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Smoking Mount Etna
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Here you can see the famous italian volcano with skoke comming out of the craters.

Big crater
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massive crater on Easter Island

Caldera Blanca, Lanzarote
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A caldera known as Caldera Blanca on Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands.

Mount Semitsiaq
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This is Greenlands most famous mountain, located near the capital Nuuk.
Sermitsiaq means The Saddle in the native greenlandic language and you can really see it when you look at the photo.

It's 1210 meters tall (3980 feet) and around climbers it's one of the most difficult mountains in the world.

Chinese Wall Montana
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One of the most spectacular sights in the Bob Marshall is the Chinese Wall. Also known as the Lewis Overthrust, this wall is the result of the geologic upheaval in which Montana split "wide open" from Glacier Park on the north nearly to Yellowstone Park on the south. As the earth's crust split, the west side tipped up like a roof; the east side slid under the "roof" for near...

Adirondacks Peaks
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This has all the major peaks of the Adirondacks in NY labeled. Some trialheads and other points of interest are also labeled.

Castle Rock, Western Australia
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360 degree views, 570 metres above sea level.

Finsteraarhorn, Switzerland
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The Finsteraarhorn is the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps range of the Swiss Alps and the highest mountain in the Bernese Oberland. It is the third most prominent peak in the Alps. The view from the summit takes in the surrounding peaks in Switzerland, as well as mountains in France, Germany, Austria and Italy.

Picos de Europa
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Picos de Europa in Spain, Cantabria, view from Fuente De side (turn relief on)

Volcanos, Equatorial Guinea
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Old Volcanos, Equatorial Guinea

Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima
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Aerial of Mt. Suribachi from above before the assault on the island.

El Capitan
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This is the world's highest granite monolith. It's in the Yosemite National Park, it is 1.095 meters high and 102 millions years old.

Worlds biggest erratic block
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This erratic block is called the "Big Rock". It is the world's biggest identified one. It is 41 meters long, 18 meters wide and weighs 16.500 tons. "Big Rock" was promoted to here by the movement of a glacier from Athabasca Valley over a distance from 480 km.

Sunset Crater
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Sunset Crater is a cinder cone located north of Flagstaff, Arizona in the United States. The crater lies within the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument.

Sunset Crater is the youngest in a string of volcanoes (the San Francisco volcanic field) that is related to the nearby San Francisco Peaks. It first erupted in 1064, and the last major eruption occurred in 1180, raising the ...

Hohe Wand
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This file contains a few from a highly spectacular mountain in western Austria. Have a look, and - no rubbish - some people DO LIVE on this mountain! Kind of crazy, isn't it?

Pacaya Volcano
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This is the Pacaya Volcano, an active volcano in Guatemala. Not sure if it's smoking or if that is a cloud directly over the volcano.

Mount Baker
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Mount Baker (elevation 10,778 feet, 3,285 m) is a glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascades of Washington State in the United States about 30 miles (50km) due east of the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County. It is also easily visible from much of Greater Victoria, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley just across the Canadian border to the north, and especially from the communities of ...

Fuss Peak, Russia
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Fuss Peak is a stratovolcano located on the southern end of Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. Only one unambiguous eruption, in 1854, is known. Fuss Peak is still active.

Wolf Volcano
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Wolf, the highest volcano of the Galápagos Islands, straddles the equator at the north end of the archipelago's largest island, Isabela. The 1710-m-high Volcán Wolf has steeper slopes than most other Isabela volcanoes, reaching angles up to 35 degrees. A 6 x 7 km caldera, at 700 m one of the deepest of the Galápagos Islands, is located at the volcano's summit. A prominent bench on the west side...

Yushan National Park
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http://english.ysnp.gov.tw/
Yushan is the highest mountain in the eastern Asia. It's elevation is 3952m.
Yushan National Park is located in the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan. Centering around Jade Mountain Main Peak, the park covers a vast area of over 105,000 hectares spread out over the four counties of Nantou, Chiayi, Kaohsiung and Hualien. It is a typical subtropical mount...

Guanyinshan
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http://www.northguan-nsa.gov.tw/en/county6.php
Guanyinshan is a mountain on the west side of the Tan-shui River, Taipei.

Alishan National Scenic Area
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http://www.ali.org.tw/en-index.php
The most famous national scenic area in Taiwan.

Hintertuxer Glacier
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Hintertuxer Glacier,
360 Day Skiing

Fogo - Fire
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Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is a volcanic island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level at Mount Fogo.

The volcano has been historically active, last erupting in 1995, forming a new crater called Pico Pequeno. Its largest feature is a 9 km wide caldera, which has walls 1 km high....

The Glaciers and Glacial Valleys Tour
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Take a Tour of Glaciers and Their Glacial Valleys in the Hohe Tauern National Park in the Austrian Alps ~ See Them as Only Google Earth can Show Them ~ Double Click The Glaciers and Glacial Valleys Tour ~ Then Hit The Play Button to Take a Tour that Only Google Earth Can Give ~ Make Sure that the Terrain Layer is Engaged ~ If Necessary Set your Tour Speed to 4 or 5 Seconds too Allow the Scenes ...

Mount Kineo -USAs Largest Known Mass of Flint
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Mt. Kineo, situated beside Moosehead Lake in Maine, is in the heart of a vast primeval wilderness stretching to Canada. Kineo is a peninsula, comprising 1150 acres (4.7 km²), which extends from the easterly shore into the lake. Mt. Kineo, with 700 foot (213 meter) cliffs rising straight up from the water, is a dramatic setting that has attracted visitors for centuries.

Native Ame...

Enchanted Rock
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It is one of the largest batholiths (underground rock formation uncovered by erosion) in the United States. Located in central Texas, west of Austin.

Qornet as Sawda
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The Qornet as Sawda ("Black Horn" in Arabic) is the highest peak of Mount Lebanon and of all the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in the northern part of mount Lebanon,and at its west side it thrones over a huge cirque where the last millenial Lebanon cedars stand.

The summit isn't sheer, but it offers a huge panomaric view in all directions, and ev...

Rock fingers
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Rock formation, that looks like Fingers..

Barcena Volcano on Isla San Benedicto
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Volcán Bárcena, formed by eruptions during 1952-53, is the most prominent feature of Isla San Benedicto, the NE-most of the Revillagigedo Islands, 350 km south of the tip of Baja California. San Benedicto island, elongated in a NE-SW direction, contains a series of Pleistocene trachytic lava domes at the north end. The southern end of the 4.5-km-long island is formed by Bárcena and Montículo Ci...

Volcano - Lanzarote
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View of the volcana from Lanzarote (belongs to Spain), on the left side the active Yaiza.

