Mountain wiki. [2] The northern extension of the Wasatch Range, the Bear River Mountains, extends The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians (/ kɑːrˈpeɪθiənz /) are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. [1] View of Mummy Mountain from Cathedral Rock trail Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute [5] or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni [6]) at 11,916 feet (3,632 m), [7] is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States. McClintock said that he wrote the song in 1895, based on tales from his youth hoboing through the Gander Mountain, later known as Gander Outdoors and Gander RV, headquartered in St. Interior Highlands and the U. The nearest municipality at a higher elevation is Des Moines, New Mexico, some 1,220 miles (1,960 kilometers) away Appalachia (locally / ˌæpəˈlætʃə / ap-uh-LATCH-uh) is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of North America. [4][5] The group's musical style primarily consisted of hard rock, blues rock, [1] and heavy metal. Feel free to edit and create pages. [50] During its first week of release in Hong Kong, Brokeback Mountain was ranked first place at the box office, earning more than US$473,868 ($22,565 per theater). Ute Mountain, also known as Ute Peak or Sleeping Ute Mountain (/ ˈjuːt /; Ute: Wisuv Káruv, Navajo: Dził Naajiní), is a peak within the Ute Mountains, a small mountain range in the southwestern corner of Colorado. "female body") 877 m (2,877 ft) and Nantai-san (男体山; lit. Formed in July 1969, the group originally consisted of guitarist and lead vocalist Leslie West, bassist and second vocalist Felix Pappalardi, drummer Norman "N. Its range spans the Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. D. The sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, named it the Shrine of Democracy, [2] and oversaw the execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son Mountain Men is an American reality television series on History Channel that premiered on May 31, 2012. It is claimed to be the most photographed mountain in the country. The highest peaks in the Carpathians are in the Tatra Mountains Grouse Mountain gets its name from the sooty grouse commonly found throughout the mountain. Sugarloaf view from Botafogo beach Sunrise in Rio de Janeiro with Sugarloaf Mountain, as seen from Tijuca Forest Sugarloaf Mountain (Portuguese: Pão de Açúcar, pronounced [ˈpɐ̃w dʒ (i) ɐˈsukaʁ]) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Mountain Home is a city in and the county seat of Baxter County, Arkansas, United States, [3] in the southern Ozark Mountains near the northern state border with Missouri. ) The Blue The Wasatch Range (/ ˈwɑːsætʃ / WAH-satch) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about 160 miles (260 km) from the Utah – Idaho border south to central Utah. A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. The resort has 2,465 acres (3. The Santa Fe Mountains at the southern end of the Rockies as seen from the Sandia Crest in New Mexico The summits of the Teton Range in Wyoming The name of the mountains is a calque of an Algonquian name, specifically Plains Cree ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᐩ asinîwaciy (originally transcribed as-sin-wati), literally "rocky mountain / alp". [7] These domes formed in a long series of eruptions from 110,000 to 57,000 years ago, building a volcano that reaches 11,059 feet (3,371 m) in elevation. It is usually steeper and taller than a hill. Mountain is one of many bands commonly credited with influencing the development of heavy metal music during the 1970s. This frozen and unforgiving region is home to Wolves and others sons of Fenrir. The band was formed when Leslie West, formerly from the Long Island R&B band The Vagrants had recorded a solo album entitled Mountain (which was a reference to West's one-time physical bulk) and had former Cream collaborator and bassist Felix Pappalardi producing it and former Remains drummer N. The original Space Mountain coaster opened in 1975 at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Initially, there are only two exits: to the south leading to Pelican Town, and to the west leading to the Backwoods. Cadillac Mountain is located on Mount Desert Island, within Acadia National Park, in the U. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as many of those in the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades. 'Heaven's Gate Mountain') is a mountain located within Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie, in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China. West was named the 245th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023. (Nearby Mt. 4), the North Ridge and North Face. Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi River, is on the western escarpment. See also a list of mountains ranked by prominence. Twin Peaks is the third live album by American hard rock band Mountain, released in February 1974 by Columbia and Windfall Records. [3] It is known as the Great North Mountain is a 50-mile (80 km) long mountain ridge within the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in the U. "male body") 871 m (2,858 ft). The Appalachian Trail follows the The mountain's current shape is the result of cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from the peak, such as the Matterhorn Glacier at the base of the north face. [8] Well separated from The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, [b] are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains, and the name is commonly shortened to the The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U. The eastern and western slopes of the Continental Divide run directly through the center of the park This is an incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. 59 m (15,766 ft) 1 above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the location of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort and the town of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, and played host to the 2010 Winter Olympics. More than 100 peaks exceeding elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft) above sea level lie in the Lists by state or region Lists of mountains by state or region of India: List of peaks in Himachal Pradesh List of mountains in Kerala List of mountain peaks of Ladakh List of mountain peaks of Maharashtra List of mountains in Nagaland List of Himalayan peaks of Uttarakhand List of mountains and hills of the West Bengal List of peaks in the Topographic map Mount Tsukuba (筑波山, Tsukuba-san) is an 877 m (2,877 ft) mountain located at the northern-end of Tsukuba, Japan. com Welcome to Mountain Wiki! Hello, welcome to Mountain Wiki! This wiki is about the mountains in the world. " Smart and keyboardist Steve Knight. states of Virginia and West Virginia. [1] Previously, the mountain was called " Sugar Mountain " is a song by Canadian folk rock singer and composer Neil Young. ə, hɪˈmɑːləjə / HIM-ə-LAY-ə, hih-MAH-lə-yə) [b], is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. [2] These typically Brokeback Mountain was released in many other countries during the first three months of 2006. Apr 5, 2025 · Mountains A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. 0 km 2) of in-bounds terrain under lease from the U. For five days from late August to early September 1921, some 10,000 armed coal miners confronted Mountain formation occurs due to a variety of geological processes associated with large-scale movements of Earth's crust (tectonic plates). Route 60 on the south, Arizona State Route 88 on the northwest, and Arizona Splash Mountain is a log flume ride at Tokyo Disneyland. Some of these biomes are the only places Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is a 2023 American buddy comedy adventure film directed by Paul Briganti, produced by Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller, and written by and starring the comedy troupe Please Don't Destroy, consisting of Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, and Ben Marshall. It lies in the southwestern corner of the Long Valley Caldera [6] and consists of about 12 rhyodacite and dacite overlapping domes. [2] At the 2020 census, the town population was 675. [4] It holds an important place in the traditions of three local Native American tribes. 63 mi (26. Lookout Mountain was the scene of the 18th-century "Last Battle of the Cherokees" in this area during the Nickajack Expedition. [3] Also, when viewed from the west, the profile of the mountains is a long ridge, with a thin zone of green conifers near the top, suggesting the "rind" of the watermelon. The general definition used is one followed by the United States Geological Survey and the Geological Survey of Canada to describe the respective The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a United States Space Force installation and defensive bunker located in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, next to the city of Colorado Springs, [2] at the Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, [a] which hosts the activities of several tenant units. Its records management, information destruction, and data backup and recovery services are supplied to more than 220,000 customers [2] in 58 countries throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Below its north face is Teton Glacier. Iron Mountain Inc. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. The album was produced by the band's bassist and second vocalist Felix Pappalardi, while the artwork was created by his wife and collaborator Gail Collins The Intermountain West, or Intermountain Region, is a geographic and geological region of the Western United States. The other peaks were originally named K1, K3, K4, and K5, but were eventually renamed Masherbrum, Gasherbrum IV, Gasherbrum II, and Gasherbrum I, respectively. Kirkjufell (Icelandic: [ˈcʰɪr̥cʏˌfɛtl̥] ⓘ, "Church Mountain") is a 463 m [1] high hill on the north coast of Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, near the town of Grundarfjörður. Mont Blanc spans the French–Italian border, and at 4,809 m (15,778 ft) is the highest mountain in the Alps. [1][3] Lone Mountain is 16. Ser Gregor Clegane was the head of House Clegane, a knightly house from the Sonoma Mountain (Coast Miwok: Oona-pa'is[2]) is a prominent landform within the Sonoma Mountains of southern Sonoma County, California. [1][a] The massacre occurred in the southern Utah Territory at Mountain Meadows, and was perpetrated by settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) involved with the Utah Cadillac Mountain is located on Mount Desert Island, within Acadia National Park, in the U. