List of mountain ranges - Wikipedia List of mountain ranges From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Wikimedia list article 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. First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent. Ranges in the oceans and on other celestial bodies are listed afterwards. Contents 1 Mountain ranges on planet Earth 1.1 By height 1.2 By prominence 1.3 Mountain ranges by length 1.4 By continental area 1.4.1 Africa 1.4.2 Asia 1.4.3 Europe 1.4.4 North America 1.4.4.1 Greenland 1.4.4.2 Canada 1.4.4.3 United States 1.4.4.4 Mexico 1.4.4.5 Central America 1.4.4.6 Caribbean 1.4.5 South America 1.4.5.1 Andes 1.4.5.2 Extra-Andean mountain ranges 1.4.6 Oceania 1.4.7 Antarctica 1.5 Ocean 2 Extraterrestrial mountain ranges 2.1 The Moon 2.2 Iapetus 2.3 Mercury 2.4 Titan 2.5 Pluto 3 See also 4 References Mountain ranges on planet Earth[edit] By height[edit] Name Continent(s) Country/ies Highest point Altitude (metres above sea level) Himalayas Asia Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Bhutan Everest 8848 Karakoram (Note 2) Asia Pakistan, China, India K2 8611 Hindu Kush (Note 2) Asia Afghanistan, Pakistan Tirich Mir 7708 Pamirs (Note 2) Asia Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Afghanistan Kongur Tagh (Note 1) 7649 Hengduan Mountains (Note 2) Asia China, Myanmar Mount Gongga 7556 Tian Shan Asia China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan; Jengish Chokusu 7439 Kunlun Asia China Liushi Shan 7167 Transhimalaya (Note 2) Asia China Mount Nyenchen Tanglha 7162 Andes South America Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia Aconcagua 6962 Alaska Range North America United States Denali 6194 Saint Elias Mountains North America United States, Canada Mount Logan 5959 Caucasus Mountains Europe and Asia Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan Mount Elbrus 5642 Note 1: A peak included in the "Eastern Pamirs"[1] more often than in the Kunlun Mountains, as Kongur Tagh and the Kunlun range are separated by the large Yarkand River valley; no valley of such significance separates the Pamirs and Kongur Tagh, just political boundaries. Note 2: Part of Hindu Kush-Himalayas region 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 and this page may need to be updated in a few years; 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 two but three well four By prominence[edit] See List of peaks by prominence (ranking the mountain ranges as well). Mountain ranges by length[edit] See also: List of longest mountain chains on Earth Mountain systems, himalyan ranges and chains by length (over 500 km): The underwater Mid-ocean ridge – 65,000 km (40,000 mi) Ring of Fire – 40,000 km (25,000 mi)[2] American Cordillera – 13,400 km (8,300 mi) Andes – 7,000 km (4,300 mi). Northern and Southern Andes main subdivisions, along both run three vast, almost parallel chain systems of mountain ranges - Cordillera Occidental, Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental. North American Cordillera – 6,400 km (4,000 mi) Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt – more than 15,000 km (9,300 mi) Hindu Kush-Himalayas region – 3,500 km (2,200 mi)[3] Great Escarpment, Southern Africa – 5,000 km (3,100 mi)[4] Drakensberg – 1,000 km (620 mi) Rocky Mountains – 4,830 km (3,000 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Great Dividing Range – 3,500 km (2,200 mi) Transantarctic Mountains – 3,500 km (2,200 mi) Kunlun Mountains – 3,000 km (1,900 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Atlas Mountains – 2,500 km (1,600 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Ural Mountains – 2,500 km (1,600 mi) Appalachian Mountains – 2,414 km (1,500 mi) Himalayas – c.2,500 km (1,600 mi) (main section of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas region)[5] High Himalayas – 2,300 km (1,400 mi)[6] Sivalik Hills – 2,400 km (1,500 mi) Lesser Himalayas – 2,500 km (1,600 mi)[7] Altai mountain system – 2,000 km (1,200 mi) Barisan Mountains – c. 1,700 km (1,100 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Carpathian Mountains – 1,700 km (1,100 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Scandinavian Mountains (Scandes) – c. 1,700 km (1,100 mi) Verkhoyansk Range-Suntar-Khayata Range – 1,650 km (1,030 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) [8] Verkhoyansk Range – 1,100 km (680 mi) Suntar-Khayata Range – 550 km (340 mi) Coast Mountains – 1,600 km (990 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Qin Mountains – 1,600 km (990 mi) Transhimalaya – 1,600 km (990 