View in the Westerwald
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View in the Westerwald in the front of the Tower of the Roman

Laacher Lake
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Laacher Lake is an volcan in the Eifel, with a view to the campground

50 States High Points
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The highest locations in all 50 states. With names of peak and elevation.

Mayon Volcano
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MANILA (XFN-ASIA) - Philippine authorities warned that a potentially devastating eruption of the rumbling Mayon volcano was 'imminent' and urged more evacuations from its lower slopes.

Materials thrown from the crater of the 2,460-meter mountain could threaten anyone within an eight-kilometer radius, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

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Greatest purely vertical drop
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Mount Thor is a mountain in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The mountain is the earth's greatest vertical drop at 1,250 metres (4,100 feet).

Sangumburi
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Sangumburi : The mountain it acts and it is a place which gets because of the volcano keeps at work

more than 1000 mountain huts in the alps
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In this file you see the location of all important mountain huts in the alpine region (italy, france, austria, switzerland, germany) and some huts outside the alps. The labels show you the altitude above sea in meters.
made by gps-users and for gps-users (alpin-koordinaten.de)

Volcanos of Ecuador
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Here is a list of active and non-active volcanos of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands

Beautifuls Craters in Tibet
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I found two craters (cones) in Nordest changtang. (Chinese province xinkiang).
Crater 1
Base altitude : 4780 m
Top altitude : 4877 m.

Base altitude : 4710 m
Top altitude : 4780 m.

Piton des Neiges - Summit of Ocean Indian
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Piton des Neiges Elevation (feet): 10700
Elevation (meters): 3070
Piton des Neiges is the highest mountain on Reunion Island. The mountain is an old, eroded volcano, situated in the geologically older north central portion of the island. Three magnificent sheer-walled cirques surround the mountain, and its summit is often capped in snow. Many trails are maintained throughout the a...

Volcanoes of the World
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Definitely one of the best and most useful files out there on volcanoes, this file has pictures and information on every single one of its 100+ volcanoes. Provided by the Smithsonian Institution, this is one great file. Trust me.

Fantastic View
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Having been there for real, I can testify that the view from this peak is simply breath-taking!

Kehrovouni Mt. - altitude 532 m. on the tiny Cycladic island of Tinos. Rotate 360 degrees and see everything around - the whole island, and about 12 surrounding islands!

And it's also worth visiting in reality, too

Mount Merapi Volcano
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Volcano in constant state of eruption. June 2006.

Mont Ventoux
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The famous Mont Ventoux in Southern France. Mont Ventoux is a regular Tour de France venue. Tom Simpson from Britain died here in the 1967 tour from amphetamine abuse.

Chikurachki volcano, April 2003 Overlay
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The Chikurachki eruption that began on 18 April 2003 continued to show signs of activity until June of the same year. Visualised here on the 26 April, the snow-covered landscape has become dramatically darkened by ash deposits from the 100 km long Chikurachki ash plume.

Monte Capane Elba Island Italy
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Mountain located between Corsica and Italy. On this top there are several private transmitters of television and the communication systems towards Italy of the south and north. This small Island is located at 50 Kms of Corsica and visible from Bastia (Corsica France)

Erupting Volcano
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I found this erupting volcano on the Galapagos islands.

Sainte Lucie de Tallano Corsica
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Date Posted: December 9th, 2005
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Small and beautifull village in south of Corsica .

Aneto and Maladetas Massif
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It is one of the most beatiful panoramic view of the highest summits of Pyrenees from France Spain border

Toba Supervolcano
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Toba is a supervolcano in the middle of the Indonesia island of Sumatra.
A large lake, 100km long and 30 km wide, now sits in the calderas.
the Dutch geologist van Bemmelen, in 1949, first found that Lake Toba was surrounded by a vast layer of ignimbrite rocks.
Later researchers found rhyolite ash similar to that in the ignimbrite around Toba in Malaysia and 3000 km away...

Serra dos Orgaos, RJ - Brasil
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Serra dos Órgãos, a hill resembling some humans organs close to Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil.

Bondinho de Ubajara, CE - Brasil
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Bondinho de Ubajara (Ubajara Tram), at climbing up the Serra Grande (Great Hill), in the Brazilian state of Ceará. Between Fortaleza/CE and Teresina/PI - Brazil.

Serra de Guaramiranga - Ceara, Brasil
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Serra de Guaramiranga (Guaramiranga Hill), in the Brazilian state of Ceará, Brazil. Quite close to Fortaleza.

Macedonia mountains
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One of the few high resolution parts in macedonia, former jugoslavia, beautiful mountain landscape

K2 and Baltoro Glacier
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K2 is the second highest mountain in the world, and is thought by many climbers to be the ultimate climb. Its giant pyramid peak towers in isolation, 12,000 feet above the wide Concordia glacial field at the head of the Baltoro Glacier. The sheer icy summit is flanked by six equally steep ridges. Each of its faces presents a maze of precipices and overhangs. K2 was long considered unclimbable. ...

Nabga Parbat overlay(8125m)
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Nanga Parbat, whose name means Naked Mountain, is the ninth highest mountain in the world, and the westernmost mountain of the Himalayas. Its vast snowy face is a powerful spectacle when seen from the arid Indus Valley, approaching the mountain from the west. Here the mountain towers in isolation over 22,000 feet from the valley floor.

The mountain is easy to reac...

Monte Roraima, RR - Brasil
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Monte Roraima is the highest mountain in Brazil. In real world it's 3014m (or 9888ft) high. Brazil, enven being very large, is not that high! It's located in the triple frontier between Brazil, Venezuela and Guiana.

Chapada do Apodi - Brasil
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Chapada do Apodi, between the Brazilian states of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba - northeastern Brazil.

Serra Gaucha, RS - Brasil
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Serra Gaúcha, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. If you want to see snow in Brazil, that's the right place to go during the southern winter (July/August/September). Gramado, Canela, Caxias do Sul and other cities are around!

Serra da Capivara National Park - Brasil
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Serra da Capivara National Park (Parque Nacional da Serra da Capivara), in the Brazilian state of Piauí, is famous by being the home for some ancient civilizations in South America. São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil.

Chapada da Diamantina - Bahia, Brazil
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Chapada da Diamantina, the highlands of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Brasil

mount Napier, Victoria, Australia
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Mount Napier, one of the youngest volcanoes in Australia, is a composite lava shield with a superimposed scoria cone. The cone rises 150 m above the surrounding plains to an elevation of 440 m making it the highest point on the Western District Plains of Victoria. It erupted about 5,290 BC

Ouessan, Bretagne, France
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The Island of "Ouessan" (in english "Ushant", in Breton "Enez Eusa") marks the north western most point of France.

