Page 87 - AFCAT-GK-GEF-protected
P. 87
WHATSAPP :- 8699247491
YOUTUBE CHANNEL :- GOVERNMENT EXAMS FUNDA
MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD
IMPORTANT POINTS
Feature Name
Highest mountain Mt Everest (Nepal)
8,848 m
Highest mountain in Africa Mt Kilimanjaro
(Tanzania) 5895m
Highest mountain in Australia Mt Kosciuszko 2234 m
Highest mountain in Europe Mt Elbrus (Russia)
5642 m
Highest mountain in North Mt Denali (Alaska,
America USA) 6187m
Highest mountain in South Mt Aconcagua
America (Argentina) 7021m
Highest mountain in Mt Vinson Massif
Antarctica
Highest mountain in Oceania Puncak Jaya (Mount
(Australia and New Guinea) Carstensz) 4884m
Mt. Everest named after Sir George Everest, Surveyor
General of India is known as Chomolungma in Tibet
and Sagarmatha in Nepal.
Mt Denali was earlier known as Mt McKinley and was
renamed in 2015.
Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano in Hawaii is over
10,000 m tall from its base to peak (taller than Mt.
Everest) but most of it lies under the ocean and is only
4,205 m above sea level.
