List of mountain ranges
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This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent. Ranges on other astronomical bodies are listed afterward.
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[edit] Earth
[edit] By length
- Mid-Ocean Ridge - 65,000 km (40,389 mi)[1]
- Andes - 7,000 km (4,350 mi)
- Rocky Mountains - 4,800 km (2,983 mi)
- Great Dividing Range - 3,700 km (2,299 mi)
- Transantarctic Mountains - 3,500 km (2,175 mi)
- Himalayas - 2,400 km (1,491 mi)
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[edit] By height
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[edit] By continent
[edit] Africa
- Ahaggar Mountains
- Ahmar Mountains, Ethiopia
- Amaro Mountains, Ethiopia
- Atlantika Mountains, Cameroon, Nigeria
- Atlas Mountains, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
- Anti-Atlas, Morocco
- Aurès Mountains, Algeria, Tunesia
- High Atlas, Morocco
- Middle Atlas, Morocco
- Rif, Morocco
- Saharan Atlas, Algeria
- Tell Atlas, Algeria, Morocco, Tunesia
- Bale Mountains, Ethiopia
- Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon
- Bvumba Mountains, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Cederberg, South Africa
- Drakensberg, South Africa
- Eastern Arc Mountains, Kenya, Tanzania
- Eastern Highlands, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Entoto Mountains, Ethiopia
- Erta Ale Range, Ethiopia
- 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
- 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
[edit] Asia
- Alborz, Iran
- Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, United Arab Emirates
- Altai Mountains, Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan
- Annamite Range, Laos, Viet Nam
- Anti-Lebanon, Lebanon, Syria
- Arabian Mountain
- Bynar Range
- Caraballo, Philippines
- Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
- Carmel Mountains, Israel
- Caucasus, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran
- Celestial Mountains
- Chersky Range, Siberia, Russia)
- Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
- Cordillera Central, Philippines
- Crocker Mountains, Malaysia
- Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Siberia
- Eastern Ghats, India
- Elburiagan Mountains
- Fansipan, Vietnam
- Gydan Mountains
- Haraz Mountains, Yemen
- Himalaya, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan
- Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya
- Siwalik Range or Churia Hills, Subhimalaya
- Hindu Kush, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Japanese Alps, Japan
- Jayawijaya Mountains, Indonesia
- Karakoram, Pakistan, China, India
- Khingan Mountains, China
- Khibinsky Mountains, Russia
- Kirthar Mountains, Pakistan
- Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka
- Koryak Mountains Siberia
- Kunlun Mountains, China (Tibet)
- Kuray Mountains, Russia
- Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea
- Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Safed Koh, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Salt Range, Pakistan
- Sayan Mountains, Siberia
- Sierra Madre, Philippines
- Sikhote Alin Mountains, Siberia
- Stanovoi Range, Siberia
- Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan, Iran
- Taurus Mountains, Turkey
- Toba Kakar Range, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Tian Shan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
- Titiwangsa Mountains, Malaysia, Thailand
- Ural Mountains, Russia
- Western Ghats, India
- Zagros Mountains, Iran, Iraq
- al kalrzar demni fom, Iran, Iraq
- Zamboanga Cordilleras, Philippines
- Table mountain
[edit] Europe
See Category:Mountain ranges of Europe
- Alps
- Eastern Alps, Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland
- Central Eastern Alps, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia
- Bergamo Alps, Italy
- Hohe Tauern, Austria, Italy
- Kitzbühel Alps, Austria
- Niedere Tauern, Austria
- Ötztal Alps, Austria, Italy
- Rhaetian Alps, Austria, Italy, 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
- Rätikon, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
- 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, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia
- Western Alps (France, Switzerland, and Italy)
- Bernese Alps, Switzerland
- Cottian Alps, France, Italy
- Glarus Alps, Switzerland
