List of mountain ranges

Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown and gray colors

This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent. Ranges on other astronomical bodies are listed afterward.

Earth


By height

All of the Asian ranges above have been formed in part over the past 35 to 55 million years by the collision between the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate. The Indian Plate is still particularly mobile and these mountain ranges continue to rise in elevation every year; of these the Himalayas are rising most quickly; the Kashmir and Pamirs region to the north of the Indian subcontinent is the point of confluence of these mountains which encircle the Tibetan Plateau on three sides.

By continental area

Africa


Asia

  1. *Alborz, Iran
  2. *Alagalla Mountain Range (Potato Range), Sri Lanka
  3. *Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, United Arab Emirates
  4. *Altai Mountains, Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan
  5. *Annamite Range, Laos, Viet Nam
  6. *Anti-Lebanon, Lebanon, Syria
  7. *Arabian Mountain
  8. *Arfak Mountains, Indonesia
  9. *Barisan Mountains, Indonesia
  10. *Bynar Range
  11. *Caraballo, Philippines
  12. *Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
  13. *Carmel Mountains, Israel
  14. *Caucasus, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey
  15. *Celestial Mountains
  16. *Chersky Range, Siberia, Russia)
  17. *Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
  18. *Cordillera Central, Philippines
  19. *Crocker Mountains, Malaysia
  20. *Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Siberia
  21. *Eastern Ghats, India
  22. *Elburiagan Mountains
  23. *Fansipan, Vietnam
  24. *Gydan Mountains
  25. *Haraz Mountains, Yemen
  26. *Himalaya, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan
  27. **Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya
  28. **Siwalik Range or Churia Hills, Subhimalaya
  29. *Hindu Kush, Afghanistan, Pakistan
  30. *Japanese Alps, Japan
  31. **Akaishi Mountains
  32. **Hida Mountains
  33. **Kiso Mountains
  34. *Jayawijaya Mountains, Indonesia
  35. *Kabir Kuh, Iran, Iraq
  36. *Karakoram, Pakistan, China, India
  37. *Khingan Mountains, China
  38. **Greater Khingan
  39. **Lesser Khingan
  40. *Khibinsky Mountains, Russia
  41. *Kirthar Mountains, Pakistan
  42. *Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka
  43. *Koryak Mountains Siberia
  44. *Kunlun Mountains, China (Tibet)
  45. *Kuray Mountains, Russia
  46. *Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea
  47. *Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, China
  48. *Safed Koh, Afghanistan, Pakistan
  49. *Salt Range, Pakistan
  50. *Sayan Mountains, Siberia
  51. *Sierra Madre, Philippines
  52. *Sikhote Alin Mountains, Siberia
  53. *Stanovoi Range, Siberia
  54. *Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan, Iran
  55. *Taurus Mountains, Turkey
  56. *Toba Kakar Range, Afghanistan, Pakistan
  57. *Tian Shan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
  58. *Taiwan Mountains, Taiwan
  59. *Titiwangsa Mountains, Malaysia
  60. *Ural Mountains, Russia
  61. *Verkhoyansk Range, Russia
  62. *Western Ghats, India
  63. *Zagros Mountains, Iran, Iraq
  64. *Zambales Mountains, Philippines
  65. *Zamboanga Cordilleras, Philippines