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Western Ghats – 1,600 km (990 mi) Chersky Range – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) Peninsular mountain ranges – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Serra do Mar – 1,500 km (930 mi) Taurus Mountains – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Zagros Mountains – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Sierra Madre Occidental – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Mantiqueira Mountains/Espinhaço Mountains – 1,320 km (820 mi) Kolyma Mountains – 1,300 km (810 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) Alps – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Western Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi) French Prealps – more than 400 km (250 mi) Eastern Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi) Central Eastern Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi) Northern Limestone Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi) Southern Limestone Alps and Western Limestone Alps – approx. 600 km (370 mi) Apennines – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Caucasus Mountains – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Greater Caucasus – 1,200 km (750 mi) Lesser Caucasus – 600 km (370 mi) Cordillera Occidental (Colombia) – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Northern Andes, American Cordillera) Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) – 1,200 km (750 mi) (section of the Northern Andes, American Cordillera) Vindhya Range – 1,200 km (750 mi) Altai Mountains – 1,200 km (750 mi) Drakensberg – 1,125 km (700 mi) Byrranga Mountains – 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) Cascade Range – 1,100 km (680 mi) Annamite Range – 1,100 km (680 mi) Brooks Range – 1,100 km (680 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Verkhoyansk Range – 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) (section of the East Siberian Mountains) Cordillera Central (Colombia) – 1,023 km (636 mi) (section of the Northern Andes, American Cordillera) Lena Plateau – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) Pontic Mountains – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Eastern Sayan Mountains – 1,000 km (620 mi) Sierra Madre del Sur – 1,000 km (620 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Arakan/Rakhine Mountains - 950 km (590 mi) Hengduan Mountains – 900 km (560 mi) as a system of mountain ranges Ogo Mountains – 900 km (560 mi) Koryak Mountains – 880 km (550 mi) (Siberia) Cape Fold Belt – 850 km (530 mi) Hindu Kush – 800 km (500 mi) (section of the Hindu Kush-Greater Himalayas region) Precordillera – 800 km (500 mi) (considered section of the Southern Andes, American Cordillera) Dzhugdzhur Mountains – 700 km (430 mi) Stanovoy Highlands – 700 km (430 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) Aravalli Range – 692 km (430 mi) Alaska Range – 650 km (400 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Kopet Mountains – 650 km (400 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Sette-Daban – 660 km (410 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) Dinaric Mountains – 645 km (401 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Sierra Nevada (U.S.) – 640 km (400 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) California Coast Ranges – 640 km (400 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Balkan Mountains – 557 km (346 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Karakoram – 500 km (310 mi) (section of the Hindu Kush-Greater Himalayas region) Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana – 500 km (310 mi) Yudoma-Maya Highlands – 500 km (310 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains) By continental area[edit] Africa[edit] Aberdare ranges, Kenya Ahaggar Mountains Ahmar Mountains Amaro Mountains, Ethiopia Atlantika Mountains, Cameroon, Nigeria Atlas Mountains, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia Anti-Atlas, Morocco Aurès Mountains, Algeria, Tunisia High Atlas, Morocco Middle Atlas, Morocco Rif, Morocco Saharan Atlas, Algeria Tell Atlas, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia Bale Mountains, Ethiopia Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon Blue Mountains, Niger Bvumba Mountains, Mozambique, Zimbabwe Cal Madow, Somalia Cederberg, South Africa Drakensberg, Lesotho, South Africa Eastern Arc Mountains, Kenya, Tanzania Eastern Highlands, Mozambique, Zimbabwe Entoto Mountains, Ethiopia Erta Ale Range, Ethiopia Golis Mountains, Somalia Khufleh Range, Somalia Kilimanjaro and Meru, Tanzania