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at least 500 m of prominence, see List of highest mountains. R. A mountain range is a series or chain of mountains that are Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: Гибель тургруппы Дятлова, romanized: Gibel turgruppy Dyatlova, lit. Rarely, a lone oak or birch tree of any size can generate and always has a bee nest. The range is heavily visited due to its proximity to Boston, New York City Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia in the United States with a summit elevation of 1,808 feet (551 m). [from 12th c. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. military to receive specialized training for fighting in mountainous conditions. [1][2] The resort was established in 1972, and has 162 trails, nine lifts, and two terrain The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Shop rare vinyl records, top albums, and more on Discogs. Most geologists classify a mountain as a landform that rises at least 1,000 feet (300 meters) or more above its surrounding area. In fact, the viticultural area extends in isolated patches up the eastern slopes of Sonoma Mountain to The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands range. The Superstition Mountains (Yavapai: Wi:kchsawa) is a range of mountains in Arizona located to the east of the Phoenix metropolitan area. [3] At an elevation of 2,463 ft (751 m), [1] Sonoma Mountain offers expansive views of the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Sonoma Valley to the east. [1][2] Originally consisting of vocalist-guitarist Leslie West, bassist-vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight, and drummer N. He was the co-founder, guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Mountain. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the Crystal Mountain is a mountain and alpine ski area in eastern Pierce County, Washington, United States, located in the Cascade Range southeast of Seattle. Iron Mountain is a Vinicunca, or Winikunka, also called Montaña de Siete Colores (literally: Mountain of seven colors), Montaña de Colores (Mountain of colors) or Montaña Arcoíris (Rainbow Mountain), is a mountain in the Andes of Peru with an altitude of 5,036 metres (16,522 ft) above sea level. Other mountains are shaped by glacial processes and can be characterized by their shape. Horizon Call of the Mountain is a 2023 action-adventure video game developed by Guerrilla Games and Firesprite and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5. Six Flags Magic Mountain, formerly known and colloquially referred to as simply Magic Mountain, is a 209-acre (85 ha) amusement park located in Valencia, California, 35 miles (56 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The Pacific Plate is List of mountain peaks by prominence Ultra-prominent peak Summits farthest from the Earth's center Lists of highest points restricted to a specific geographic area List of countries by highest point List of islands by highest point Lists of mountains by region sorted by country or province Seven Summits, the highest peak on each continent Explore Mountain's biography, discography, and artist credits. [15][16] The forces that lifted Denali also caused many deep earthquakes in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. All small flowers generate except blue orchids, tulips, lilies of the valley, eyeblossoms, or wither roses. Originally themed around Jules Verne 's classic 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon, the attraction first opened on June 1, 1995, [1] three years after the park's debut in an attempt to draw The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is a light infantry division in the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. [1] The province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which Mountain (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Mountain, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Mountain, North Dakota, a town Mountain, Wisconsin, a town Mountain States, one of the nine US geographic divisions; a subregion of the Western United States Mountain Township (disambiguation) Bald Mountain, a peak of the White Rock ridgeline of New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts Bald Mountains, a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains spanning the Tennessee-North Carolina border Tianmen Mountain (simplified Chinese: 天 门 山; traditional Chinese: 天門山; pinyin: Tiānmén Shān; lit. Drakes, the offspring of Moder, can be found in the skies making their nests at its peaks where they lay their Dragon eggs. [1] Folding, faulting, volcanic activity, igneous intrusion and metamorphism can all be parts of the orogenic process of mountain building. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends across the Mönch to the Jungfrau at 4,158 m (13,642 ft), constituting one of the most List of Mountain band members Two line-ups of Mountain in 1970 and 2016. Mountain was an American rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in 1969. [4][5] The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia. Most of these are in central or southern Asia. The film is based on the bestselling 1997 novel by Charles Frazier. The mountain, serves as a alternative site for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and was built during the Cold War to monitor North American airspace for missile launches and Soviet military The Mountain Dew Wiki is a community site dedicated to being the best Mountain Dew resource, featuring detailed pages on all flavors and promotions, as well as an extensive database of images. [5] Big Bear Lake, California is the largest city near San Gorgonio, and hosts two major ski resorts; it is also used for summer recreation. Smart. The ridge is located west of the Shenandoah Valley and Massanutten Mountain in Virginia, and it is east of the Allegheny Mountains and Cacapon River in West Virginia. See full list on britannica. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and Grand Lake to the west. On November 24, 1863, during the American Civil War, the Battle of Lookout Mammoth Mountain is a lava dome complex in Mono County, California. A spin-off of the Horizon series, the game was released as a launch title for the PlayStation VR2 virtual reality headset on 22 February 2023. The park contains some of the highest mountains Grand Teton is the highest mountain of the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park at 13,775 feet (4,199 m) [2] in Northwest Wyoming. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (simplified Chinese: 玉龙雪山; traditional Chinese: 玉龍雪山; pinyin: Yùlóng Xuěshān; Naxi: Jingv'lv or Ngv'lv bbei jjuq) is a mountain massif or small mountain range in Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang, in Yunnan province, China. It is a place where "hens lay soft-boiled eggs " and there are " cigarette trees". North Face of Everest as seen from the path to North Base Camp Everest and Lhotse from the south (Nepal): in the foreground are Thamserku, Kangtega, and Ama Dablam Mount Everest (/ ˈɛvər. There are several waterfalls, hiking trails and other The Himalayas, or Himalaya (/ ˌhɪməˈleɪ. It is located between the Rocky Mountain Front on the east and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada on the west. While the Jura range proper (" folded Jura", Faltenjura) is located in France and Switzerland, the range continues northeastwards through northern Switzerland and Germany as the Table . [3] They are best-known for their 1970 smash Cheyenne Mountain is a 2,920-metre-high (9,580 ft) mountain in El Paso County, Colorado, southwest of downtown Colorado Springs. The mountain was first surveyed by a British team in 1856. 9 sq mi; 10. At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains. It is on the northern edge of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Reservation. It contains recordings from the band's performance at Koseinenkin Hall in Osaka, Japan on August 30, 1973. [1][2] It was designed by Ulrich Genth and Heike Mutter. The meadow is a grassy biome filled with patches of flowers and turquoise-green grass and tall grass, where sheep, donkeys and rabbits spawn. A mountain is a large natural rise of the Earth 's surface that usually has a "summit" (the name for a mountain's top, which can also be called a peak). state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southeastern Tennessee state line in Chattanooga. Jun 16, 2025 · The Mountain is an exterior region in the northern part of Stardew Valley. Since the end of the 19th century, when railways were built in the area, the mountain has attracted increasing numbers of visitors and climbers. 24 m (12,389 ft 3 in). 17 on the Billboard 200 chart, [4] and spent 39 weeks on the chart. [4] Following Jodorowsky's underground hit El Topo (1970), acclaimed by both John Lennon and George Harrison, the film was produced by the Beatles San Gorgonio Mountain lies at the easternmost extremity of the Transverse Ranges. [9] It formed as a result of the upwelling of magma from within the Earth's The Great Smoky Mountains (Cherokee: ᎡᏆ ᏚᏧᏍᏚ ᏙᏓᎸ, Equa Dutsusdu Dodalv) are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee – North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are roughly bounded by U. The Mountain is a biome which features frozen snow covered peaks framed with Fir trees. state of North Carolina. is an American enterprise information management services company founded in 1951 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The term "Appalachian" refers to several different regions associated with the mountain range, and its surrounding terrain. The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Mountain bikes share some similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, which often makes them heavier, more complex and less efficient on smooth surfaces. The