- Graian Alps, France, Italy, Switzerland
- Mont Blanc Group, France, Italy
- Vanoise, France
- Gran Paradiso, France, Italy
- Lepontine Alps, Switzerland, Italy
- Ligurian Alps, France, Italy
- North-Eastern Swiss Alps, Switzerland
- Pennine Alps, Italy, Switzerland
- Prealps, France, Italy
- Dauphiné Alps, France
- Maritime Alps, France, Italy
- Provence Prealps, France
- Savoy Prealps, France
- Savoie Alps, France Switzerland
- Urner Alps, Switzerland
- Eastern Alps, Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland
- Apennines, Italy, San Marino
- Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria, Serbia
- Belasitsa, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia
- Black Forest, Germany
- Black Mountains, Wales
- Brecon Beacons, Wales
- Cairngorms, Scotland
- Cantabrian Mountains, Spain
- Carpathian Mountains, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
- Tatra Mountains, Poland, Slovakia
- Beskidy Mountains, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine
- Bieszczady Mountains, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine
- Transylvanian Alps, Romania, Serbia
- Parang Mountains, Romania
- Retezat Mountains, Romania
- Oas Mountains, Romania
- Caucasus Mountains, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey
- Dentelles de Montmirail, France
- Dinaric Alps, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
- Grampian mountains, Scotland
- Harz, Germany
- Jura mountains, France, Switzerland
- Karelides, Finland
- Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland
- Măcin Mountains, Romania
- Massif Central, France
- Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), Czech Republic, Germany
- Osogovo, Bulgaria, Macedonia
- Pennines, England
- Pindus Mountains, Greece
- Pirin, Bulgaria
- Pyrenees, Andorra, France, Spain
- Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, Greece
- Rila, Bulgaria
- Rhön Mountains, Germany
- Scandinavian Mountains, Finland, Norway, Sweden
- Sierra Morena, Spain
- Sistema Bético, Spain
- Sistema Central, Portugal, Spain
- Sistema Ibérico, Spain
- Sistema Penibético, Spain
- Snowdonia, Wales
- Sredna Gora, Bulgaria
- Strandzha, Bulgaria, Turkey
- Svecofennides, Finland, Sweden
- Sudetes, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland
- Šumava, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany
- Swabian Alb, Germany
- Vogelsberg Mountains, Germany
- Vosges mountains, France
- Wicklow Mountains, Ireland
[edit] North America
See Category:Mountain ranges of North America
- Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming
- Adam Range
- Adamant Range
- Alsek Ranges, British Columbia, Alaska, Yukon
- Amargosa Range, California
- Adirondack Mountains, New York
- Anvil Range, Yukon
- Appalachian Mountains, Eastern United States
- Arctic Cordillera, northeastern Canada
- Asulkan Range
- Badshot Range
- Baffin Mountains
- Baird Mountains, Alaska
- Basin and Range Province Arizona, Nevada, Utah
- Battle Range
- Bear River Mountains, Utah and Idaho
- Beaufort Range
- Beaverhead Mountains, Montana and Idaho
- Belcher Mountains, Hudson Bay
- Bendeleben Mountains, Alaska
- Big Bend Ranges
- Big Salmon Range, Yukon
- Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
- Bishops Range
- Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho
- Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming
- Blackwelder Mountains
- Blue Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Bonanza Range
- Bonnet Plume Range, Yukon
- Bonnington Range
- Boston Mountains, Arkansas
- Boulder Mountains, Montana
- Boulder Mountains, Idaho
- Boulder Mountains, Utah
- Brabazon Range, Alaska
- Bridger Mountains, Wyoming
- Bridger Range, Montana
- Britannia Range
- British Empire Range
- British Mountains, Yukon
- Brooks Range, northern Alaska
- Bruce Mountains
- Byam Martin Mountains
- Cabinet Mountains, Montana
- Cadwallader Range
- Camelsfoot Range
- Cameron Range
- Cantilever Range
- Cariboo Mountains
- Cascade Range
- Castle Mountains, Montana
- Catskill Mountains
- Cayoosh Range
- Challenger Mountains
- Chilcotin Ranges
- Chinati Mountains, Texas
- Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas
- Chugach Mountains
- Clachnacudainn Range
- Clearwater Mountains, Idaho
- Clendenning Range
- Coeur d'Alène Mountains, Montana and Idaho
- Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S.
