misquah Hills, Minnesota
    79. Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington
    80. Mosquito Range, Colorado
    81. Ocooch Mountains,Wisconsin
    82. Olympic Mountains, Washington
    83. Oquirrh Mountains, Utah
    84. Oregon Coast Range, Oregon
    85. Organ Mountains, New Mexico
    86. Ortiz Mountains, New Mexico
    87. Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
    88. Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming
    89. Ozark Plateau, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma
    90. Panamint Range, California
    91. Peninsular Ranges,
    92. Phillip Smith Mountains, Alaska
    93. Piercy Mountain Range, North Carolina
    94. Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona
    95. Pioneer Mountains, Idaho
    96. Pioneer Mountains, Montana
    97. Porcupine Mountains Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan
    98. Pryor Mountains, Montana
    99. Red Mountains, Wyoming
    100. Robinson Mountains, Alaska
    101. Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
    102. Romanzof Mountains, Alaska
    103. Ruby Mountains, Nevada
    104. Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
    105. Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia
    106. Salish Mountains, Montana
    107. Salmon River Mountains, Idaho
    108. Salt River Range, Wyoming
    109. San Francisco Peaks, Arizona
    110. San Jacinto Mountains, California
    111. San Juan Mountains, Colorado
    112. Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
    113. Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico
    114. Santa Ana Mountains, California
    115. Sawatch Range, Colorado
    116. Sawtooth Mountains, Minnesota
    117. Sawtooth Range, Idaho
    118. Schell Creek Range, Nevada
    119. Schwatka Mountains, Alaska
    120. Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington
    121. Seward Peninsula, Alaska
    122. Sheep Range, Nevada
    123. Shenandoah Mountains
    124. Shoshone Range, Idaho
    125. Shoshone Range, Nevada
    126. Shubelik Mountains, Alaska
    127. Sierra Nevada, California, Nevada
    128. Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon
    129. Smoky Mountains, Idaho
    130. Snake Range, Nevada
    131. Snowy Range, Wyoming
    132. Soldier Mountains, Idaho
    133. Spring Mountains, Nevada
    134. Superstition Mountains, Arizona
    135. Sutter Buttes, California
    136. Swan Range, Montana
    137. Talladega Mountains, Central Alabama
    138. Tenmile Range, Colorado
    139. Teton Range, Wyoming
    140. Texas Hill Country
    141. Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
    142. Toiyabe Range, Nevada
    143. Tushar Mountains, Utah
    144. Uinta Mountains, Utah and Colorado
    145. Uwharrie Mountains, North Carolina
    146. Waring Mountains, Alaska
    147. Wasatch Range, Utah
    148. Washburn Range, Wyoming
    149. West Humboldt Range, Nevada
    150. West Mountains, Idaho
    151. White Cloud Mountains, Idaho
    152. White Mountains, Alaska
    153. White Mountains, Arizona
    154. White Mountains, California
    155. White Mountains, New Hampshire
    156. Whitefish Range, Montana
    157. Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma
    158. Wind River Range, Wyoming
    159. Wolf Mountains, Montana
    160. Wyoming Range, Wyoming
    161. York Mountains, Alaska
    Mexico
    1. Sierra de Juarez, México
    2. Sierra de la Giganta, México
    3. Sierra de la Laguna, México
    4. Sierra Madre de Chiapas, México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
    5. Sierra Madre del Sur, México
    6. Sierra Madre Occidental, México
      1. Sierra Huichola, México
      2. Sierra Tarahumara, México
    7. Sierra Madre Oriental, México
      1. Sierra del Burro, México
      2. Sierra del Carmen, México
    8. Sierra Norte de Puebla, México
    9. Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, México
    10. Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Sierra Nevada), México
    11. Tuxtla Mountains, México
    Central America
    1. Cerros de Escazú, Costa Rica
    2. Cordillera de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
    3. Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica and Panamá
    4. Cordillera de Tilarán, Costa Rica
    5. Cordillera Isabelia, Nicaragua, Honduras
    6. Cordillera Los Maribios, Nicaragua
    7. Cordlera Central, Costa Rica
    8. Maya Mountains, Belize
    9. Sierra de Chinajá, Guatemala
    10. Sierra de Chuacús, Guatemala
    11. Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala
    12. Sierra del Merendón, Guatemala and Honduras
    13. Sierra Madre de Chiapas, México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
    Caribbean
    1. Blue Mountains, Jamaica
    2. Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic
    3. Dry Harbour Mountains, Jamaica
    4. John Crow Mountains, Jamaica
    5. Massif du Nord, Haïti
    6. Mocho Mountains, Jamaica