Mt. St. Helens VolcanoCam
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A webcam pointing at Mt. St. Helens, great for watching erruptions.. the webcam is from Johnston Ridge Observatory

Glass house mountains, Australia
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Glass house mountains and pineapples plantations
70 Km north of Brisbane, Australia

a huge snow wall in the everest mountains
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a huge snow wall in the everest mountains

the fifth highest peak in the world (8463m)in tibet
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the makaru shan, the fifth highest peak in the world (8463m)in the territory of tibet

the mountains of osama bin laden in afghanistan
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A flight through the mountains of afghanistan (high resolution and about 4000m high). Maybe you can find the hiding place of osama b L

Mt. Kailash
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Mt. Kailash (6741 m)is perhaps the most sacred of Holy Mountains in Tibet. Together with the two lakes of Mansarovar & Rakas, the region is one of the few truly nature wonders of the world.

Information provided by Dom88:
- Beyond its significance to Buddhist and Bön-po, Kailas is revered by both Hindus and Jains. To Hindus, Kailas is the earthly throne of Shiva. This stems from an...

Semisopoc Volcano
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this thing looks damn cool

Neanderthal Footprints Manisa TURKEY
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Picture was taken before the road expansion construction back in 02/05.

Avachinsky volcano
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Avachinsky is a volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. It lies within sight of the capital of Kamchatka Oblast, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Together with neighbouring Koryaksky volcano, it has been designated a Decade Volcano, worthy of particular study in light of its history of explosive eruptions and proximity to populated areas.

Koryaksky volcano
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Koryaksky is a volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. It lies within sight of the capital of Kamchatka Oblast, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Together with neighbouring Avachinsky volcano, it has been designated a Decade Volcano, worthy of particular study in light of its history of explosive eruptions and proximity to populated areas.

Santa Ana Volcano
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The Santa Ana Volcano or Ilamatepec is a volcano located in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. With a height above sea level of 2,381 metres, its summit is one of the highest points in the country.

Loevstakken, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway - Orienteering map
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Orientering map over Loevstakken, one of the 7 mountains around the city of Bergen in Norway. Looks nice in 3d.

sierra nevada - highest mountains
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Three days ago i was in the sierra nevada (spain) on the second highest mountain (p.nueva 3387m) and i enyoed the view you can see in this file, the highest is the mulhacen (3475m). the p.nueva you can reach from granada, but you must walk about 2,5 hours from the end of the street. The view on this walk is one of the best i ever have seen.

Semisopochnoi Island (overlay)
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Semisopochnoi, the youngest volcanic island in the western Aleutians, made of a shield volcano, a caldera, and several younger stratovolcanoes.. Known eruptions occurred in 1873 and 1987. Four unconfirmed eruptions occurred between 1772 and 1830.

Ismail Samani Peak, Pamir Mountains,Tajikistan
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Ismail Samani Peak (from 1932–1962 known as Stalin Peak, from 1962–1998 as Communism Peak), 24,590 ft (7,495 m). Pamir Mountains are formed by the junction of the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush ranges. They are among the world's highest mountains. They are also known by the Chinese name of Congling.

Jbel Toubkal, Atlas Mountains Morocco
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Jbel (Jebel) Toubkal is a mountain peak in southwestern Morocco. At 4,167 m, it is the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains and in North Africa. It is located 63 km south of the city of Marrakech, in the Toubkal National Park.The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in northwest Africa extending about 2400 km (1500 miles) through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, and including The Rock of Gibraltar...

Mayon Volcano
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Mayon Volcano is a volcano in the Philippines. It is found in the province of Albay in the Bicol Region. Its almost perfectly-shaped cone is considered by many people to be more beautiful than Mt. Fuji in Japan. A few kilometres to the south of the volcano is Legazpi City.

Taal Volcano
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Taal Volcano is an active volcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It consists of an island in Lake Taal, which is situated within a caldera formed by an earlier very large eruption. It is about 50 km from the capital, Manila.

Kanaga Volcano, Alaska
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Kanaga volcano stands out on the northern corner of Kanaga Island, located in the central part of Alaska’s Aleutian archipelago. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/EO/highres/ISS005/ISS005-E-10097.JPG

Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan
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The Sulaiman Mountains are a major geological feature of Pakistan and one of the bordering ranges of the Indian subcontinent. Bordering the Sulaiman Range to the north are the arid highlands of the Hindu Kush, with more than 50 percent of the lands there lying above 6,500 feet (2,000 m).

Drielandenpunt, Netherlands
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The "Drielandenpunt" ist the highest elevation in the Netherlands. It is also a place where the Dutch, Belgian and German border meet. It is right outside the Dutch city of Vaals and the German city of Aachen.

Stubaital Paragliding
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See the little flight with a paraglider over the Subaital/Austria. No good thermals in oktober but enough for 100 min flying. Look at the great mountains around !

Marrah Mountains, Sudan.
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Marrah Mountains, Sudan. The Marrah Mountauns are a chain of volcanic peaks in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Kolombangara volcano, Solomon Islands.
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Kolombangara volcano, Solomon Islands. Kolombangara is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomons.

Mount Cook , New Zealand
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Mt.Cook - 3,754 meters (12,316 feet)- its permanently snow-capped peak

Virunga Volcanic mountain range, Rwanda.
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Virunga Volcanic mountain range, Rwanda. A chain of eight volcanoes most dormant except for two in East Africa on the boarder of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda . The Virunga Mountains are home of the critically endagered Mountain Gorilla.

Teneguia Volcano, La Palma, Canary Islands
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The last eruption on La Palma was in 1971 from the Teneguia,
and continued for 24 days.
In some clefts you can feel the warmth and smell the sulphur.

Live Volcanos, Papua, New Guinea.
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Two live volcanos, Papua, New Guinea.

High Tatra Mountains - Slovakia
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In Slovakia, the heart of Europe, you will find the most compact high mountain range of the world - The High Tatra Mountains

Walshs Pyramid, Queensland, Australia.
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Walsh's Pyramid, Queensland, Australia. 922 meter mountain south of Cairns that has a definate pyramid shape, the scene of an annual foot race to the summit and back from the near by town of Gordenvale. Also a favourite with those quaint individuals that think ancient Egyptians travelled the world building pyramids and hiding them under mountains etc.

Osorno Volcano, Chile
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2652 m (8,701 ft). Last Known Eruption: 1869.
The symmetrical, glacier-clad Osorno volcano forms a renowned landmark that towers over Todos los Santos and Llanquihué lakes.