Europe

See Category:Mountain ranges of Europe

  1. *Alps
  2. **Eastern Alps, Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland
  3. ***Central Eastern Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
  4. ****Bergamo Alps, Italy
  5. ****Hohe Tauern, Austria, Italy
  6. *****Ankogel Group
  7. *****Defereggen Mountains
  8. *****Grossglockner
  9. *****Goldberg Group
  10. *****Granatspitz Group
  11. *****Hafner Group
  12. *****Kreuzeck Group
  13. *****Rieserferner Group
  14. *****Schober Group
  15. *****Venediger Group
  16. ****Kitzbühel Alps, Austria
  17. ****Niedere Tauern, Austria
  18. ****Ötztal Alps, Austria, Italy
  19. ****Rhaetian Alps, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
  20. *****Albula Range
  21. *****Bernina Range
  22. *****Bregaglia Range
  23. *****Livigno Range
  24. *****Oberhalbstein Range
  25. *****Plessur Range
  26. *****Samnaun Alps
  27. *****Sesvenna Range
  28. *****Silvretta
  29. ****Stubai Alps, Austria, Italy
  30. ****Tux Alps, Austria
  31. ****Verwall Alps, Austria
  32. ****Zillertal Alps, Austria, Italy
  33. ***Northern Limestone Alps, Austria, Germany
  34. ****Allgäu Alps, Austria, Germany
  35. ****Berchtesgaden Alps, Austria, Germany,France
  36. ****Dachstein, Austria
  37. ****Ennstaler Alpen, Austria
  38. ****Karwendel, Austria, Germany
  39. ****Lechtal Alps, Austria
  40. ****Totes Gebirge, Austria
  41. ****Wetterstein, Austria, Germany
  42. ****Wilden Kaiser, Austria
  43. ***Rätikon, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
  44. ***Southern Limestone Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
  45. ****Adamello-Presanella, Italy
  46. ****Brenta Group, Italy
  47. ****Carnic Alps, Austria, Italy
  48. ****Dolomites, Italy
  49. ****Julian Alps, Italy, Slovenia
  50. ****Kamnik Alps, Austria, Slovenia
  51. ****Karawanken, Austria, Slovenia
  52. ****Ortler Alps, Italy, Switzerland
  53. **Western Alps (France, Italy, and Switzerland)
  54. ***Bernese Alps, Switzerland
  55. ***Cottian Alps, France, Italy
  56. ***Glarus Alps, Switzerland
  57. ***Graian Alps, France, Italy, Switzerland
  58. ****Mont Blanc Group, France, Italy
  59. ****Vanoise, France
  60. ****Gran Paradiso, France, Italy
  61. ***Lepontine Alps, Italy, Switzerland
  62. ***Ligurian Alps, France, Italy
  63. ***North-Eastern Swiss Alps, Switzerland
  64. ***Pennine Alps, Italy, Switzerland
  65. ***Prealps, France, Italy
  66. ****Dauphiné Alps, France
  67. ****Maritime Alps, France, Italy
  68. ****Provence Prealps, France
  69. ****Savoy Prealps, France
  70. ***Savoie Alps, France Switzerland
  71. ***Urner Alps, Switzerland
  72. *Apennines, Italy, San Marino
  73. *Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria, Serbia
  74. *Belasitsa, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia
  75. *Black Forest, Germany
  76. *Black Mountains, Wales
  77. *Brecon Beacons, Wales
  78. *Cairngorms, Scotland
  79. *Cantabrian Mountains, Spain
  80. **Picos de Europa
  81. **Basque Mountains
  82. *Carpathian Mountains, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  83. **Tatra Mountains, Poland, Slovakia
  84. **Beskids Mountains, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine
  85. **Bieszczady Mountains, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine
  86. **Transylvanian Alps, Romania, Serbia
  87. ***Parang Mountains, Romania
  88. ***Retezat Mountains, Romania
  89. **Oas Mountains, Romania
  90. *Caucasus Mountains, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia
  91. *Dentelles de Montmirail, France
  92. *Dinaric Alps, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
  93. *Scanderberg Range, Albania
  94. *Gennargentu, Italy
  95. *Grampian mountains, Scotland
  96. **Ben Nevis
  97. *Harz, Germany
  98. *Jura mountains, France, Switzerland
  99. *Karelides, Finland
  100. *Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland
  101. *Măcin Mountains, Romania
  102. *Massif Central, France
  103. *Mourne Mountains, Ireland
  104. *Owl Mountains
  105. *Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), Czech Republic, Germany
  106. *Osogovo, Bulgaria, Macedonia
  107. *Pennines, England
  108. *Pindus Mountains, Greece
  109. *Pirin, Bulgaria
  110. *Pyrenees, Andorra, France, Spain
  111. *Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, Greece
  112. *Rila, Bulgaria
  113. *Rhön Mountains, Germany
  114. *Scandinavian Mountains, Finland, Norway, Sweden
  115. **Setesdalsheiene,
  116. **Jotunheimen,
  117. **Rondane,
  118. **Dovrefjell,
  119. **Trollheimen,
  120. **Kjolen mountains
  121. **Saltfjellet,
  122. **Svecofennides
  123. **Lyngen Alps
  124. *Sierra Morena, Spain
  125. *Sistema Bético, Spain
  126. *Sistema Central, Portugal, Spain
  127. **Sierra de Guadarrama
  128. *Sistema Ibérico, Spain
  129. *Sistema Penibético, Spain
  130. *Snowdonia, Wales
  131. *Sredna Gora, Bulgaria
  132. *Strandzha, Bulgaria, Turkey
  133. *Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland
  134. *Sudetes, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland
  135. **Table Mountains
  136. **Giant Mountains (Krkonoše)
  137. **Jizera Mountains
  138. **Orlicke Mountains
  139. **Golden Mountains
  140. **Bardzkie Mountains
  141. **Rudawy Janowickie
  142. **Stone Mountains
  143. **Kaczawskie Mountains
  144. **Opawskie Mountains
  145. **Bystrzyckie Mountains
  146. **Owl Mountains
  147. *Šumava, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany
  148. *Swabian Alb, Germany
  149. *Ural Mountains, Russia
  150. *Vogelsberg Mountains, Germany
  151. *Vosges mountains, France
  152. *Wicklow Mountains, Ireland