summit is located in Lee Metcalf Wilderness within Gallatin and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests. (Mountains from around 3500 m height will be here) 2 days ago · mountain (countable and uncountable, plural mountains) (countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. The name is derived from its shape, which resembles the hump and head of a kneeling camel. They are anchored by Superstition Mountain, a large mountain that is a popular recreation destination for residents of the Phoenix, Arizona, area. Kalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel, [3] calico-bush, [3] or spoonwood, [3] is a flowering plant and one of the 10 species in the genus of Kalmia belonging to the heath (er) family Ericaceae. It is the largest ski resort in the state of Washington and lies within the Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest. The small part of the range in British Columbia is referred to as the Canadian A subalpine lake in the Cascade Range, Washington, United States Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The part of the same range that is in Massachusetts and Connecticut is known as the Berkshires [1] or the Berkshire Hills The White Mountains are American mountain ranges covering about a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine in the United States. [2][3] It peaked at No. Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge at the northwest corner of the U. [2] Kirkjufell was one of the filming locations for Game of Thrones season 6 and 7, featuring as the "arrowhead mountain" that the Hound and Mount Magazine, officially named Magazine Mountain, is the highest point of the U. It is a remnant of the ancient chain of Sauratown Mountains. It is the highest point in the core (urban and suburban) metro Atlanta area, and fifth after further-north exurban counties are considered. Mount Rainier[a] (/ reɪˈnɪər / ray-NEER), also known as Tahoma, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. [1] Ser Gregor Clegane, popularly known as the Mountain That Rides or simply the Mountain, was a knight of House Clegane in service to House Lannister, the older brother of Sandor Clegane, and a notoriously fearsome, extremely lethal, and much-feared warrior, with a tendency toward extreme and excessive violence. Its highest peak is named Shanzidou [3] or Shan-Tzu-tou [4] (扇子陡) and it is 5,596 m (18,360 ft) [4][5][3] above sea Beech Mountain is a town in both Avery and Watauga counties in the U. The mountain is a classic destination in American mountaineering via the Owen-Spalding route (II, 5. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 12,448. state of New York, and one of the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains, located in the town of Wilmington in Essex County. D. Pages in category "Mountains" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. [3] It is a flat-topped mountain or mesa capped by hard rock and rimmed by precipitous cliffs. ɪst /), known locally as Sagarmatha[a] in Nepal and Qomolangma[b] in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. This is a list of the highest mountains in the world. This list may not reflect recent changes. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. [3][4] It is located on the border of Lumpkin County with Union County and is within the boundaries of the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Blood Mountain Wilderness. Mountain was an American hard rock band from Long Island, New York. Also located in Colorado Springs is Peterson Space Force Base, where the North American Aerospace Defense Rocky Mountain National Park is a national park of the United States located approximately 55 mi (89 km) northwest of Denver [5] in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. (In the SVG version, hover over a peak to highlight its parent (s) and click it to view its article. Leslie Abel West (born Weinstein; October 22, 1945 – December 23, 2020) [2] was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. The first mention of their present name by a European was in " Mississippi Queen " is a song by the American rock band Mountain. There are two tracks Camelback Mountain is a mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The peak rises over Lhotse, while Nuptse is the ridge on the left. However, as Robert Julyan List of mountain ranges Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown, pink, and gray This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. It premiered at the Sydney Opera House in June 2017. Forest Service, White River National Forest, Dillon Ranger District. It has three peaks with the highest one being (9,580 ft). It is composed of several peaks, of which the highest (2,128. They are a subrange of the northern Appalachian Mountains and the most rugged mountains in New England. The mountain is located in Mount Rainier National Park about 59 miles (95 km) south-southeast of Seattle. [8] During this time, massive dacite Copper Mountain is a mountain and ski resort located in Summit County, Colorado, about 75 miles (120 km) west of Denver on Interstate 70. More recently, the 10th Mountain has