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The World's Most Incredible Mountains - Wai Lana Butler
The World's Most Incredible Mountains - Wai Lana Butler
MOUNTAINS
you need to visit at least once
1. MATTERHORN
• Elevation: 4,478 m
• First ascent: 14 July 1865
• Location: Aosta Valley, Italy;
Valais, Switzerland
2. DENALI
• Elevation : 6,190 m
• First ascent :7 June 1913
• Location : Denali National
Park and Preserve, Alaska,
U.S
3. KIRKJUFELL
• Elevation : 463 m
• Prominence : 449 m
• Location : Snaefellsnes
Close To Grundarfjordur
Town
4. MACLEAR'S BEACON
• Elevation :1,086 m
• First ascent :1503
• Location : Table Mountain
(Nature Reserve), Cape Town,
South Africa
5 . VI NI CU NC A
R AI N BO W M O U NTA I N
• Elevation : 5,200 m
• First ascent : June 7, 1913
• Location : Cordillera de
Vilcanota, Cusco 08225, Peru
6. MOUNT FUJI
• Elevation : 3,776 m
• First ascent : 663 AD
• Location : Fuji-Hakone-
Izu National Park
7. AORAKI / MOUNT COOK
• Elevation : 3,724 m
• First ascent : 25 December 1894
• Location : Canterbury 7999,
New Zealand
8. MOUNT EVEREST
• Elevation : 8,848 m
• First ascent : 29 May 1953
• Location : Solukhumbu District,
Province No. 1, Nepal; Tingri County,
Xigazê , Tibet Autonomous Region,
China
9. MOUNT
KILIMANJARO
• Elevation : 5,895 m
• First ascenders : Ludwig
Purtscheller , Hans Meyer
• Location : Kilimanjaro
Region, north east Tanzania
10. CRADLE
MOUNTAIN
• Elevation : 1,545 m
• First ascender: Henry Hellyer
• Location: Central Highlands,
Tasmania, Australia