- Conger Range
- Coquitlam Range
- Coso Range, California
- Crazy Mountains, Montana
- Crease Range
- Cunningham Mountains
- Darby Mountains, Alaska
- Davidson Mountains, Alaska
- Davis Mountains, Texas
- Dawson Range
- DeLong Mountains, Alaska
- Dickson Range
- Douglas Ranges
- Douro Range
- Driftless Area, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Duncan Ranges
- East Humboldt Range, Nevada
- Elk Mountains (Colorado)
- Elk River Mountains
- Elkhorn Mountains, Montana
- Endicott Mountains, Alaska
- Everett Mountains
- Fairweather Range, Alaska
- Fannin Range
- Flathead Range, Montana
- Franklin Mountains (Alaska)
- Franklin Mountains (El Paso County, Texas
- Franklin Range
- Front Range of the Rockies, Colorado
- Gallatin Range, Montana
- Garfield Range
- Garibaldi Ranges
- Garnet Range, Montana
- Genevieve Range
- Gila Mountains (Graham County), Arizona
- Glenyon Range, Yukon
- Goat Range
- Gowlland Range
- Granite Mountains (Wyoming)
- Granite Range, Alaska
- Green Mountains (Wyoming)
- Grinnell Range
- Grogan Morgan Range
- Gros Ventre Range, Wyoming
- Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
- Haddington Range
- Haihte Range
- Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
- Halifax Range
- Hankin Range
- Hartz Mountains (Nunavut)
- Henry Mountains, Utah
- Hermit Range
- Hess Mountains, Yukon
- Homathko Icefield
- Inglefield Mountains
- Innuitian Mountains
- Insular Mountains, British Columbia
- Jeffries Range
- John Long Mountains, Montana
- Joy Range
- Karmutzen Range
- Kaumajet Mountains, Labrador, Canada
- Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia
- Kiglapait Mountains, Labrador
- Kigluaik Mountains, Alaska
- Kitimat Ranges
- Kluane Ranges, Yukon
- Knorr Range, Yukon
- Kokanee Range
- Kootenay Ranges, British Columbia
- Krag Mountains
- Krieger Mountains
- La Sal Mountains, Utah
- Laguna Mountains, California
- Lake Range, Nevada
- Laramie Mountains, Wyoming
- Lardeau Range
- Lemhi Range, Idaho
- Lewis Range, Montana
- Lillooet Icecap
- Lillooet Ranges
- Livingston Range, Montana
- MacDonald Range, British Columbia
- Madison Range, Montana
- Manzano Mountains, New Mexico
- McKay Range
- Monashee Range, British Columbia and Washington
- Mosquito Range, Colorado
- Nadaleen Range, Yukon
- Nelson Range
- Newcastle Range
- Niut Range
- Norns Range
- North Shore Mountains
- Ocooch Mountains,Wisconsin
- Olympic Mountains, Washington
- Oquirrh Mountains, Utah
- Oregon Coast Range, Oregon
- Organ Mountains, New Mexico
- Ortiz Mountains, New Mexico
- Osborn Range
- Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
- Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming
- Owl Mountains
- Ozark Plateau, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma
- Panamint Range, California
- Pelham Range
- Pelly Mountains, Yukon
- Peninsular Ranges, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico to Riverside County, California
- Phillip Smith Mountains, Alaska
- Pierce Range
- Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona
- Pioneer Mountains, Idaho
- Pioneer Mountains, Montana
- Porcupine Mountains Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- Precipitous Mountains
- Premier Range
- Prince of Wales Mountains
- Prince of Wales Range
- Princess Margaret Range
- Pryor Mountains, Montana
- Purity Range
- Queen Charlotte Mountains, British Columbia
- Quesnel Highland
- Red Mountains, Wyoming
- Refugium Range
- Richardson Mountains, Yukon
- Robinson Mountains, Alaska
- Rocky Mountain Foothills, British Columbia and Alberta
- Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
- Romanzof Mountains, Alaska
- Ruby Mountains, Nevada
- Ruby Range
- Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
- Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia
- Salish Mountains, Montana
- Salmon River Mountains, Idaho
- Salt River Range, Wyoming
- San Christoval Range
- San Francisco Peaks, Arizona
- San Jacinto Mountains, California
- San Juan Mountains, Colorado
- Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico
- Santa Ana Mountains, California
- Sawatch Range, Colorado
- Sawtooth Mountains (Minnesota)
- Sawtooth Range (Idaho)
- Sawtooth Range (Nunavut)
- Schell Creek Range, Nevada
- Schwatka Mountains, Alaska
- Scoresby Hills
- Selamiut Range
- Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington
- Selwyn Mountains, Yukon
- Seward Peninsula, Alaska
- Seymour Range
- Sheep Range, Nevada
- Shenandoah Mountains
- Shoshone Range, Idaho
- Shoshone Range, Nevada
- Shubelik Mountains, Alaska
- Shulaps Range
- Shuswap Highland
- Sierra de la Giganta, Baja California
- Sierra de la Laguna, Baja California
- Sierra de Juárez, Baja California
- Sierra Nevada, California, Nevada
- Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California
- Sir Donald Range
- Sir Sandford Range
- Sir Winston Churchill Range, Alberta
- Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon
- Snake Range, Nevada
- Snowy Range, Wyoming
- Somerset Range
- Sophia Range
- Spearhead Range
- Spring Mountains, Nevada
- St. Cyr Range, Yukon
- Stokes Range
- Superstition Mountains, Arizona
- Sutter Buttes, California
- Sutton Range
- Swan Range, Montana
- Swiss Range
- Tantalus Range
- Tenmile Range, Colorado
- Teton Range, Wyoming
- Thorndike Peaks
- Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
- Tochquonyalla Range
- Toiyabe Range, Nevada
- Torngat Mountains
- Treuter Mountains
- Tushar Mountains, Utah
- Uinta Mountains, Utah
- United States Range
- Uwharrie Mountains, North Carolina
- Valhalla Ranges
- Valkyr Range
- Vancouver Island Ranges, British Columbia
- Victoria and Albert Mountains
- Waddington Range
- Waring Mountains, Alaska
- Wasatch Range, Utah
- Washburn Range, Wyoming
- Wernecke Mountains, Yukon
- West Humboldt Range, Nevada
- White Cloud Mountains, Idaho
- White Mountains (Alaska)
- White Mountains (Arizona)
- White Mountains (California)
- White Mountains (New Hampshire)
- Whitefish Range, Montana
- Wind River Range, Wyoming
- Windy Range
- Wolf Mountains, Montana
- Wyoming Range, Wyoming
- York Mountains, Alaska
[edit] Central America
- Maya Mountains, Belize
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
- Eje Volcánico Transversal, Mexico
- Chichinautzin or Sierra del Ajusco, Mexico
- Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
- Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico
- Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico
- Tuxtla Mountains, Mexico
- Cordillera Isabelia, Nicaragua, Honduras
- Cordillera Los Maribios, Nicaragua
- Sierra de Chinajá, Guatemala
- Sierra de Chuacús, Guatemala
- Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala
- Sierra del Lacandón, Guatemala, Mexico
- Sierra del Merendón, Guatemala, Honduras
- Cordillera Central (Costa Rica), Costa Rica
- Cerros de Escazú, Costa Rica
- Cordillera de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, Panama
- Cordillera de Tilarán, Costa Rica
[edit] South America
The largest mountain range in the world is the Andes,
- Cordillera de los Andes; 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 Blanca, Peru
- Cordillera Negra, Peru
- Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru
- Cordillera Central, Bolivia
- Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia
- Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Chile
- Cordillera de Lípez, Argentina, Bolivia
- Cordillera de la Costa, Chile
- Cordillera Domeyko, Chile
- Sierra de Famatina, Argentina
- 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
- Baudó Mountains, Colombia
- Guiana Highlands, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
- Serranías Chiquitanas, Bolivia
- 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
- Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina
- Sierra de La Ventana, Argentina
- Cordón Baquedano, Chile
[edit] Antarctic
- Allardyce Range, South Georgia
- Imeon Range, Smith Island
- Pensacola Mountains
- Salvesen Range, South Georgia
- Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island
- Transantarctic Mountains
[edit] Pacific
- Great Dividing Range, Australia
- Southern Alps, New Zealand
[edit] Ocean
- Emperor Seamounts
- Mid-ocean ridge (the longest mountain range on Earth)[1][2]
- Ninety East Ridge
[edit] Extraterrestrial
[edit] 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
[edit] Iapetus
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ocean Facts, National Ocean Service, http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/midoceanridge.html
- ^ Mid-ocean ridge, Science Daily, http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/m/mid-ocean_ridge.htm