Kipengere Range, Tanzania Lebombo Mountains, Mozambique Magaliesberg, South Africa Mahale Mountains, Tanzania Mandara Mountains, Cameroon, Nigeria Moka Range, Mauritius Ogo Mountains, Somalia Outeniqua, South Africa Pare Mountains, Tanzania Piton des Neiges – Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion Rwenzori, Uganda Semien, Ethiopia Swartberg, South Africa Tadrat Acacus, Libya Tibesti Mountains Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania Usambara Mountains, Tanzania Asia[edit] For a more comprehensive list, see List of mountain ranges in Asia. Alagalla Mountain Range, Sri Lanka Alborz, Iran Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, United Arab Emirates Altai Mountains, Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan Annamite Range, Laos, Viet Nam Anti-Lebanon, Lebanon, Syria, Israel Arfak Mountains, Indonesia Aravalli Range, India Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia Barisan Mountains, Indonesia Caraballo Mountains, Philippines Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia Carmel Mountains, Israel Caucasus, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey Chersky Range, Siberia Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh Cordillera Central, Philippines Crocker Range, Malaysia Dieng Volcanic Complex, Indonesia Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Siberia Eastern Ghats, India Fansipan, Vietnam Gydan Mountains Haraz Mountains, Yemen Hijaz Mountains Himalaya, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya Siwalik Range or Churia Hills, Subhimalaya Hindu Kush, Afghanistan, Pakistan Japanese Alps, Japan Akaishi Mountains Hida Mountains Kiso Mountains Jayawijaya Mountains, Indonesia Judaean Mountains, Palestine, Israel Kabir Kuh, Iran, Iraq Karakoram, Pakistan, China, India Khingan Mountains, China Greater Khingan Lesser Khingan Khibinsky Mountains, Russia Kirthar Mountains, Pakistan Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka Koryak Mountains Siberia Kunlun Mountains, China (Tibet) Kuray Mountains, Russia Mount Lebanon Range, Lebanon Müller Mountains, Central Borneo, Indonesia Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, China Phnom Kulen, Cambodia Phnom Voar, Cambodia Safed Koh, Afghanistan, Pakistan Salt Range, Pakistan Sayan Mountains, Siberia Sivalik Hills range of outer Himalayas, India Sierra Madre, Philippines Sikhote Alin Mountains, Siberia Stanovoi Range, Siberia Sudirman Range, Indonesia Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan, Iran Ta Kream Mountain Range, Cambodia Taurus Mountains, Turkey Toba Kakar Range, Afghanistan, Pakistan Tian Shan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Taiwan Mountains, Taiwan Tengger Mountains, Indonesia Titiwangsa Mountains, Malaysia Ural Mountains, Russia Verkhoyansk Range, Russia Western Ghats, India Zagros Mountains, Iran, Iraq Zambales Mountains, Philippines Zamboanga Cordilleras, Philippines Europe[edit] Main category: Mountain ranges of Europe Alps Eastern Alps, Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland Central Eastern Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland Bergamo Alps, Italy Hohe Tauern, Austria, Italy Ankogel Group Defereggen Mountains Grossglockner Goldberg Group Granatspitz Group Hafner Group Kreuzeck Group Rieserferner Group Schober Group Venediger Group Kitzbühel Alps, Austria Niedere Tauern, Austria Ötztal Alps, Austria, Italy Rhaetian Alps, Austria, Italy, Switzerland Albula Range Bernina Range Bregaglia Range Livigno Range Oberhalbstein Range Plessur Range Samnaun Alps Sesvenna Range Silvretta Rätikon, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland Stubai Alps, Austria, Italy Tux Alps, Austria Verwall Alps, Austria Zillertal Alps, Austria, Italy Northern Limestone Alps, Austria, Germany Allgäu Alps, Austria, Germany Berchtesgaden Alps, Austria, Germany, France Dachstein, Austria Ennstaler Alpen, Austria Karwendel, Austria, Germany Lechtal Alps, Austria Totes Gebirge, Austria Wetterstein, Austria, Germany Wilden Kaiser, Austria Southern Limestone Alps, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland Adamello-Presanella, Italy Brenta Group, Italy Carnic Alps, Austria, Italy Dolomites, Italy Julian Alps, Italy, Slovenia Kamnik Alps, Austria, Slovenia Karawanken, Austria, Slovenia Ortler Alps, Italy, Switzerland Western Alps (France, Italy, and Switzerland) Bernese Alps, Switzerland Cottian Alps, France, Italy Glarus Alps, Switzerland Graian Alps, France, Italy, Switzerland Mont Blanc Group, France, Italy Beaufortain Massif, France Vanoise, France Gran Paradiso, France, Italy