Viedma Volcano (subglacial), Argentina
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1500 m (4,921 ft).
The 1988 eruption deposited ash and pumice on the Patagonian Icecap and produced a mudflow that reached Viedma Lake.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ERASE THE FILE "Cerro La Nuez, Argentina" THAT I SENT FOR IT CONTAINS FALSE INFO. THANKS...

Cerro La Nuez, Argentina
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Another beautiful mountain in Argentina.

Nyamuragira, Dem. Rep. Congo
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3058 m (10,033 ft). Last Known Eruption: 2004.
Africa's most active volcano, Nyamuragira is a massive high-potassium basaltic shield volcano that rises about 25 km north of Lake Kivu.

Nyiragongo, Dem. Rep. Congo
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3470 m (11,384 ft).
Last Known Eruption: 2005.
One of Africa's most notable volcanoes, Nyiragongo contained a lava lake in its deep summit crater that was active for half a century before draining catastrophically through its outer flanks in 1977.

Ubinas Volcano, Peru
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5672 m (18,609 ft). Last Known Eruption: 1969. A small, 1.2-km-wide caldera that cuts the top of Ubinas, Peru's most active volcano, gives it a truncated appearance.

Tocorpuri, Chile-Bolivia
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5808 m (19,055 ft). Cerros de Tocorpuri (or Volcán Tocorpuri) is a stratovolcano complex on the Chile-Bolivia border with a youthful-looking rhyolitic lava dome, Cerro la Torta, at its western foot.

Nevado del Sajama, Bolivia
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6542 m (21,463 ft). Nevado del Sajama, rising to 6542 m about 20 km east of the Chilean border, is Bolivia's highest mountain.

El Misti Volcano, Peru
Nota (0-5): 3.00
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5822 m (19,101 ft). Last Known Eruption: 1784.
El Misti, Peru's most well-known volcano, is a symmetrical andesitic stratovolcano with nested summit craters that towers above the city of Arequipa.

Jebel Umm Arafieb, Sudan
Nota (0-5): 5.00
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Very well-preserved cones, lava flows, and explosion craters were considered by Almond (1974) to be of late Pleistocene or Holocene age.

Tarso Tousside, Chad
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3265 m. (10,712ft). Tarso Toussidé, a broad volcanic massif at the western end of the Tibesti Range, is capped by the Toussidé stratovolcano, constructed at the western end of the 14-km-wide ignimbritic Yirrigue caldera of Pleistocene age.

Puig major - highest peak of Majorqua island
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Puig major - highest peak of Majorqua island
1,445m

JEBEL MARRA, SUDAN
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The 5-km-wide, steep-walled caldera, located at the southern end of the volcanic field, was formed about 3500 years ago at the time of the eruption of voluminous airfall pumice and pyroclastic flows that traveled more than 30 km from the volcano.

EMI KOUSSI, CHAD
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3,415 m. (11,204 ft).
Emi Koussi is a huge extinct volcano in the middle of the Sahara Desert. It is the highest of the Tibesti Mountains, located in extreme north Chad. Its crater is 12 miles wide and 4,000 feet deep.

MERU Volcano, TANZANIA
Nota (0-5): 3.79
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4565 m. (14,977 feet).
Meru volcano, Africa's fourth highest mountain, is dwarfed by neighboring Kilimanjaro volcano, but is an impressive peak in its own right.

White lava volcano
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In Tanzania, it's the only volcano in the world to spew a white lava.

Carrantuohill, highest peak in Ireland.
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located in County Kerry, is the highest peak in Ireland. It is 1,039 m tall and is the central peak of the Macgillicuddy's Reeks range.

Alps 4000m Peaks
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Location of all the European Alps peaks above 4000m in height.

Ak Daglar
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AK Mountains with the highest peak, Uyluk Tepe at 3016 m, followed by Yumrudag at 2760 m. and Gollu Tepe at 2713 m.

Bey Daglari
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BEY DAGLARI, 3070 m (10072 ft).
"TAURUS" is the name of a series of mountain ranges, which begin as far to the west as Caria and Lycia, where it is called "Western Taurus".

Austrian alps
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A high resolution part of the Austrian alps in the county of Vorarlberg. The high rock face is typical for these mountains and nice for climbing.

Pichincha Volcano, Ecuador
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This mighty volcano overlooks Ecuador´s capital Quito. It is nicely visible that the western half of the caldera was blown or slipped away during or after an eruption.

Lowest and Highest points for all countries
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Lowest and Highest points for all countries
lower and highest point.
- All highest points.
- And the lowest, when it's below sea level

Mountains near iraque
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Mountains in turkey near the border of iraq, about 11.000 ft high

The Seven Summits
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The "Seven Summits" is the name given to highest points of the seven continents of the world.

Mount Ida, Turkey
Nota (0-5): 3.00
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According to mythology, the first beauty contest was held on this mountain.

Mount Lesser Ararat, Turkey
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Lesser Ararat (Kucuk Agri) 3925 m in height twin volcano or Greater Ararat (Buyuk Agri).

The Swiss Alps
Nota (0-5): 3.61
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one of the few mountains in the alps with high resolution, beautiful landscape

Aladag Mountains, Central Taurus Mountains, Turkey
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The Toros Mountains are the western most branch of the great mountain chain that stretches across all of Asia - the Himalayan mountain belt.

Medetsiz, Central Taurus Mountains, Turkey
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Medetsiz Peak of Bolkar Mountains 3524 m.

Aydos, Central Taurus Mountains, Turkey
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Aydos Peak of Bolkar Mountains, 3439 m.

Mount Bolkar, Central Taurus Mountains, Turkey
Nota (0-5): 4.00
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The Bolkar Mountains, which form the Turkish extension of the Alps, exhibit interesting geological characteristics. Made of sedimentary material such as limestone and dolomites, the range reveals excellent examples of nappes, or folds in the layers of rocks.

Mount Hasan
Nota (0-5): 5.00
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Mount Hasan (3268 m - 10722 ft West Peak ; 3040 m - 9974 ft East Peak) is an attractive double-peaked stratovolcano in southern Cappadocia, actually consisting of a pair of lava domes extruded above the collapsed caldera of an earlier volcano.

Mount Uludag
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Mount Uludag, located 36 km south of Bursa, is the most fashionable winter sports center of Turkey. Declared National Protected Area in 1961 for the richness of its flora and fauna.

Mount NEMRUT
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Mount Nemrut is a great caldera at the western end of Lake Van, the collapsed remnant of a once much-taller stratovolcano which is dormant since 1692.

Mount SUPHAN
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Mount Suphan is the second highest volcano in Turkey, a broad cone which rises over 2400 m (7900 ft) directly above the north shore of Lake Van.

