Mountain ranges

Explore the world’s mountain ranges

Compare the ranges represented in the mountain dataset, then open individual peaks to see how elevation, prominence, route style and glacier context vary within the same mountain system.

Asia

Mahalangur Himal, Himalaya

4 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 8,849 m. Highest represented prominence: 8,849 m.

Europe

Pennine Alps

4 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,634 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,165 m.

Antarctica

Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains

4 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,892 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,892 m.

Europe

Bernese Alps

3 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,158 m. Highest represented prominence: 695 m.

North America / Europe

Sierra Nevada

3 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,421 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,285 m.

North America

Alaska Range

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 6,190 m. Highest represented prominence: 6,144 m.

North America

Canadian Rockies

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,954 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,829 m.

South America

Cordillera Blanca, Andes

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 6,768 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,776 m.

South America

Cordillera Real, Andes

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 6,438 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,451 m.

North America

Hawaiian volcanoes

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,207 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,207 m.

Asia

Himalaya

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 8,586 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,608 m.

Asia

Hindu Kush

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 7,708 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,908 m.

Oceania

Papua New Guinea Highlands

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,367 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,507 m.

South America

Patagonian Andes

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,405 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,951 m.

South America

Southern Andes

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,847 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,932 m.

Asia

Tian Shan

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 7,439 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,148 m.

Oceania

Victorian Alps

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 1,986 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,233 m.

Asia

Zanskar Range

2 mountain profiles in this range. Highest represented summit: 7,135 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,404 m.

  • Nun — 7,135 m
  • Kun — 7,077 m

Asia

Alborz

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,610 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,667 m.

Europe

Alps

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,806 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,696 m.

Asia

Annapurna Himal, Himalaya

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 8,091 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,984 m.

Asia

Armenian Highlands

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,137 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,611 m.

Oceania

Arthur Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 1,224 m. Highest represented prominence: 601 m.

Asia

Barisan Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,805 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,805 m.

Oceania

Bismarck Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,509 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,969 m.

Africa

Cameroon Volcanic Line

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,040 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,901 m.

Africa

Cape Fold Belt

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 1,085 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,055 m.

Europe

Caucasus

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,642 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,741 m.

Oceania

Central Highlands

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 1,617 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,617 m.

South America

Cordillera Central, Andes

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,321 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,035 m.

South America

Cordillera Occidental, Andes

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 6,542 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,428 m.

Asia

Crocker Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,095 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,095 m.

Asia

Dhaulagiri Himal, Himalaya

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 8,167 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,357 m.

Africa

Drakensberg / Maloti Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,482 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,390 m.

Africa

East African Rift volcanoes

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,321 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,458 m.

Asia

Eastern Pamir / Kunlun transition

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 7,509 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,735 m.

Africa

Eastern Rift volcanoes

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,566 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,170 m.

Antarctica

Executive Committee Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,285 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,517 m.

North America

Front Range, Rocky Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,346 m. Highest represented prominence: 896 m.

Asia

Gangdise Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 6,638 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,319 m.

Asia

Garhwal Himalaya

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 7,816 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,139 m.

Europe

Grampian Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 1,345 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,345 m.

Asia

Greater Caucasus

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,054 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,353 m.

Africa

High Atlas

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,167 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,755 m.

Europe

High Tatras

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,655 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,355 m.

Europe

High Tauern, Alps

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,798 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,424 m.

Asia

Hoang Lien Son Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,143 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,613 m.

Asia

Japanese Alps region / Honshu volcanic arc

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,776 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,776 m.

Oceania

Jayawijaya Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,760 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,760 m.

Asia

Jeju volcanic island

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 1,947 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,947 m.

Europe

Jotunheimen

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,469 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,372 m.

Asia

Jugal Himal, Himalaya

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 8,027 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,897 m.

Europe

Julian Alps

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,864 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,052 m.

Asia

Khumbu Himal, Himalaya

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 6,812 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,041 m.

Africa

Kilimanjaro massif

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,895 m. Highest represented prominence: 5,885 m.

Asia

Kongur Shan

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 7,649 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,585 m.

Asia

Lombok volcanic complex

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,726 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,726 m.

Asia

Mansiri Himal, Himalaya

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 8,163 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,092 m.

North America

Maui volcanic complex

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,055 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,055 m.

Asia

Mindanao volcanic highlands

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,954 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,954 m.

Africa

Mount Kenya massif

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,199 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,825 m.

Oceania

North Island Volcanic Plateau

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,797 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,797 m.

Europe

Olympus massif

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,918 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,355 m.

Oceania

Owen Stanley Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,038 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,738 m.

South America

Pakaraima Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,810 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,338 m.

Antarctica

Queen Alexandra Range, Transantarctic Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,528 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,603 m.

Antarctica

Queen Elizabeth Range, Transantarctic Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,350 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,475 m.

Antarctica

Queen Maud Mountains, Transantarctic Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,070 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,730 m.

Europe

Rila Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,925 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,473 m.

Antarctica

Ross Island volcanoes

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,794 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,794 m.

Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,109 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,951 m.

North America

San Juan Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,315 m. Highest represented prominence: 930 m.

North America

Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,401 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,765 m.

Europe

Scandinavian Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,097 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,763 m.

Europe

Sicilian volcanic complex

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,403 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,329 m.

South America

Sierra Nevada de Mérida

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,978 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,957 m.

South America

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,730 m. Highest represented prominence: 5,584 m.

Africa

Simien Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,550 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,997 m.

Africa

Sinai Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,285 m. Highest represented prominence: 332 m.

Oceania

Snowy Mountains

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,209 m. Highest represented prominence: 189 m.

Oceania

Snowy Mountains, Great Dividing Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,228 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,228 m.

Oceania

Sudirman / Jayawijaya highlands

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,750 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,250 m.

Oceania

Sudirman Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,884 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,884 m.

Oceania

Taranaki volcanic massif

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,518 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,308 m.

Europe

Tenerife volcanic complex

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,715 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,715 m.

North America

Teton Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 4,199 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,990 m.

Oceania

Tongariro Volcanic Centre

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,287 m. Highest represented prominence: 220 m.

North America

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 5,636 m. Highest represented prominence: 4,922 m.

Antarctica

Welch Mountains, Antarctic Peninsula

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,184 m. Highest represented prominence: 2,187 m.

Europe

Wetterstein Mountains, Alps

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 2,962 m. Highest represented prominence: 1,746 m.

Asia

Yushan Range

1 mountain profile in this range. Highest represented summit: 3,952 m. Highest represented prominence: 3,952 m.

Why ranges matter

A mountain range provides geographic and geologic context that a summit list cannot. Peaks in the same system may share tectonic history or climate while differing sharply in route type, local relief, glacier coverage and access. Use the range grouping as a starting point, then compare individual mountains rather than assuming neighbouring peaks present the same climbing problem.

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