Lepontine Alps, Italy, Switzerland Ligurian Alps, France, Italy North-Eastern Swiss Alps, Switzerland Pennine Alps, Italy, Switzerland Dauphiné Alps, France Maritime Alps, France, Italy Prealps, France, Italy Provence Prealps, France Dentelles de Montmirail, France Savoy Prealps, France Savoie Alps, France Switzerland Urner Alps, Switzerland Apennines, Italy, San Marino Balkan Mountains range, mainly Bulgaria, smaller part in Serbia Central Balkan Mountains Kaloferska Mountain, Botev Peak, Central Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria Zlatishko-Tetevenska Mountain, Bulgaria[9] Western Balkan Mountains Chiprovska Mountain[10] Berkovska Mountain, Bulgaria[11] Vrachanski Balkan, Bulgaria Black Forest, Germany Cantabrian Mountains, Spain Picos de Europa Basque Mountains Carpathian Mountains, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine Western Carpathians Tatra Mountains, Poland, Slovakia Western Beskids and Central Beskids Eastern Carpathians Bieszczady Mountains Otryt Lower Beskids Eastern Beskids Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians Southern Carpathians Făgăraș Mountains group Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group Poiana Ruscă Mountains Banat Mountains Apuseni Mountains Bihor Mountains Caucasus Mountains, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia Dinaric Alps, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia Prokletije Skanderbeg Range, Albania Gennargentu, Italy Harz, Germany Ireland mountains MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland Wicklow Mountains, Ireland Mourne Mountains, Ireland Jura mountains, France, Switzerland Karelides, Finland Lake District, England Măcin Mountains, Romania Massif Central, France Olympus Range Mount Olympus Owl Mountains Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), Czech Republic, Germany Pennines, England Pindus Mountains, mainly Greece, smaller parts in Albania Pyrenees, Andorra, France, Spain Rila-Rhodope mountain massif, mainly Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece Rila, Bulgaria Pirin, Bulgaria Slavyanka (mountain) Osogovo-Belasitsa mountain range Osogovo Belasitsa Vlahina Malashevska mountain Plačkovica Ogražden Rhodope Mountains, mainly Bulgaria, Greece Western Rhodopes Eastern Rhodopes Rhön Mountains, Germany Šar range, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia Šar Mountains Mount Korab Mount Bistra Stogovo Dešat Jablanica Galičica Scandinavian Mountains, Finland, Norway, Sweden Setesdalsheiene Jotunheimen Rondane Dovrefjell Trollheimen Kjolen mountains Saltfjellet Svecofennides Lyngen Alps Scottish Highlands Grampian mountains, Scotland Ben Nevis Cairngorms, Scotland The Cuillins, Isle of Skye Sierra Morena, Spain Sistema Bético, Spain Sistema Central, Portugal, Spain Sierra de Guadarrama Sistema Ibérico, Spain Srednogorie mountain system, Bulgaria Vitosha, Bulgaria Sredna Gora, Bulgaria Strandzha, Bulgaria, Turkey Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland Sudetes, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland Ślęża Masiff Lusatian Mountains Ještěd ridge Jizera Mountains Kaczawskie Mountains Krkonoše Rudawy Janowickie Krkonoše foothills Wałbrzyskie Mountains Stone Mountains Owl Mountains Bardzkie Mountains Stołowe Mountains Orlicke Mountains Bystrzyckie Mountains Golden Mountains Śnieżnik Mountains Opawskie Mountains Hrubý Jeseník Low Jeseník Šumava, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany Swabian Alb, Germany Serra de Tramuntana, Spain Ural Mountains, Russia Vogelsberg Mountains, Germany Vosges mountains, France Wales mountains Black Mountains Brecon Beacons Snowdonia West Vardar/Pelagonia mountain range, North Macedonia, Greece Baba Mountain Jakupica Nidže Kožuf North America[edit] Main category: Mountain ranges of North America Greenland[edit] For a more comprehensive list, see List of mountain ranges of Greenland. Alángup Qáqai Alexandrine Range Amitsorssûp Qulâ Barth Range Brages Range Crown Prince Frederick Range Daly Range Didrik Pining Range Ejnar Mikkelsen Range Ellemands Range Fynske Alps Giesecke Range Graah Mountains Gronau Nunataks Grønne Range H. H. Benedict Range Halle Range Haug Range Heywood Range Hjelm Range Kangerluluk Range Knud Rasmussen Range Lacroix Range Lemon Range Lilloise Range Lindbergh Range Mols Range Murchison Range Musk Ox Mountains Norlund Alps Pentamerus Range Pictet Range Prince of Wales Range Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps Princess Elizabeth Alps Qârusuit Range Qivssakatdlagfik Queen Louise Land Rold Range Roosevelt Range Schweizerland Sioraq