Mount ERCIYES
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Mount Erciyes is the highest mountain in central Turkey, a prominent landmark since antiquity (then known as Mount Argaeus) visible over much of the middle of the country.

Kackar Mountains
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This range is the third most important glacial region in Turkey following the Mount Ararat and Cilo-Sat Mountains.

Cerro Chirripo, Costa Rica
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This is the highest peak in Costa Rica. The Cerro Chirripó reaches a height of 3820 meters (12,532 ft) and is visited every year by hikers.

Tendurek Dagi, Turkey
Nota (0-5): 4.00
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Tendürek Dagi, also known as Tendürük Dagi, is an elongated shield volcano that rises 1800 m above the plain of Dogubeyazit, near the Iranian border, south of Mount Ararat. An E-W-trending summit ridge, developed north of an arcuate caldera structure exposed only on the southern side, contains two well-developed cones. The higher western cone is capped by a steep-walled crater with a trachytic ...

Solfatara, Pozzuoli, Italy
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Solfatara is a crater in the Campi Flegrei caldera. It has numerous easily accessible fumaroles, but is potentially one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes because of the close proximity of the city of Naples.

Aniakchak Caldera, Alaska
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This caldera from a super volcano was formed only 3500 years ago. Aniakchak Caldera formed during an enormous explosive eruption that expelled more than 50 km3 (11.5 cubic miles) of magma. The caldera is 10 km (6.5 miles) in diameter and 500-1,000 m (1/2 mile) deep. Subsequent eruptions formed domes, cinder cones, and explosion pits on the caldera floor.

A supervolcano occurs wh...

Volcano Llullaillaco, Argentina and Chile
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Llullaillaco is the sixth highest mountain in South America. This volcano is well known since in 1999 three inca mummies with precious gifts werde discovered nearby the summit ( 6723 m ).

Ben Hope, Scotland
Nota (0-5): 2.00
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Most northerly munro in Scotland. Very remote and craggy area but beautiful. Ben Hope (Hill of the Bay) is 927m high.

The west side of the mountain, which overlooks Strath More and the head of Loch Hope, is very steep along its whole length, with two tiers of crags, the higher one forming the edge of the main south-north ridge of Ben Hope.

Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii
Nota (0-5): 3.56
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Diamond Head is a 200,000 years old tuff cone and a national monument on the island of Oahu.

Very old volcano
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This old Volcano i found on the border between Arizona and Utah!!

Tungurahua Volcano, active, Ecuador
Nota (0-5): 5.00
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Acitve volcano near Ecuador´s "action-capital" Banos. There is a very long smoke cloud south-west-bound.

Black Mountain , Australia
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Black Mountain near Cooktown Queensland Australia . Giant piles of granite boulders are the northern sentries of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area . They are rich in feldspar, mica and horneblend and, on very hot days, rain can cause the boulders to explode.

Pagasarri trek (Bilbao)
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Pagasarri is a very popular hill south of the city of Bilbao, Spain. Every weekend hundreds of trekkers climb its 673 meters.

Pyrenees peaks
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Here you can see the most important peaks of the Pyrenees and their height in meters. The Pyrenees are a great natural frontier between France, to the north, and Spain to the south.

Rabaul Volcanoes, New Guinea
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Rabaul Volcanoes, New Guinea. The last major eruption, Tavurvur, happened in 1994.

Huge smoking volcano near Japan
Nota (0-5): 3.00
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This volcano has a large cloud-line to the SE.

Table Mountain
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Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

Grossglockner, highest mountain in Austria
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Grossglockner, at 3,798 metres is the highest mountain in the Alps in Austria.

Sonnblick, Austria
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One of the world's highest weather observatories at 3,106 metres in the Austrian Alps.

Mt. Egmont
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The almost perfectly circular shape of the Taranaki (or Egmont) volcano, in New Zealand.

Kala Pattar Lookout, Nepal
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The famous lookout point (elevation 5645m) above Gorak Shep Camp (5145m). You can see the trail from camp to top. Kala Pattar is a foothill of Mt. Pumori and a fairly easy and untechnical climb. Almost any Everest panorama picture is taken from here. Zoom down, tilt and turn the view and you can get an impression of the view from up there. It is not as good as the real thing but you'll save bre...

Mount Kosciuszko
Nota (0-5): 3.40
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This is the tallest mountain in mainland Australia and named after a Polish General. Aussies generally call it Cossie-os-ko much to the disdain of the Polish.
Click here for more info.

Picos de Europa
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Formerly Covadonga Ntnl. Park, the newly enlarged Park covers three impressive limestone massifs, the highest in Northern Spain's Cantabrian Mountains. Loved by trekkers, naturalists and rock climbers from all Europe. The most famous mountain is Picu Urriellu or Naranco de Bulnes (2510m), where many alpinists lost their lifes.

Nord Base Camp of Everest, Tibet - China
Nota (0-5): 2.60
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This is the base camp of Everest located at 5160 meters.

Mt. Pinatubo
Nota (0-5): 4.50
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Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines

Mayon Volcano (Image Overlay)
Nota (0-5): 3.29
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Mayon Volcano is found in the province of Albay. Its almost perfectly-shaped cone is considered by many people to be more beautiful than Mt. Fuji in Japan.
Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines, having erupted around 50 times for the past 400 years.

Snowy Pyrenees
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Google Earth provides a nice spring view of the Pyrenees...but combining it with a winter NASA image, you can make the winter come and the snow fall!

Ordesa
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Ordesa National Park is at the heart of the Pyrenees mountains, between Spain and France. It's Spain's oldest Ntnl. Park and covers several glaciar valleys. You can see the Monte Perdido (Lost Mountain), the highest mountain of the park. (3350 mts.)

Lava in Hawaii
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Lava spews into the sea at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. This island also contains Mauno Loa and Kilauea volcanoes.

Agri Dagi, Turkey
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The highest mountain of Turkiye. Also known as the holder of the wreck of Noah's famous ship.

Cotopaxi - Overlay
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Here is an overlay of the Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador

White Marble Mountains
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It's the wonderful white marble which looks like snow on the mountains of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany, Italy.

Picos da Serra da Mantiqueira
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The Mountain range of the Mantiqueira is the most important mountainous bulk of the country and that it is spread for the verge of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio De Janeiro. It possesss a line of tops more raised than if it initiates next the São Paulo Bragança from there following in the direction north-northeast, delineating the verge of the three States until the region of National Park of...

