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1) At over 29000 ft, this mountain is the highest on Earth
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Mt Everest
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2) Located in Alaska, this peak is the highest in North America at 20,310 ft
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Denali
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3) This dormant shield volcano is the highest point in Hawaii
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Mauna Kea
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4) Over 22,000 ft high in the Argentinian Andes, this mountain is the highest in the Americas
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Aconcagua
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5) This peak rises high above Tanzania and is the tallest in Africa
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Mt Kilimanjaro
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6) This mountain in the Sierra Nevada range of California is the highest in the lower 48 states
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Mt Whitney
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7) This iconic peak in southern Switzerland was the backdrop for the Toblerone candy bar
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Matterhorn
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8) This dormant supervolcano lies under a national park in NW Wyoming with the same name
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Yellowstone
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9) This famous peak can be seen from Tokyo and is the highest in Japan
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Mt Fuji
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10) Located high in the Karakoram Range, this steep and dangerous peak is the 2nd highest in the world at over 28,000 ft
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K2
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11) This active stratovolcano is the highest point in Sicily and the highest volcano in Europe
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Mt Etna
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12) This caldera in Indonesia is famous for its massive 1883 eruption
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Krakatoa
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13) This peak of 14000 ft is located in the Washington Cascade range and can be seen from Seattle
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Mt Rainier
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14) This steep, perilous mountain high in the western Himalayas of Pakistan is infamously called "killer peak", over 26,000 ft
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Nanga Parbat
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15) This dormant stratovolcano in remote Russia is the highest peak in Europe
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Mt Elbrus
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16) This stratovolcano in southern Washington famously erupted in May 1980
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Mt St Helens
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17) This peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is the highest point in New England
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Mt Washington
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18) This peak near Portland is an active stratovolcano at over 11000 ft and a popular ski resort
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Mt Hood
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19) This mountain in South Dakota is famous for its carved faces of four past presidents and is a national landmark
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Mt Rushmore
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20) Also called the "beast of the East", this Vermont peak is over 4000 ft and has the largest vertical drop in New England
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Killington
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21) This peak on the Chile-Argentina border of the Andes is the highest volcano on Earth, over 22500 ft
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Ojos del Salado
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22) This massive volcano is 3x the height of Mt Everest, located on Mars
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Olympus Mons
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23) This peak is the 3rd highest in the world, on the border of India and Nepal. Nicknamed the "Five Treasures of Snow" due to its 5 peaks
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Mt Kangchenjunga
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24) This peak located in remote Yukon on the Alaska border is the highest mountain in Canada
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Mt Logan
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25) This mountain is famous for its expensive ski town of the same name in the peaks of Colorado
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Aspen
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26) This dormant stratovolcano in the Elburz mountains of northern Iran is the highest volcano in Asia
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Mt Damavand
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27) This mountain on the France-Italy border is the highest peak in the Alps and western Europe, over 15,700 ft
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Mont Blanc
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28) This peak in rural North Carolina is the highest peak in the Appalachians and the Eastern US
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Mt Mitchell
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29) This Italian volcano famously erupted in 79 AD and buried the city of Pompeii
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Mt Vesuvius
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30) This peak high in the Western Andes is the highest in Peru and the 4th highest in South America
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Huascaran
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