North America

See Category:Mountain ranges of North America

Canada
  1. *Adam Range
  2. *Adamant Range
  3. *Alsek Ranges, British Columbia, Alaska, Yukon
  4. *Anvil Range, Yukon
  5. *Arctic Cordillera, northeastern Canada
  6. *Asulkan Range
  7. *Badshot Range
  8. *Baffin Mountains
  9. *Battle Range
  10. *Beaufort Range
  11. *Belcher Mountains, Hudson Bay
  12. *Big Bend Ranges, British Columbia
  13. *Big Salmon Range, Yukon
  14. *Blackwelder Mountains
  15. *Blue Mountains
  16. *Bonanza Range
  17. *Bonnet Plume Range, Yukon
  18. *Bonnington Range
  19. *Britannia Range
  20. *British Empire Range
  21. *British Mountains, Yukon
  22. *Bruce Mountains
  23. *Byam Martin Mountains
  24. *Cadwallader Range
  25. *Camelsfoot Range
  26. *Cameron Range
  27. *Cantilever Range
  28. *Cariboo Mountains
  29. *Cascade Range
  30. *Cayoosh Range
  31. *Challenger Mountains
  32. *Chilcotin Ranges
  33. *Clachnacudainn Range
  34. *Clendinning Range
  35. *Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S.
  36. *Conger Range
  37. *Coquitlam Range
  38. *Crease Range
  39. *Cunningham Mountains
  40. *Dawson Range
  41. *Dickson Range
  42. *Douglas Ranges
  43. *Douro Range
  44. *Duncan Ranges
  45. *Elk River Mountains
  46. *Everett Mountains
  47. *Fannin Range
  48. *Franklin Range
  49. *Garfield Range
  50. *Garibaldi Ranges
  51. *Genevieve Range
  52. *Glenyon Range, Yukon
  53. *Goat Range
  54. *Gowlland Range
  55. *Grinnell Range
  56. *Grogan Morgan Range
  57. *Haddington Range
  58. *Haihte Range
  59. *Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
  60. *Halifax Range
  61. *Hankin Range
  62. *Hartz Mountains (Nunavut)
  63. *Hermit Range
  64. *Hess Mountains, Yukon
  65. *Homathko Icefield
  66. *Inglefield Mountains
  67. *Innuitian Mountains
  68. *Insular Mountains, British Columbia
  69. *Jeffries Range
  70. *Joy Range
  71. *Karmutzen Range
  72. *Kaumajet Mountains, Labrador, Canada
  73. *Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia
  74. *Kiglapait Mountains, Labrador
  75. *Kitimat Ranges
  76. *Kluane Ranges, Yukon
  77. *Knorr Range, Yukon
  78. *Kokanee Range
  79. *Kootenay Ranges, British Columbia
  80.  :*Vermilion Range
  81.  :*Stanford Range
  82.  :*Beaverfoot Range
  83. *Krag Mountains
  84. *Krieger Mountains
  85. *Lardeau Range
  86. *Lillooet Icecap
  87. *Lillooet Ranges
  88. *MacDonald Range, British Columbia
  89. *McKay Range
  90. *Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington
  91. *Nadaleen Range, Yukon
  92. *Nelson Range
  93. *Newcastle Range
  94. *Niut Range
  95. *Norns Range
  96. *North Shore Mountains
  97. *Osborn Range
  98. *Pelham Range
  99. *Pelly Mountains, Yukon
  100. *Pierce Range
  101. *Precipitous Mountains
  102. *Premier Range
  103. *Prince of Wales Mountains
  104. *Prince of Wales Range
  105. *Princess Margaret Range
  106. *Purity Range
  107. *Queen Charlotte Mountains, British Columbia
  108. *Quesnel Highland
  109. *Refugium Range
  110. *Richardson Mountains, Yukon
  111. *Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
  112. *Rocky Mountain Foothills, British Columbia and Alberta
  113. *Ruby Range
  114. *Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia
  115. *San Christoval Range
  116. *Sawtooth Range (Nunavut)
  117. *Scoresby Hills
  118. *Selamiut Range
  119. *Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington
  120. *Selwyn Mountains, Yukon
  121. *Seymour Range
  122. *Shulaps Range
  123. *Shuswap Highland
  124. *Sir Donald Range
  125. *Sir Sandford Range
  126. *Somerset Range
  127. *Sophia Range
  128. *Spearhead Range
  129. *St. Cyr Range, Yukon
  130. *Stokes Range
  131. *Sutton Range
  132. *Swiss Range
  133. *Tantalus Range
  134. *Thorndike Peaks
  135. *Tochquonyalla Range
  136. *Torngat Mountains
  137. *Treuter Mountains
  138. *United States Range
  139. *Valhalla Ranges
  140. *Valkyr Range
  141. *Vancouver Island Ranges, British Columbia
  142. *Victoria and Albert Mountains
  143. *Waddington Range
  144. *Wernecke Mountains, Yukon
  145. *Windy Range
  146. *Winston Churchill Range, Alberta
Mexico
  • Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico
  • Sierra Huichola, Mexico