    South America

    The 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 Occidental, Peru
  • Cordillera Central, Bolivia
  • Cordillera Real
  • Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia
  • Serranía de Charagua
  • Serranía del Aguaragüe
  • Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Chile
  • Cordillera de Lípez, Argentina, Bolivia
  • Cordillera de la Costa, Chile
  • Sierra Vicuña Mackenna
  • Cordillera Nahuelbuta
  • Cordillera de Mahuidanchi
  • Cordillera Pelada
  • Cordillera de Piuchén
  • Cordillera de Pirulil
  • Cordillera Domeyko, Chile
  • Sierra de Famatina, Argentina
  • Frontal Cordillera
  • Principal Cordillera, Argentina, Chile
  • Sierra de Velasco, Argentina
  • Cordillera de Talinay, Chile
  • Cordillera Negra (Chile), Chile
  • Cordillera del Paine, Chile
  • Cordillera Sarmiento, Chile
  • Cordillera Riesco, Chile
  • Cordillera Darwin, Chile
  • Martial Mountains, Argentina
  • Dientes de Navarino, Chile
  • Other ranges in South America include:

  • Baudó Mountains, Colombia
  • Guiana Highlands, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
  • Serranías Chiquitanas, Bolivia
  • Serranías de Santiago
  • Serranía de Macuira, Colombia
  • Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
  • Serrania de la Macarena, Colombia
  • 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
  • Ybytyruzú Mountains, Paraguay
  • Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina
  • Sierra de La Ventana, Argentina
  • Cordón Baquedano, Chile
  • Oceania

    1. Great Dividing Range, Australia
    2. Hunter Mountains, New Zealand
    3. Kaikoura Ranges, New Zealand
    4. Kaweka Range, New Zealand
    5. MacDonnell Ranges, Australia
    6. Ruahine Range, New Zealand
    7. Southern Alps, New Zealand
    8. Tararua Range, New Zealand

    Antarctica

  • Allardyce Range, South Georgia
  • Imeon Range, Smith Island
  • Pensacola Mountains
  • Salvesen Range, South Georgia
  • Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island
  • Transantarctic Mountains
  • Queen Maud Mountains
  • Bush Mountains
  • Commonwealth Range
  • Dominion Range
  • Gothic Mountains
  • Herbert Range
  • Prince Olav Mountains
  • Hughes Range
  • Supporters Range
  • Theron Mountains
  • Heimefront Range, Queen Maud Land
  • Borg Massif, Queen Maud Land
  • Fimbulheimen, Queen Maud Land
  • Gburek Peaks
  • Sverdrup Mountains
  • Gjelsvik Mountains
  • Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains
  • Orvin Mountains
  • Filchner Mountains
  • Drygalski Mountains
  • Kurze Mountains
  • Gagarin Mountains
  • Conrad Mountains
  • Wohlthat Mountains
  • Humboldt Mountains
  • Petermann Ranges
  • Gruber Mountains
  • Hoel Mountains
  • Weyprecht Mountains
  • Payer Mountains
  • Lomonosov Mountains
  • Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land
  • Belgica Mountains, Queen Maud Land
  • Queen Fabiola Mountains, Queen Maud Land
  • Aristotle Mountains, Graham Land
  • Pippin Peaks
  • Stribog Mountains, Brabant Island
  • Solvay Mountains, Brabant Island
  • Brugmann Mountains, Liège Island
  • Ocean

  • Emperor Seamounts
  • Mid-ocean ridge (the longest mountain range on Earth)
  • Gakkel Ridge
  • Mid-Atlantic ridge
  • Southwest Indian Ridge
  • Central Indian Ridge
  • Southeast Indian Ridge
  • Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
  • East Pacific Rise
  • Ninety East Ridge
  • The Moon

    By 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

  • Equatorial ridge
  • References

    List of mountain ranges Wikipedia


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