Range (Sioraq Fjelde) Stauning Alps Svinhufvud Range Tågefjeldene Watkins Range Wiedemann Range Canada[edit] Adam Range Adamant Range Alsek Ranges, British Columbia, Alaska, Yukon Anvil Range, Yukon Arctic Cordillera, northeastern Canada Geodetic Hills Asulkan Range Badshot Range Baffin Mountains Battle Range Beaufort Range Belcher Mountains, Hudson Bay Big Bend Ranges, British Columbia Big Salmon Range, Yukon Blackwelder Mountains Blue Mountains Bonanza Range Bonnet Plume Range, Yukon Bonnington Range Britannia Range British Empire Range British Mountains, Yukon Bruce Mountains Byam Martin Mountains Cadwallader Range Camelsfoot Range Cameron Range Canadian Rockies Cantilever Range Cariboo Mountains Cascade Range Cayoosh Range Challenger Mountains Chilcotin Ranges Clachnacudainn Range Clendinning Range Cloister Mountains Coast Mountains, Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S. Conger Range Coquitlam Range Crease Range Cunningham Mountains Dawson Range Dickson Range Douglas Ranges Douro Range Duncan Ranges Elk River Mountains Everett Mountains Fannin Range Franklin Range Garfield Range Garibaldi Ranges Genevieve Range Glenyon Range, Yukon Goat Range Gowlland Range Grinnell Range Grogan Morgan Range Haddington Range Haihte Range Ha-Iltzuk Icefield Halifax Range Hankin Range Hartz Mountains (Nunavut) Hermit Range Hess Mountains, Yukon Homathko Icefield Ilgachuz Range Inglefield Mountains Innuitian Mountains Insular Mountains, British Columbia Itcha Range Jeffries Range Joy Range Karmutzen Range Kaumajet Mountains, Labrador, Canada Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia Kiglapait Mountains, Labrador Kitimat Ranges Kluane Ranges, Yukon Knorr Range, Yukon Kokanee Range Kootenay Ranges, British Columbia Vermilion Range Stanford Range Beaverfoot Range Krag Mountains Krieger Mountains Lardeau Range Lillooet Icecap Lillooet Ranges Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland MacDonald Range, British Columbia McKay Range Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington Nadaleen Range, Yukon Nelson Range Newcastle Range Niut Range Norns Range North Shore Mountains Ogilvie Mountains Osborn Range Pelham Range Pelly Mountains, Yukon Pierce Range Precipitous Mountains Premier Range Prince of Wales Mountains Prince of Wales Range Princess Margaret Range Purity Range Queen Charlotte Mountains, British Columbia Quesnel Highland Rainbow Range Refugium Range Richardson Mountains, Yukon Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada Rocky Mountain Foothills, British Columbia and Alberta Ruby Range Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia San Christoval Range Sawtooth Range (Nunavut) Scoresby Hills Selamiut Range Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington Selwyn Mountains, Yukon Seymour Range Shulaps Range Shuswap Highland Sir Donald Range Sir Sandford Range Somerset Range Sophia Range Spearhead Range Spectrum Range St. Cyr Range, Yukon Stokes Range Sutton Range Swiss Range Tantalus Range Thorndike Peaks Tochquonyalla Range Torngat Mountains, Labrador, Quebec Treuter Mountains United States Range Valhalla Ranges Valkyr Range Vancouver Island Ranges, British Columbia Victoria and Albert Mountains Waddington Range Wernecke Mountains, Yukon Windy Range Winston Churchill Range, Alberta United States[edit] Adirondack Mountains, New York Alaska Range, Alaska Aleutian Range, Alaska Chigmit Mountains, Alaska Neacola Mountains, Alaska Amargosa Range, California Appalachian Mountains, Eastern United States Allegheny Mountains Appalachian (Allegheny) Plateau Catskill Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Great Smoky Mountains Green Mountains, Vermont Talladega Mountains, Alabama White Mountains, New Hampshire Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma Bears Paw Mountains, Montana Beaver Lake Mountains, Utah Big Snowy Mountains, Montana Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming Black Mountains, Utah Blue Mountains, Oregon and Washington Brooks Range, northern Alaska Baird Mountains, Alaska Davidson Mountains, Alaska De Long Mountains, Alaska Endicott Mountains, Alaska Franklin Mountains, Alaska Phillip Smith Mountains, Alaska Romanzof Mountains, Alaska Schwatka Mountains, Alaska Shubelik Mountains, Alaska Waring Mountains, Alaska Bull Mountains, Montana Capitan Mountains, New Mexico Cascade Range, Western Canada and US Castle Mountains, Montana Cedar Mountains, Utah Chalk Buttes, Montana Chinati Mountains, Texas Chisos Mountains, Texas Chugach Mountains, Alaska Granite Range, Alaska Robinson Mountains, Alaska Coast