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Countries by Highest Mountain

Can you identify these twenty-five countries by their highest peaks?
Mountains which are on external territories in gold
Answer must correspond to the yellow box
Quiz by Nathaniel
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Last updated: August 23, 2024
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First submittedApril 29, 2020
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Mountain
Country
8848
29029
Mount Everest
China | Nepal
8611
28251
K2
Pakistan
8586
28169
Kangchenjunga
India
6960
22835
Aconcagua
Argentina
6893
22615
Ojos del Salado
Chile
6191
20310
Denali
United States
5959
19551
Mount Logan
Canada
5892
19331
Kilimanjaro
Tanzania
5642
18510
Mount Elbrus
Russia
5636
18491
Volcán Citlaltépetl /
Pico de Orizaba
Mexico
5199
17057
Mount Kenya
Kenya
5137
16854
Mount Ararat
Turkey
4978
16332
Pico Bolívar
Venezuela
m
ft
Mountain
Country
4810
15781
Mont Blanc
France | Italy
4634
15203
Dufourspitze /
Monte Rosa
Switzerland
3798
12461
Großglockner
Austria
3776
12388
Mount Fuji
Japan
3724
12218
Aoraki / Mount Cook
New Zealand
3718
12198
Mount Teide
Spain
3700
12139
Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Denmark
3450
11319
Mafadi
South Africa
2962
9718
Zugspitze
Germany
2919
9577
Mount Olympus
Greece
2864
9396
Triglav
Slovenia
1345
4413
Ben Nevis
United Kingdom
32 Comments
+3
Level 66
Mar 17, 2022
Fun quiz, nominated
+2
Level 75
Mar 17, 2022
Thank you :)
+1
Level 75
Jul 12, 2024
Darn, I got really thrown off because there's also Pico Simón Bolívar in Colombia which is a little taller than Pico Bolívar.

Ooof

+2
Level 71
Jul 12, 2024
Good quiz! Triglav had me stuck for a while but finally I got them all :)
+8
Level 80
Jul 12, 2024
Canary Islands aren't an overseas territory, otherwise good quiz!
+2
Level 75
Jul 12, 2024
To be fair, it does say external territories (Unless the quiz was edited and approved in the last 30 minutes)
+12
Level 64
Aug 20, 2024
Mount Denali is in Alaska, which is as much of an external territory as the Canaries
+1
Level 67
Aug 29, 2024
Not in a different continent at least
+11
Level 77
Jul 12, 2024
Mount Kenya… huh, wonder what country it's in.
+5
Level 78
Jul 12, 2024
5% of people have gotten it wrong so far.
+1
Level 39
Jul 26, 2024
As of july 25th its now at 4%
+1
Level 21
Aug 23, 2024
Probably timed out
+2
Level 73
Jul 15, 2024
Monte Rosa is shared by two countries
+3
Level 75
Jul 15, 2024
Does that make it taller than Mont Blanc?
+8
Level 71
Jul 20, 2024
Makes no sense that the Canary Islands are considered an "external territory" but Alaska isn't
+6
Level 74
Jul 20, 2024
Canary Islands is most certainly NOT an external territory.
+1
Level 63
Aug 23, 2024
K2 is on the border of China and Pakistani Kashmir.
+2
Level 75
Aug 23, 2024
So?
+1
Level 69
Aug 23, 2024
The UK also has taller mountains on its external territories (British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and Tristan da Cunha).
+1
Level 86
Aug 23, 2024
In fairness, British Overseas Territories aren't strictly part of the UK. Whereas Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, and the Canaries are an autonomous community of Spain.
+1
Level 68
Aug 23, 2024
Nice quiz, though would have been nice to feature Kosciuszko to make it symmetrical, and since in this quiz we wouldn't have to spell it! Maybe it's just because I'm Australian, but the Polish sounding name would certainly be a curveball.
+1
Level 68
Aug 23, 2024
Or would Mawson Peak count?
+2
Level 50
Aug 23, 2024
Kangchenjunga is on the border is on the border of Nepal/India. Monte Rosa also borders Italy
+2
Level 75
Aug 23, 2024
Is the concept really so hard to grasp? If the tallest mountain of one country happens to border another country as well, that doesn’t necessarily mean it is the highest peak of that country too.
+2
Level 37
Aug 23, 2024
mount kenya is in kenya.
+1
Level 60
Aug 23, 2024
Nice quiz. Description should say twenty-five
+1
Level 35
Aug 23, 2024
Where's Bolivia's highest peak?
+6
Level 75
Aug 23, 2024
In Bolivia
+1
Level 33
Aug 23, 2024
Chile's highest mountain is called 'salad'?
+2
Level 77
Aug 26, 2024
"Salado" means "salty".
+1
Level 67
Aug 29, 2024
Ensalada, it's not that hard
+1
Level 54
Aug 24, 2024
Can every country follow Kenya's example and name all their highest peaks after the country name? Or their country after their highest peak...?