Croagh Patrick
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Irelands holy mountain. You can see the broad pilgrims way even from an eye altitude of 30000 feet

Pico Bolivar, Venezuela (5007 m)
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Pico Bolivar, the highest mountain in the Venezuelan Andes (5007m/15260ft)

Katoomba, Blue Mountains, Australia
Nota (0-5): 3.40
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Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, is about 85kms (about 52 miles) west of Sydney at an altitude of 950m (about 3,117ft). It is a major tourist attraction with its shear sandstone cliffs. The name Blue Mountains was given because of the blue haze when seen from the distance. This haze comes from sun reflecting on the minute particles of eucalyptus oil given off by the gum trees.

Volcanos in Guatemala
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This is a series of Volcanos in Guatemala. You can see a volcano called Pacaya, that is active.

Lanzarote, Vulcanic Island (Spain)
Nota (0-5): 3.67
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Lanzarote is a beautiful island that is of volcanic origin. The Spanish island, is the easternmost of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean ca. 125 km off the coast of Africa as well as 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. In 1730, the island was hit by a volcanic eruption. The eruption created 32 new volcanoes with a stretch of 18 km. You know, everything that appears black is lava !

Cyclades - Santorin
Nota (0-5): 3.10
Arquivo: [Earth]

The formation itself may not seem that interesting, but the historical facts are! Info at Wikipedia.

Vulcanic lakes at Vulkaneifel, Germany
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This is a detailed overlay of the Vulkaneifel and the Eifelmaare near Daun, Germany.
These vulcanic caldera lakes, called Maar, are located in the beatifull Eifel Montains, Germany. They are of vulcanic origin and very deep (200 feet and more). In some lakes you can swim, some are closed for watersports.

Orcieres 1850
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French ski resort locate in ALPES near GRENOBLE and GAP.

active volcano
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smoking volcano south of japan

Cerro San Cristobal
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Touristic mountain at Chile

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Nota (0-5): 3.38
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The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a conservation area situated 180 km west of Arusha, Tanzania. The main feature of the area is the Ngorongoro Crater, which is the world's largest unbroken volcanic caldera. The steep sides of the crater mean that it has become a natural enclosure for a very wide variety of wildlife, including most of the species found in East Africa.

Aside from...

Castle Rock CO USA
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Castle Rock, Colorado USA - large block of eroded rock atop a hill - note fallen pieces

Mt. Everest Basecamp
Nota (0-5): 3.64
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Nice View at the Mount Everest Basecamp

Cerro Ojos del Salado, Chile
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South America´s (6.880m = 22.572ft.) second highest mountain and considered the world´s highest volcano.
It is located at the edge of the chilean Atacama Desert, the world´s driest area.

Mt. Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia
Nota (0-5): 3.33
Arquivo: [Earth]

The highest mountain in Indonesia (outside of Irian Jaya (West-New Guinea)). It is actually just a remainig sidewall of a huge caldera. Zoom out a bit to see the beautiful main caldera with the lake.

Mt. Agung, Bali, Indonesia
Nota (0-5): 3.20
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The highest volcano on Bali, Gunung (=Mt.) Agung. Nice cloud formation on the east-side.

Mt. Batur, Bali, Indonesia
Nota (0-5): 2.50
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The major tourist attraction on Bali, Mt. Batur, which lies in the middle of a huge caldera, visible when you zoom out a bit. It is "slightly" active. Scenic lake in the caldera, too.

Mt. Bromo, Java, Indonesia
Nota (0-5): 2.83
Arquivo: [Earth]

Mt. Bromo is a small but extremely popular and active volcano on Java, Indonesia. It lies in a huge caldera which is visible if you zoom out a bit. There are 2 more semi-dormant volcanoes in the caldera

Semeru, Java, Indonesia
Nota (0-5): 3.50
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Mt. Semeru, an active volcano on the island of Java, Indonesia. If you zoom out a bot, you may see its very long fume eastbound

Mt. Merapi, Java, Indonesia
Nota (0-5): 3.55
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Nice active volcano on the indonesian island of Java complete with a very long windblown fume

Pico das Agulhas Negras
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Pico das Agulhas Negras

The Swiss Alps looking south into Italy.
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The Swiss Alps looking south with a magnificent view of all of Italy.

The fourteens 8000 Meters
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All mountains greater than 8000 meters.

Frank Slide, Alberta, Canada
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In 1903 82 million tons of limestone slid of the side of Turtle Mountain burying the town of Frank, AB (pop. 600). Information.

Snaefellsjokull Volcano, Iceland
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo: [Earth]

From Answers.com :
Snæfellsjökull is a strato volcano with a glacier on its top. It is situated on the most western part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland. The mountain is one of the most famous sights of Iceland, primarily due to the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), written by the French author Jules Verne, in which the protagonists find the entrance to a passage l...

Jaragua
Nota (0-5): 3.22
Arquivo: [Earth]

The highest point in Sao Paulo.

Ayers Rock (Overlay)
Nota (0-5): 3.37
Arquivo: [Earth]

Ayers Rock (Overlay)

Nebelhorn, Germany
Nota (0-5): 3.18
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a big mountain in germany, very fine

Aso Caldera, Japan
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View of the Aso Caldera in Kyushu, Japan.

The caldera, one of the largest in the world, contains the city of Aso and extends over 20km in diameter. The caldera contains an active volcano, Nakadake, and several other extinct volcanoes.

The 7 Volcanos
Nota (0-5): 3.50
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At Valle de Santiago, MX there is this set of seven volcanos, one near the other, with lakes inside the craters. There is a people in a near village, that can plant normal seeds and harvest GIANT vegetables. All documented by famous researcher of strange facts: J.J. Benitez.

Haleakala Crater National Park
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Haleakala Crater is now a cool, cone-studded reminder of a once-active volcano. Streaks of red, yellow, gray and black trace the courses of recent and ancient lava, ash and cinder flows.

Active Volcano
Nota (0-5): 3.33
Arquivo: [Earth]

A active volcano near tokyo

Mt. Everest (with overlay)
Nota (0-5): 3.48
Arquivo: [Earth]

A high quality overlay for Mount Everest.

Matterhorn (CH)
Nota (0-5): 3.29
Arquivo: [Earth]

From Wikipedia: The Matterhorn (Fr. Mont Cervin, It. Cervino), is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the Alps. Located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, its graceful pyramid towers over the Swiss town of Zermatt and the Italian town Breuil-Cervinia in the Val Tournanche.
The mountain has four faces, facing the four compass points, with the north and south faces meeting to f...