Mountains, Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia Columbia Mountains, Canada and U.S. Monashee Mountains, British Columbia and Washington Kettle River Range, Washington and British Columbia Purcell Mountains, British Columbia and Montana Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Idaho and Washington Coso Range, California Cricket Mountains, Utah Davis Mountains, Texas Delamar Mountains, Nevada Delaware Mountains, Texas Desert Range, Nevada Driftless Area, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa Ocooch Mountains, Wisconsin East Desert Range, Nevada East Humboldt Range, Nevada Franklin Mountains, Texas Gila Mountains, Arizona Guadalupe Mountains, Texas Highwood Mountains, Montana Huron Mountains, Michigan Judith Mountains, Montana Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon Marble Mountains, California Northern Yolla-Bolly Mountains, California Salmon Mountains, California Scott Mountains, California Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon and California Trinity Alps, California Trinity Mountains, California Lake Range, Nevada Little Rocky Range, Montana Little Snowy Mountains, Montana Little Wolf Mountains, Montana Metacomet Ridge, Connecticut and Massachusetts Traprock Ridge, Connecticut Mineral Mountains, Arizona Mineral Mountains, Utah Nulato Hills, Alaska North Moccasin Mountains, Montana Olympic Mountains, Washington Oquirrh Mountains, Utah Oregon Coast Range, Oregon Organ Mountains, New Mexico Ortiz Mountains, New Mexico Pahranagat Range, Nevada Panamint Range, California Pavant Range, Utah Peninsular Ranges, California and México Laguna Mountains, California San Jacinto Mountains, California Santa Ana Mountains, California Elsinore Mountains Temescal Mountains, California Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona Porcupine Mountains, Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan Pryor Mountains, Montana Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Wyoming Bighorn Mountains, Montana and Wyoming Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho Beaverhead Mountains, Montana and Idaho Bitterroot Mountains, Montana and Idaho Centennial Mountains, Montana and Idaho Coeur d'Alène Mountains, Montana and Idaho Saint Joe Mountains, Idaho Boise Mountains, Idaho Boulder Mountains, Idaho Boulder Mountains, Montana Bridger Mountains, Wyoming Bridger Range, Montana Cabinet Mountains, Montana Clearwater Mountains, Idaho Crazy Mountains, Montana Elk Mountains, Colorado Elkhorn Mountains, Montana Flathead Range, Montana Front Range, Colorado Gallatin Range, Montana Garnet Range, Montana Granite Mountains, Wyoming Green Mountains, Wyoming Gros Ventre Range, Wyoming Henry Mountains, Utah John Long Mountains, Montana La Sal Mountains, Utah Laramie Mountains, Wyoming Lemhi Range, Idaho Lewis Range, Montana Livingston Range, Montana Madison Range, Montana Medicine Bow Mountains, Colorado and Wyoming Snowy Range, Wyoming Mosquito Range, Colorado Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming Pioneer Mountains, Idaho Pioneer Mountains, Montana Red Mountains, Wyoming Salish Mountains, Montana Salmon River Mountains, Idaho Salt River Range, Wyoming San Juan Mountains, Colorado Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico Sawatch Range, Colorado Sawtooth Range, Idaho Shoshone Range, Idaho Smoky Mountains, Idaho Soldier Mountains, Idaho Swan Range, Montana Tenmile Range, Colorado Teton Range, Wyoming Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana Uinta Mountains, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming Wasatch Range, Utah Bear River Mountains, Utah and Idaho Washburn Range, Wyoming White Cloud Mountains, Idaho Whitefish Range, Montana and British Columbia Wind River Range, Wyoming Wyoming Range, Wyoming Ruby Mountains, Nevada Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia Brabazon Range, Alaska Fairweather Range, Alaska San Andres Mountains, New Mexico San Francisco Mountains, Utah San Francisco Peaks, Arizona Sandia–Manzano Mountains, New Mexico Manzano Mountains, New Mexico Sandia Mountains, New Mexico Sawtooth Mountains, Minnesota Schell Creek Range, Nevada Selenite Range, Nevada Seward Peninsula ranges, Alaska Bendeleben Mountains, Alaska Darby Mountains, Alaska Kigluaik Mountains, Alaska York Mountains, Alaska Sheep Range, Nevada Shoshone Mountains, Nevada Shoshone Range, Nevada Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada Snake Range, Nevada South Moccasin Mountains, Montana Spring Mountains, Nevada Star Range, Utah Superstition Mountains, Arizona Sutter Buttes, California Texas Hill