United States
  1. *Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming
  2. *Allegheny Mountains
  3. *Amargosa Range, California
  4. *Adirondack Mountains, New York
  5. *Alaska Range, Alaska
  6. *Appalachian Mountains, Eastern United States
  7. *Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma
  8. *Baird Mountains, Alaska
  9. *Basin and Range Province Arizona, Nevada, Utah
  10. *Bear River Mountains, Utah and Idaho
  11. *Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Idaho
  12. *Beaverhead Mountains, Montana and Idaho
  13. *Bendeleben Mountains, Alaska
  14. *Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
  15. *Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho
  16. *Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming
  17. *Blue Ridge Mountains
  18. *Boston Mountains, Arkansas
  19. *Boise Mountains, Idaho
  20. *Boulder Mountains, Montana
  21. *Boulder Mountains, Idaho
  22. *Boulder Mountain, Utah
  23. *Brabazon Range, Alaska
  24. *Bridger Mountains, Wyoming
  25. *Bridger Range, Montana
  26. *Brooks Range, northern Alaska
  27. *Cabinet Mountains, Montana
  28. *Cascade Range
  29. *Castle Mountains, Montana
  30. *Catskill Mountains
  31. *Chinati Mountains, Texas
  32. *Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas
  33. *Chugach Mountains
  34. *Clearwater Mountains, Idaho
  35. *Coeur d'Alène Mountains, Montana and Idaho
  36. *Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S.
  37. *Coso Range, California
  38. *Crazy Mountains, Montana
  39. *Darby Mountains, Alaska
  40. *Davidson Mountains, Alaska
  41. *Davis Mountains, Texas
  42. *Delaware Mountains, Texas
  43. *DeLong Mountains, Alaska
  44. *Driftless Area, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
  45. *East Humboldt Range, Nevada
  46. *Elk Mountains, Colorado
  47. *Elkhorn Mountains, Montana
  48. *Endicott Mountains, Alaska
  49. *Fairweather Range, Alaska
  50. *Flathead Range, Montana
  51. *Franklin Mountains, Alaska
  52. *Franklin Mountains, Texas
  53. *Front Range of the Rockies, Colorado
  54. *Gallatin Range, Montana
  55. *Garnet Range, Montana
  56. *Gila Mountains, Arizona
  57. *Granite Mountains, Wyoming
  58. *Granite Range, Alaska
  59. *Great Smoky Mountains
  60. *Green Mountains, Vermont
  61. *Green Mountains, Wyoming
  62. *Gros Ventre Range, Wyoming
  63. *Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
  64. *Henry Mountains, Utah
  65. *Huron Mountains, Michigan
  66. *John Long Mountains, Montana
  67. *Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia
  68. *Kigluaik Mountains, Alaska
  69. *La Sal Mountains, Utah
  70. *Lake Range, Nevada
  71. *Laramie Mountains, Wyoming
  72. *Lemhi Range, Idaho
  73. *Lewis Range, Montana
  74. *Livingston Range, Montana
  75. *Madison Range, Montana
  76. *Manzano Mountains, New Mexico
  77. *Misquah Hills, Minnesota
  78. *Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington
  79. *Mosquito Range, Colorado
  80. *Ocooch Mountains,Wisconsin
  81. *Olympic Mountains, Washington
  82. *Oquirrh Mountains, Utah
  83. *Oregon Coast Range, Oregon
  84. *Organ Mountains, New Mexico
  85. *Ortiz Mountains, New Mexico
  86. *Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
  87. *Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming
  88. *Ozark Plateau, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma
  89. *Panamint Range, California
  90. *Peninsular Ranges,
  91.  :*Laguna Mountains, California
  92.  :*San Jacinto Mountains, California
