{ Mountains }

A landform that has a steep slope and a peak higher than a hill.

Mountain Facts Everest facts

• The largest mountain on earth is
Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
• The largest mountain in the solar
system is the Olympus Mons,
found in Mars.
• The tallest mountain in the
Philippines is Mt. Apo, found in
Cotabato.
• Nepal - Sagarmatha “Forehead of the Sky”
• Tibet - Chomolungma “Mother Goddess of
the Universe”
• Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay -
first to reach the summit in 1953.
• Junko Tabei - first woman to reach
Everest’s summit in 1975.
• Named after India’s surveyor general,
George Everest.

Volcanic Types of Mountains

Dome Fold Fault block

The Seven Summits

Mt. Everest
Aconcagua
Denali
Vinson
Massif Kilimanjaro Elbrus Carstensz
Li, Alexandra Jacey L.