Mt. Olympus
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo: [Earth]

Mount Olympus (also transliterated as Mount Olýmpos, and on modern maps, Óros Ólimbos) is the highest mountain in Greece, at 2,918 meters high; In Greek mythology, Mount Olympus is the home of the Twelve Olympians, the principal gods in the Greek pantheon

Mont Blanc
Nota (0-5): 3.65
Arquivo: [Earth]

Mont Blanc (Fr., "White Mountain") or Monte Bianco (It., same meaning, also known as La Dame Blanche (the White Lady)), in the Alps, is the highest mountain in western Europe. Its height is about 4,810 metres (15,780 feet), but varies from year to year by a few metres, depending on snowfall and climate conditions.

K2 - Kashmir
Nota (0-5): 3.25
Arquivo: [Earth]

K2 is the second highest mountain in the world. At 8,611 metres, it is only surpassed by Mount Everest. K2 is located in the Karakoram segment of the Himalayan range.

Mount Banahaw
Nota (0-5): 3.55
Arquivo: [Earth]

Mount Banahaw in Quezon Province, Philippines

Khodutka Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
Nota (0-5): 3.53
Arquivo: [Earth]

Came across this awesome volcano while searching for the site of the August 5, 2005 submarine accident.

Karakorum Highway Tour
Nota (0-5): 3.33
Arquivo: [Earth]

A tour along the high road to China from Rawalpindi, Pakistan to Kashgar across the 5000m high Kunjerab Pass. Takes approx 1/2 hour into the lesser Himalaya, along the Indus River, see the Nanga Parbat of the Himalayas, the Hindukush, Karakorum and Pamir Ranges.
Play the Tour with F10 but make sure no other of your placemarks are ticked.

Cerro Aucanquilcha and the Highest Road in the World
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Cerro Aucanquilcha, Chile, is one of those places where hell sometimes releases its surplus building material through a volcano. So huge is that deposit of sulfur, that it was deemed worth to tap, even if the stuff has to be brought down from 6000m altitude with the highest arial ropeway to a sulfuric acid plant (deemed for copper processing at Chuquicamata, see mining branch). The workers drov...

Extinct volcano Licancabur
Nota (0-5): 3.83
Arquivo: [Earth]

Licancabur is a stratovolcano which lies on the border of Chile and Bolivia near the Laguna Verde. Its last eruption happened in the Holocene.

Licancabur is a Cunza word that the indigenous people of this area used to refer to themselves as well as to the volcano.
The 70 x 90 m crater lake at the summit is believed to be the highest lake in the world, and despite air tempe...

Extinct volcano Juriques
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Arquivo: [Earth]

Elevation: 5.860 metres
Location: Bolivia
Range: Andes

Paricutin volcano
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo: [Earth]

Another volcanoe near Guadalajara

Colima and Nevado volcanoes- Mexico
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo: [Earth]

Two active volcanoes next to each other =).

Cool volcanic island
Nota (0-5): 3.43
Arquivo: [Earth]

Volcanic island off the Kamchatka peninsula

Information provided by Ivann:
Atlasova (Остров Атласов)is a member of the Northern Kuril Islands, located off the northeast coast of its larger neighbour Paramushir. The island, which sits westwards of the main northeast to southwest trending line of t...

Mount Jefferson, OR
Nota (0-5): 3.00
Arquivo: [Earth]

Mount Jefferson is located in the Cascade Range between Mount Hood and Three Sisters.

From USGS.gov: Mount Jefferson (3,199 meters - 10,495 feet) is a prominent feature of the landscape seen from highways east and west of the Cascades. Mount Jefferson (one of thirteen major volcanic centers in the Cascade Range) has erupted repeatedly for hundreds of thousands of years, with its ...

Mt. Shasta, CA
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo: [Earth]

From USGS.gov: Mount Shasta, a compound stratovolcano rising 3,500 meters above its base to an elevation of 4,317 meters [14,161 feet], dominates the landscape of northern California. ... Mount Shasta hosts five glaciers, including the Whitney Glacier, the largest in California. Shastina is a large subsidiary cone that rises to 3,758 meters on the west flank of the compound volcano.

Mount Hood, OR
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo: [Earth]

From USGS.gov: Snow-clad Mount Hood (3,426 meters - 11,239 feet) dominates the Cascade skyline from the Portland metropolitan area to the wheat fields of Wasco and Sherman Counties. The mountain contributes valuable water, scenic, and recreational resources that help sustain the agricultural and tourist segments of the economies of surrounding cities and counties. Mount Hood is also one of the ...

Mount Adams, WA
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From USGS.gov: Mount Adams, one of the largest volcanoes in the Cascade Range (3,742 meters - 12,276 feet), dominates the Mount Adams volcanic field in Skamania, Yakima, Klickitat, and Lewis counties and the Yakima Indian Reservation of south-central Washington.

volcano Irazu, Costa Rica
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Irazú is an active volcano in Costa Rica, situated in the Cordillera Central close to the city of Cartago. Its name is believed to be a corruption of Iztarú, which was the name of an indigenous village on the flanks of the volcano. Irazú has erupted frequently in historical times - at least 23 times since its first well-recorded eruption in 1723. Its most recent eruption began in 1963 and conti...

volcano Poas, Costa Rica
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Poás is a volcano in central Costa Rica. There are two crater lakes near its summit and has erupted 39 times since 1828.

Volcano in Lake on Small Isle
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I thought that this looked colourful and artistic. It's one of the Kuril Islands, Russia.

Zugspitze
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A large mountain in Germany.

Paramount
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The real Paramount. Near by Colorado Springs

Cinder cone, Tenerife
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This Canary Island volcanic structure, called "Montaña de Taco" is between Los Silos and Buenavista del Norte. Strikingly beautiful!

Mount Teide or Pico de Teide
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Teide (Mount Teide or Pico de Teide) is a volcano and mountain on Tenerife, Canary Islands (28.27 N, 16.6 W). At 3717 m above sea level and approximately 7000m above the adjacent sea bed, it is the highest mountain in Spain, and the third largest volcano on Earth.

Volcano Vulcano
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This is a view of the famous volcano Vulcano (Italy) which is steady active

Highest point in The Netherlands, Vaalserberg
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Called a mountain, but at 322m high, the highest top in The Netherlands is easily overlooked.

Mt. Eiger, Switzerland
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The north face of Mt Eiger is one of the worlds most famous and dangerous rock faces.

Miyake Jima (volcano) (image overlay)
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Miyake Jima is an active volcano island near the big Japanese islands. The overlay is little more detailed, but its also interesting without it.

EDIT:
Better overlay provided by gnomagik

Mount Tambora - Giant volcano
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One of the most violent eruptions in recorded history. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambora)

Anak Krakatau - Volcano
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Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau) is a volcano near the Indonesian island of Rakata in the Sunda Strait. It has erupted repeatedly, massively and with disastrous consequences throughout recorded history. The best known of these events occurred in August 27, 1883. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa) The Anak Krakatau is the "Child of the Krakatau".