advised and assisted Iraqi Security Forces in Blood Mountain is the highest peak on the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail and the sixth-tallest mountain in Georgia, with an elevation of 4,458 feet (1,359 m). Formerly designated as a mountain warfare unit, the division was the only one of its size in the U. The range runs primarily south to north and extends approximately 250 miles (400 km) from the border with Massachusetts to the border with Quebec, Canada. Many people climb the so-called "purple List of mountain types Mountains and hills can be characterized in several ways. Rising 396 m (1,299 ft) above the harbor, [1] the peak is named for Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is a 2023 American buddy comedy adventure film directed by Paul Briganti, produced by Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller, and written by and starring the comedy troupe Please Don't Destroy, consisting of Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, and Ben Marshall. ] A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. [1] List of mountains of the United Statessignificant mountain peaks located in the United States Mountainhead is a 2025 American satirical comedy-drama television film written and directed by Jesse Armstrong in his directorial debut, and starring Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, and Ramy Youssef. [3] The mountain, a prominent landmark, is the highest peak in the Phoenix metropolitan area and located between the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix and the town of Paradise Valley. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Joseph E. [38] Mount Fuji[a] (富士山・富士の山, Fujisan, Fuji no Yama[b]) is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of 3,776. [51] The film opened in Lee's native Taiwan on January 20. Aerial view of Mount Everest from the south. The Saura Native Americans, the region's earliest known inhabitants, called the mountain "Jomeokee", meaning "great guide". Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (980 ft) above the surrounding land. [citation needed] Whiteface Mountain is the fifth-highest mountain in the U. [1][2] It is located on the road to the Ausangate mountain, in the Cusco region, between Cusipata District Yu Shan or Yushan, also known as Mount Jade, Jade Mountain, Tongku Saveq or Mount Niitaka during Japanese rule, is the highest mountain in Taiwan at 3,952 m (12,966 ft) [1][2] above sea level, giving Taiwan the 4th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world. There are at least 109 mountains on Earth that are higher than 7,200 metres (23,622 ft) above sea level. [1] It has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular Mountain Day refers to three different and unrelated events: (1) Mountain Day, a student celebration in some colleges in the United States in which classes are cancelled without prior notice, and the student body heads to the mountains or a park, (2) International Mountain Day, held each year on 11 December, which was established by the UN The Holy Mountain (Spanish: La montaña sagrada) is a 1973 Mexican surrealist film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film. Several of the higher peaks contain an Alpine tundra. [2] Mountain is a 2017 Australian documentary film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Jennifer Peedom. Mountain formation occurs due to a variety of geological processes associated with large-scale movements of Earth's crust (tectonic plates). First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent. The film follows four billionaire friends on a secluded weekend retreat as the world goes through major turmoil. The mountain is a heavily eroded, partially dissected plateau. [2] Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a national park of the United States in the southeast, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee. Please help us by creating or editing any of our articles! We currently have 42,090 edits to 2,586 articles and 393 images on this wiki. Gregor Clegane, nicknamed " The Mountain That Rides " or simply " The Mountain ", is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. It is the eighth-highest mountain in the state. The Eiger (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪ̯ɡɐ] ⓘ) is a 3,967-metre (13,015 ft) mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais. state of Arkansas, and is the site of Mount Magazine State Park. The range has some of the Earth 's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. Paul, Minnesota, was a retail network of stores for hunting, fishing, camping, and other outdoor recreation products and services. [2] The Mountain Meadows Massacre (September 7–11, 1857) was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker–Fancher wagon train. [2] The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sugarloaf seen from Urca hill. The park straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains and part of the Appalachian temperate rainforest, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. Other versions, which have since been rethemed, were formerly located at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom. They all can generate pillager outposts (except cherry grove in Bedrock Edition[1]), with the meadow also being able to generate villages and snowy slopes being able to generate igloos. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. 76 km) north of Koch Peak. [3] The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. [4] A total of 41,307 persons lived within the city and micropolitan area combined, which encompasses the majority of Baxter County. 6 km 2), and is one of the largest ski resorts in the U. Young composed the song on November 12, 1964—his 19th birthday—at the Victoria Hotel in Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay), where he had been touring with his Winnipeg band the Squires. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world. [3] Sandia Crest from the west, with adjacent radio and TV towers Sandía means watermelon in Spanish, [2] and is popularly believed to be a reference to the reddish color of the mountains at sunset. Both pillager List of mountain peaks by prominence Chart showing the relationship between the 100 peaks with highest prominence in the world. It is sung at the close of the first act and is sung again in the epilogue of the second act by the Mother Abbess. [1] Pilatus, also often referred to as Mount Pilatus, is a mountain massif overlooking Lucerne in Central Switzerland. The Mountain Goats Wiki is a live show and information database about the music of John Darnielle and those with whom he surrounds himself. Mountains are seven related sub-biomes that generate in mountainous terrain in areas with low erosion values. Although all five versions of the attraction are different in nature, all have a similar conical exterior façade that is a landmark for the respective park. [1] It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region. The experienced trekking group from the Ural Polytechnical Institute, led by Igor Dyatlov [ru Star Wars: Hyperspace Mountain (formerly known as Space Mountain: Mission 2 and Space Mountain: De la terre à la lune) is an indoor/outdoor steel roller coaster in Discoveryland at Disneyland Paris. Smart (soon replaced by Corky Laing), the group disbanded in 1972, but reunited on several occasions prior to West's death in 2020. state of Montana. [9] With an officially recognized [b] summit elevation of 14,410 ft (4,392 m) at the Columbia Crest, [1][13] it is the The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. With an elevation of 1,530 feet (470 meters), its summit is the highest point in Hancock County and the highest within 25 miles (40 km) of the Atlantic shoreline of the North American continent between the Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia, and peaks in Mexico. ) This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence. [5] The town is located atop Beech Mountain and is the highest town east of the Rocky Mountains at 5,506 ft (1,678 m) in elevation. In the north, its boundaries stretch from the western Catskill Mountains of New York, continuing south through the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains into northern Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi The cougar (Puma concolor) (/ ˈkuːɡər /, KOO-gər), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount and panther, is a large small cat native to the Americas. Stratton Mountain is a mountain located in Windham County, Vermont, in the Green Mountain National Forest. Mont Blanc (UK: / ˌmɒ̃ˈblɒ̃ (k)/, US: / ˌmɒn (t) ˈblɑːŋk / a) is a mountain in the Alps, rising 4,805. 5 m [6,983 ft]) is named Tomlishorn. The mountain is the highest point of Windham County, and of the southern Green Mountains generally. 'Death of the Dyatlov Hiking Group') was an event in which nine Soviet ski hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains on 1 or 2 February 1959 under undetermined circumstances. All peaks 7,000 m (22,966 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan Denali is a granitic pluton, mostly pink quartz monzonite, lifted by tectonic pressure from the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate; at the same time, the sedimentary material above and around the mountain was stripped away by erosion. The most significant frontal assault launched by Union Major General William T. However, over the course of the game, several events open up new routes: The Old Man of the Mountain, also called the Great Stone Face and the Profile, [1][2] was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States, that appeared to be the jagged profile of a human face when viewed from the north. Navajo Mountain (Navajo: Naatsisʼáán meaning "Earth Head" [3]) is a peak in San Juan County, Utah, with its southern flank extending into Coconino County, Arizona, in the United States. state of Vermont and are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains. Some mountains are volcanoes and can be characterized by the type of lava and eruptive history. South Mountain is the northern extension of the Blue Ridge Mountain range into Maryland and Pennsylvania. The album was released on March 7, 1970, by Windfall Records. Considered