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Mountains

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Tallest mountain in the world Mount Everest
Hazards on Mount Everest Khumbu Icefall and the Three Steps
First people to summit Mount Everest (1953) Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Mountain range containing K2 Karakoram
Meaning of the "K" in K2 Karakoram
Climbing features of K2 House’s Chimney and the Black Pyramid
Mountain with the second-highest fatality rate for peaks over 8,000 meters K2
Highest mountain in North America Denali (Mount McKinley)
National Park where Denali is located Denali National Park
Explorer believed to have faked the first ascent of Denali Frederick Cook
Tallest peak in the U.S. east of the Mississippi Mount Mitchell
Location of Mount Mitchell North Carolina (Black Mountain subrange)
Mountain famous for its almost perfectly pyramidal shape The Matterhorn
Town near the Matterhorn on the Swiss side Zermatt
Tallest mountain in Africa Mount Kilimanjaro
The three summits of Mount Kilimanjaro Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira
Ernest Hemingway short story set against Mount Kilimanjaro The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Second-tallest mountain in Africa Mount Kenya
Author of "Facing Mount Kenya" Jomo Kenyatta
Tallest mountain in Australia Mount Kosciuszko
Polish commander who is the namesake of Australia's tallest peak Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Mountain whose name was swapped with Kosciuszko because it was shorter Mount Townsend
Goddess to whom Mount Fuji is sacred in Shinto Sengen-Sama
Highest point in the Southern Hemisphere Mount Aconcagua
Tectonic plate subduction that formed Mount Aconcagua Nazca Plate
Glacier providing a popular climbing route on Mount Aconcagua Polish Glacier
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