Caldera del taburiente, La Palma
Nota (0-5): 3.50
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Biggest crater on earth

Last resting-place of Zeus
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Mount Youktas on Crete, Greece. Legend has it that this is the last resting-place of Zeus.

Huascaran - Peru
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The highest in Peru (6,768m - 22,204ft)

Alpamayo
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One of the world's most beautiful (5,947m - 19,511ft)

Chimborazo
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The vulcanic summit of Chimborazo is the point on earth being the furthest from the center of the earth (6310m) due to the earth being thickest around equator. In a sense this is then the highest mountain on earth.

Mt Kenja
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Second tallest mountain in Africa - Mt. Kenya (5199m).

Mount Katahdin
Nota (0-5): 2.00
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A spectacular monadnock. The northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. 5267 ft.

Glacier National Park
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US/Canadian Park. Highest bear population in the US.

Grand Tetons
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Mountain range outside Yellowstone Park. Famously, featured in movie Shane.

Mount Rainer
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Giant volcano located near Seattle, Washington.

Matterhorn
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Famous large Swiss Alp.

Pikes Peak
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Famous Colorado Rocky Mountain.

Mount Ararat
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Mount Ararat located in Turkey. Famous for Noah's Ark.

Wadi Rum
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Wonderful Moonscape with hundreds of mountains and rock formations popping out of a sea of sand. Of Lawrence of Arabia fame. T.E. Lawrence used the area as a retreat from his guerrilla campaigns against the Ottoman turks. David Lean filmed part of his movie there.

Editors note - I have been here, toured by day and ate dinner at night in a Bedouin camp in Wadi Rum. Good food, gre...

Mt. Roraima
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Located in the Gran Sabana region in between Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil, Mt. Roraima is a flat-topped plateau rising 2500-2800 m high above the surrounding jungle. It features an unique fauna and flora due to it acting as an isolating island.

more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Roraima

The Rock of Gibraltar
Nota (0-5): 3.22
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Famous from insurance ads, Europe meets Africa here.

Tungurahua - Ecuador
Nota (0-5): 3.20
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Active vulcano with the smoke appearing to blow into your face.
Banos below was evacuated because of Tungurahua but since nothing ever happen the people returned. The relaxed backpacker tourist place is now awaiting its doom when Tungurahua finally blows its lid.

Cotopaxi
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Worlds highest active vulcano - Cotopaxi in Ecuador (5897).

Mt. Toubkal
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Tallest mountain in northern Africa - Mt. Toubkal (4165m) - in the moroccan Altas mountains.

Mt. Kilimanjaro
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Tallest mountain in Africa (5895m).

Mt. Elbrus
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Tallest mountain in Europe: Mt. Elbrus in Russia in the Caucasus mountains (5642m).
Elbrus means female breasts in russian. Fly there and see why the mountain is so named.

Popo and Izta, Mexico
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The Popocatepetl and Iztaccíhuatl Volcanos near Mexico City, Mexico. The name Popocatepetl, meaning "Smoking Mountain", was given to the volcano by the Aztecs, and suggests that the volcano has long been active. It is built on an older volcano which adds 12,464 ft (3800 m) to Popocatepetl's elevation.

Monte Grande
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Monte Grande, Elqui valley, Chile. Hometown of the literature nobel priced, Gabriela Mistral.

Kangchenjunga area,The north face of Jannu
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Trekking did the Kangchenjunga area
from December 15, 2000 to January 10, 2001.
Please enjoy the photograph of the Jannu north wall
at that time.
The position was fixed in latitude and the longitude
though Jannu was not reflected on Google EARTH.

Boztepe (Brown Hill), Ordu, Turkey
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You can have a spectecular view of the a blacksea port city Ordu.

The 7 Summits
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The Highest Peaks of the Seven Continents (including Antarctica and splitting North and South America)

Enjoy

Mt. Sinai, Sinai Desert
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Mt. Sinai, also called Mt. Horeb and Jebel Musa (the 'Mountain of Moses') is the center of a greatly venerated pilgrimage destination that includes the Monastery of St. Catherine and the Burning Bush, Elijah's Plateau, and Plain of ar-Raaha.

http://www.sacredsites.com/africa/egypt/mount_sinai.html

The Olgas, Australia
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The Olgas, Central Australia

K2 (Mount Goodwin Austen)
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K2 is the second highest mountain in the world. At 8,611 metres, it is only surpassed by Mount Everest. K2 is located in the Karakoram segment of the Himalayan range.

The summit is in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. It borders the Northern Areas of Pakistan.

Snowdonia tour
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Brief tour of the carneddau, glyders and snowdon. After loading this file, be sure to click the 'play' button in Google Earth to be taken on the tour.

Mt. Whitney - California
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Mount Whitney, the highest peak in California and the contiguous 48 states.

Ayers Rock (Uluru)
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Uluru is notable for appearing to change colour as the different light strikes it at different times of the day and year, with sunset a particularly remarkable sight. The rock is made of sandstone infused with minerals like feldspar (Arkosic sandstone) that reflect the red light of sunrise and sunset, making it appear to glow. The rock gets its rust color from oxidation.

Snow make-up of Mt. Fuji (image overlay)
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It is Mt. Fuji where the snow piles.

Please enjoy the beautiful appearance.

Mount Damavand - Iran (Volcano)
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From Wikipedia:

Mount Damavand (In Persian: #1583, a dormant volcano, is the highest point in Iran (Persia). The mountain is located near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, 70 km (45 mi) northeast of Tehran.

Eight-thousander series
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From Everest in the highest peak to Shisha Pangma.

Mountains of 8000m class were collected.

Aconcagua - Argentina
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The largest mountain in America.

Mt. McKinley - Alaska
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The highest mountain in the United States.

Cascade Range
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The High Cascades from British Columbia to northern California.

Etna
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The Etna Volcano - Sicily - Italy

Serra do Japi
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Serra do Japi - Sao Paulo - SP - Brasil ( Brazil )

Sugar Loaf
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The Sugar Loaf (Pão-de-açucar) is one of the natual attractions of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Three Sisters
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A small group of neat looking mountains in central Oregon.

Mount St. Helens
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Located up in Washington state.

Stone Mountain, GA
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A cool look at Stone Mountain, an 825 foot tall mountain just east of Atlanta, GA.

Mount Everest - Tibet
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A nice look at the largest mountain on the planet. The summit ridge of the mountain marks the border between Nepal and Tibet, but the summit itself is in Tibet.

Mount Fuji - Japan
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A beautiful look at the highest mountain in Japan. (Fujiyama)