a rock classic, [5] it was their most successful single, reaching number 21 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. The ride experience begins with an outdoor float-through that leads to indoor dark ride segments, with a climactic steep drop followed by an Tiger and Turtle – Magic Mountain is an art installation and landmark in Duisburg, Germany, built in 2011. It is one of the most famous mountains in Japan, particularly well known for its double peaks, Nyotai-san (女体山; lit. For five days from late August to early September 1921, some 10,000 armed coal miners confronted 3:01 A recording of an arrangement of "Go Tell It on the Mountain" for congregational singing (2008) " Go Tell It on the Mountain " is an African-American spiritual song and Christmas carol which was most likely derived from the oral tradition, but was first printed in an early-1900s compilation of African-American folk songs. The summit is the highest point on the Navajo Nation. Johnston, it produced a tactical defeat for the Union forces but failed to deliver the result that the Confederacy desperately 2020 full suspension mountain bike A mountain bike (MTB) [1] or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling (mountain biking). [1] Powder Mountain is a ski resort located in the western United States east of Eden, Utah, stretching between Weber and Cache counties in the Wasatch Range which covers 12,000 acres (18. 8 sq mi; 48. The attraction is based on the animated sequences of Disney 's 1946 film Song of the South. 3 It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe (after Mount Elbrus in Russia), and Lone Mountain (11,167 feet (3,404 m)) is in the Madison Range in the U. [3] It is known as the Whistler Mountain (Lillooet/Ucwalmícwts: Nsqwítsu) is a mountain in the Fitzsimmons Range of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, located on the northwestern edge of Garibaldi Provincial Park. Beware shifting piles of stone, they might be more alive than you think, stirring the resting Stone Cold Mountain is a 2003 epic period war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. Mountain follows Peedom's 2015 documentary film Sherpa. It is hard to measure how tall a mountain is, so these measurements may not be Stone Mountain through trees Stone Mountain is a pluton, a type of igneous intrusion. From the Potomac River near Knoxville, Maryland in the south to Dillsburg, Pennsylvania in York County, Pennsylvania in the north, the 70-mile-long (110 km) range separates the Hagerstown and Cumberland valleys from the Piedmont regions of the two states. [5] Space Mountain is a space-themed indoor roller coaster attraction located at five of the six Disneyland -style Disney Parks. Roughly 1,500 km (930 mi) long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and the Scandinavian Mountains at 1,700 km (1,100 mi). [3] It stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger with Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson, Kathy Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jack White, Giovanni Ribisi, Donald Sutherland, and Ray Winstone in supporting roles " The Big Rock Candy Mountains ", first recorded and copyrighted by Harry McClintock in 1928, [3] is a country folk song about a hobo 's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest peak of an island on Earth. Team member Thomas Montgomerie designated the mountain "K2" for being the second peak of the Karakoram range. Climbing! (also known as Mountain Climbing!) is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Mountain. The mountain is situated on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples. This stratification is a crucial factor in shaping plant community, biodiversity, metabolic processes and ecosystem " Climb Ev'ry Mountain " is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny. The first recorded non-Indigenous hikers to reach its peak in October 1894, named the mountain after the sooty (blue) grouse, a game bird of the area. [1] Grouse Mountain's first lodge was hand-built by Scandinavians in Mountains can refer to one of seven mountainous biomes. Mountain was an American hard rock band. Grandfather Mountain[1] is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina. Primarily composed of quartz monzonite, the dome of Stone Mountain was formed during the formation of the Blue Ridge Mountains around 300–350 million years ago (during the Carboniferous period), part of the Appalachian Mountains. state of Maine. There are two summits atop the mountain: Signal Hill, which reaches 2,753 feet (839 m), and Mossback Ridge, which 1 day ago · Mountains refer to seven mountainous biomes. Pine Mountain (Appalachian Mountains), a ridge running through Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee, United States Pine Mountain (Taconic Mountains), a mountain in western Massachusetts, United States The Jura Mountains (/ ˈdʒʊərə, ˈʒʊərə / JOOR-ə, ZHOOR-ə) [1] are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border. [6] The song is included on the group's debut album and several live recordings have been issued. S. 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