Country, Texas Toiyabe Range, Nevada Transverse Ranges, California Chalk Hills, California Little San Bernardino Mountains, California Pine Mountain Ridge, California Puente Hills, California San Bernardino Mountains, California San Emigdio Mountains, California San Gabriel Mountains, California San Jose Hills, California San Rafael Hills, California San Rafael Mountains, California Santa Monica Mountains, California Santa Susana Mountains, California Santa Ynez Mountains, California Shandin Hills, California Sierra Pelona Ridge, California Simi Hills, California Tehachapi Mountains, California Topatopa Mountains, California Tushar Mountains, Utah U.S. Interior Highlands, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas and Oklahoma Ozark Plateau, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma Boston Mountains, Arkansas St. Francois Mountains, Missouri Uwharrie Mountains, North Carolina Virginia Mountains, Nevada West Humboldt Range, Nevada West Mountains, Idaho White Mountains, Alaska White Mountains, Arizona White Mountains, California Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma Wolf Mountains, Montana Mexico[edit] Peninsular Ranges, California and México Sierra de Juarez, México Sierra de la Giganta, México Sierra de la Laguna, México Sierra de San Borja, México Sierra de San Francisco, México Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, México Sierra Madre de Chiapas, México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador Sierra Madre del Sur, México Sierra Madre Occidental, México Sierra Huichola, México Sierra Tarahumara, México Sierra Madre Oriental, México Sierra del Burro, México Sierra del Carmen, México Sierra Norte de Puebla, México Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Sierra Nevada), México Tuxtla Mountains, México Central America[edit] Cerros de Escazú, Costa Rica Cordillera de Guanacaste, Costa Rica Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica and Panamá Cordillera de Tilarán, Costa Rica Cordillera Isabelia, Nicaragua, Honduras Cordillera Los Maribios, Nicaragua Cordillera Central, Costa Rica Maya Mountains, Belize Sierra de Chinajá, Guatemala Sierra de Chuacús, Guatemala Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala Sierra del Merendón, Guatemala and Honduras Sierra Madre de Chiapas, México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador Caribbean[edit] Blue Mountains, Jamaica Central Range, Trinidad and Tobago Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic Cordillera Central, Puerto Rico Dry Harbour Mountains, Jamaica John Crow Mountains, Jamaica Massif du Nord, Haïti Mocho Mountains, Jamaica Northern Range, Trinidad and Tobago Sierra de Luquillo, Puerto Rico Sierra del Escambray, Cuba Sierra Maestra, Cuba Sierra del Rosario, Cuba South America[edit] See also: Category:Mountain ranges of South America and Category:Mountains of South America Andes[edit] The longest mountain range in the world (above sea level) is the Andes, consisting of several subranges. Cordillera de los Andes, in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela: Cordillera Central, Colombia Cordillera Occidental, Colombia Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, Venezuela Serranía del Perijá, Colombia, Venezuela Serranía de los Churumbelos, Colombia Cordillera Real, Ecuador Cordillera Occidental, Ecuador Cordillera Occidental, Peru Cordillera Blanca, Peru Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru Cordillera Negra, Peru Cordillera Central, Peru Cordillera Oriental, Peru Cordillera Central, Bolivia Cordillera Real Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia Serranía de Charagua Serranía del Aguaragüe Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Chile Cordillera de Lípez, Argentina, Bolivia Cordillera de la Costa, Chile Sierra Vicuña Mackenna Cordillera de Talinay Cordillera de Nahuelbuta Cordillera de Mahuidanchi Cordillera Pelada Cordillera del Sarao Cordillera del Piuchén Cordillera de Pirulil Cordillera Domeyko, Chile Cordón de Lila, Chile Sierra de Almeida, Chile Sierra de Famatina, Argentina Frontal Cordillera, Argentina Principal Cordillera, Argentina, Chile Sierra de Velasco, Argentina Cordillera de Talinay, Chile Cordillera Negra (Chile), Chile Cordillera del Paine, Chile Sierra Baguales, Argentina, Chile Cordillera Sarmiento, Chile Cordillera Riesco, Chile Cordillera Darwin, Chile Martial Mountains, Argentina Dientes de Navarino, Chile Extra-Andean mountain ranges[edit] Other ranges in South America include: Baudó Mountains, Colombia Guiana Highlands, Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela Serranías Chiquitanas, Bolivia Serranías de Santiago Serranía de Macuira, Colombia Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia Serrania de la Macarena, Colombia Serra dos Aimorés, Brazil Borborema Plateau, Brazil Chapada, Brazil Chapada do Araripe, Brazil Espinhaço Mountains, Brazil Chapada dos Guimarães, Brazil Chapada das Mangabeiras, Brazil Mantiqueira Mountains, Brazil Serra do Mar, Brazil Serra do Cristal, Brazil Serra Gaúcha, Brazil Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil Serra Geral, Brazil Serra de Ibiapaba, Brazil Serra do Rio do Rastro, Brazil Serra do Tiracambu, Brazil Ybytyruzú Mountains, Paraguay Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina Sierra de La Ventana, Argentina Cordón Baquedano, Chile Oceania[edit] Bombay Hills, New Zealand Great Dividing Range, Australia Hunter Mountains, New Zealand Kaikoura Ranges, New Zealand Kaweka Range, New Zealand MacDonnell Ranges, Australia Ruahine Range, New Zealand Southern Alps, New Zealand Tararua Range, New Zealand Antarctica[edit] Allardyce Range, South Georgia Imeon Range, Smith Island Pensacola Mountains Salvesen Range, South Georgia Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island Transantarctic Mountains Queen Maud Mountains Bush Mountains Commonwealth Range Dominion Range Gothic Mountains Herbert Range Prince Olav Mountains Hughes Range Supporters Range Theron Mountains Heimefront Range, Queen Maud Land Borg Massif, Queen Maud Land Fimbulheimen, Queen Maud Land Gburek Peaks Sverdrup Mountains Gjelsvik Mountains Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains Orvin Mountains Filchner Mountains Drygalski Mountains Kurze Mountains Gagarin Mountains Conrad Mountains Wohlthat Mountains Humboldt Mountains Petermann Ranges Gruber Mountains Hoel Mountains Weyprecht Mountains Payer Mountains Lomonosov Mountains Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land Belgica Mountains, Queen Maud Land Planet Heights Queen Fabiola Mountains, Queen Maud Land Aristotle Mountains, Graham Land Pippin Peaks Stribog Mountains, Brabant Island Solvay Mountains, Brabant Island Brugmann Mountains, Liège Island Ocean[edit] Emperor Seamounts Mid-ocean ridge (the longest mountain range on Earth)[12] Gakkel Ridge Mid-Atlantic ridge Southwest Indian Ridge Central Indian Ridge Southeast Indian Ridge Pacific-Antarctic Ridge East Pacific Rise Ninety East Ridge Extraterrestrial mountain ranges[edit] The Moon[edit] Main article: List of lunar features § Mountain ranges By IAU convention, lunar mountain ranges are given Latin names. Montes Agricola Montes Alpes Montes Recti Montes Retacule Montes Riphaeus Montes Rook Montes Secchi Montes Spitzbergen Montes Taurus Montes Teneriffe Iapetus[edit] Equatorial ridge Mercury[edit] Caloris Montes Titan[edit] Mithrim Montes Pluto[edit] Tenzing Montes See also[edit] Mountains portal Mountain Mountain range List of highest mountains Seven Summits List of mountains on the Moon List of tallest mountains in the Solar System List of mountains on Mars by height Frontal Cordillera Principal Cordillera References[edit] ^ N. O. Arnaud; M. Brunel; J. M. Cantagr4=P. Tapponnier (1993). "High cooling and denudation rates at Kongur Shan, Eastern Pamir (Xinjiang, China)". Tectonics. 12 (3): 1335–1346. doi:10.1029/93TC00767. ^ https://www.britannica.com/science/Alpide-Belt ^ http://www.icimod.org/?q=1137 ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234834352_The_Great_Escarpment_of_Southern_Africa_A_New_Frontier_for_Biodiversity_Exploration ^ https://www.britannica.com/place/Himalayas/Physical-features ^ https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Himalayas ^ https://www.britannica.com/place/Lesser-Himalayas ^ Early paleozoic magmatism of the Sette Daban, Southern Verkhoyansk region, Southeastern Yakutia ^ https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10350 ^ https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13254 ^ https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=37927 ^ Ocean Facts, National Ocean Service Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountain_ranges&oldid=1002838994" Categories: Mountain ranges Lists of mountains by range Lists of mountains Geography-related lists Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Башҡортса Беларуская Български Eesti Français ГӀалгӀай 한국어 Қазақша Kiswahili 日本語 Occitan پنجابی Português Română Русский Suomi Svenska தமிழ் Татарча/tatarça Українська Tiếng Việt 粵語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 26 January 2021, at 07:38 (UTC). 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