  93.  :*Santa Ana Mountains, California
  94. *Phillip Smith Mountains, Alaska
  95. *Piercy Mountain Range, North Carolina
  96. *Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona
  97. *Pioneer Mountains, Idaho
  98. *Pioneer Mountains, Montana
  99. *Porcupine Mountains Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan
  100. *Pryor Mountains, Montana
  101. *Red Mountains, Wyoming
  102. *Robinson Mountains, Alaska
  103. *Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
  104. *Romanzof Mountains, Alaska
  105. *Ruby Mountains, Nevada
  106. *Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
  107. *Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia
  108. *Salish Mountains, Montana
  109. *Salmon River Mountains, Idaho
  110. *Salt River Range, Wyoming
  111. *San Francisco Peaks, Arizona
  112. *San Juan Mountains, Colorado
  113. *Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
  114. *Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico
  115. *Sawatch Range, Colorado
  116. *Sawtooth Mountains, Minnesota
  117. *Sawtooth Range, Idaho
  118. *Schell Creek Range, Nevada
  119. *Schwatka Mountains, Alaska
  120. *Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington
  121. *Seward Peninsula, Alaska
  122. *Sheep Range, Nevada
  123. *Shenandoah Mountains
  124. *Shoshone Range, Idaho
  125. *Shoshone Range, Nevada
  126. *Shubelik Mountains, Alaska
  127. *Sierra Nevada, California, Nevada
  128. *Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon
  129. *Smoky Mountains, Idaho
  130. *Snake Range, Nevada
  131. *Snowy Range, Wyoming
  132. *Soldier Mountains, Idaho
  133. *Spring Mountains, Nevada
  134. *Superstition Mountains, Arizona
  135. *Sutter Buttes, California
  136. *Swan Range, Montana
  137. *Talladega Mountains, Central Alabama
  138. *Tenmile Range, Colorado
  139. *Teton Range, Wyoming
  140. *Texas Hill Country
  141. *Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
  142. *Toiyabe Range, Nevada
  143. *Tushar Mountains, Utah
  144. *Uinta Mountains, Utah
  145. *Uwharrie Mountains, North Carolina
  146. *Waring Mountains, Alaska
  147. *Wasatch Range, Utah
  148. *Washburn Range, Wyoming
  149. *West Humboldt Range, Nevada
  150. *West Mountains, Idaho
  151. *White Cloud Mountains, Idaho
  152. *White Mountains, Alaska
  153. *White Mountains, Arizona
  154. *White Mountains, California
  155. *White Mountains, New Hampshire
  156. *Whitefish Range, Montana
  157. *Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma
  158. *Wind River Range, Wyoming
  159. *Wolf Mountains, Montana
  160. *Wyoming Range, Wyoming
  161. *York Mountains, Alaska

Central America


South America

The largest mountain range in the world is the Andes,


Caribbean

Antarctica


Pacific

  1. *Great Dividing Range, Australia
  2. *Hunter Mountains, New Zealand
  3. *Kaikoura Ranges, New Zealand
  4. *Kaweka Range, New Zealand
  5. *Ruahine Range, New Zealand
  6. *Southern Alps, New Zealand
  7. *Tararua Range, New Zealand

Ocean

Extraterrestrial

The Moon

By IAU convention, lunar mountain ranges are given Latin names.

Iapetus

See also

References

  1. ↑ N. O. Arnaud, M. Brunel, J. M. Cantagrel, P. Tapponnier (1993). "High cooling and denudation rates at Kongur Shan, Eastern Pamir (Xinjiang, China)". Tectonics Vol. 12 No. 3. American Geophysical Union Publications. pp. 1335–1346. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  2. ↑ Ocean Facts, National Ocean Service
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