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A list of selected world mountains is provided in the table.

Selected mountains of the world
Conversions rounded to nearest 10 feet.
height
name range location   feet metres year first climbed
Africa
Acacia trees on the plain below the summits of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Kibo cone is at right, Mawensi (Mawenzi) at left.
 Kilimanjaro (Kibo peak) Tanzania 19,340 5,895 1889
Afromontane moorland
 Mount Kenya (Batian peak) Kenya 17,058 5,199 1899
Uganda: Margherita Peak
 Margherita Ruwenzori Congo (Dem.Rep.)-Uganda 16,795 5,119 1906
Antarctica
Vinson Massif
 Vinson Massif Sentinel Range Ellsworth Mountains 16,050 4,892 1966
Tyree Sentinel Range Ellsworth Mountains 15,919 4,852 1967
Shinn Sentinel Range Ellsworth Mountains 15,751 4,801 1966
Asia
Everest (Chomolungma) Himalayas Nepal-Tibet, China 29,035 8,850 1953
Karakoram Range: K2 (Mount Godwin Austen)
 K2 (Godwin Austen; Chogori) Karakoram Pakistan-Xinjiang, China 28,251 8,611 1954
Kanchenjunga
 Kanchenjunga (Gangchhendzonga) Himalayas Nepal-India 28,169 8,586 1955
Lhotse I
 Lhotse I Himalayas Nepal-Tibet, China 27,940 8,516 1956
Caucasus
Mount Elbrus, highest peak of the Caucasus mountains
 Elbrus Caucasus Russia 18,510 5,642 1874
Dykh-Tau
 Dykhtau Caucasus Russia 17,073 5,204 1888
Koshtan-Tau Caucasus Russia 16,900 5,151 1889
Europe
Mont Blanc
 Mont Blanc Alps France-Italy 15,771 4,807 1786
Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) Alps, Switzerland
 Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) Alps Switzerland-Italy 15,203 4,634 1855
Dom
 Dom (Mischabel) Alps Switzerland 14,911 4,545 1858
North America
The highest peak in North America
 McKinley (Denali) Alaska Alaska, U.S. 20,310 6,190 1913
Logan St. Elias Mountains Yukon, Can. 19,551 5,959 1925
Orizaba
 Citlaltépetl (Orizaba) Cordillera Neo-Volcánica Mexico 18,406 5,610 1848
Oceania
Jaya (Sukarno, Carstensz) Sudirman Indonesia 16,024 4,884 1962
Pilimsit (Idenburg) Sudirman Indonesia 15,476 4,717 1962
Trikora (Wilhelmina) Jayawijaya Indonesia 15,580 4,750 1912
South America
Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, Argentina.
 Aconcagua Andes Argentina-Chile 22,831 6,959 1897
Ojos del Salado Andes Argentina-Chile 22,615 6,893 1937
Bonete Andes Argentina 22,546 6,872 1913