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Mountains and Hills of India Feature Mountain

Highest mountain in India Kanchenjunga Highest mountain in India (incl POK) Mt K2 also known as Godwin Austin Oldest mountain range in India Mountain range in POK Other mountain ranges in India
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Aravallis Karkoram Vindhyas, Nilgiris, Palanis, Sahyadris, Satpuras and Western Ghats
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Hill Stations of India Hill Station Anantnag Dalhousie Darjeeling Gulmarg Kasauli Kodaikanal Lonavla Mahabaleshwar Manali Mt Abu Mussoorie Nainital Hills State J&K

Dhauladhar range Himachal Pradesh Lesser Himalayas or Mahabharat Range West Bengal Palani Hills Sahyadri Hills Sahyadri Hills Kullu Valley Aravalli Hills Garhwal Hills Kumaon Hills J&K Himachal Pradesh Tamilnadu Maharashtra Maharashtra Himachal Pradesh Rajasthan Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Tamilnadu Tamilnadu Gujrat

Ooty or Udhamandalam Nilgiri Hills Coonoor Nilgiri Hills Saputara Sayhadri Hills

Miscellaneous Information on Mountains and Hills Feature The name of the hill on which the famous Vaishno Devi temple is located Mt Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva of Hindu mythology is located in The Hindu God known as the Lord of Seven Hills is The highest peak in the Western Ghats and also South India is The highest peak in the Aravallis is Mt Ararat which finds mentions in the Old Testament as being the place where Noah's Ark came to rest is located in Mountains of the World Feature Highest mountain Highest mountain in Africa Highest mountain in Australia
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Name Trikuta Tibet Lord Venkateshwara of Tirupati Anamudi in Kerala Guru Shikhar, near Mt. Abu in Rajasthan Turkey

Name Mt Everest (Nepal) 8,848 m Mt Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5895m Mt Kosciuszko 2234 m Mt Elbrus (Russia) 5642 m
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Highest mountain in Europe

Mt Elbrus (Russia) 5642 m

Highest mountain in North America Mt Mckinley (Alaska, USA) 6187m Highest mountain in South America Mt Aconcagua (Argentina) 7021m Highest mountain in Antarctica Mt Vinson Massif

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Mountain Ranges of the World Feature Name Length Highest Point

Mountain range in Europe The Alps Mountain range in North America The Rockies Mountain range in South America The Andies Mountain range in Africa Mountain range in Australia Mountain ranges in Asia Mountain ranges in Asia

1,200 km Mont Blanc, 4811 m 4,800 km Mount Elbert, 4 401 m 7,000 km Mt Aconcagua

Drakensburg 1,000 km Thabana Ntlenyana, 3 482 m The Great Dividing Range 3,000 km Mt Kosciuszko Himalayas 2,400 km Mt Everest Karkoram 500 km Mt K2, 8611 m

Eight Thousanders - Mountains above 8000m in height Name Mt Everest Mt K2 or Godwin Austin Kanchenjunga Lhotse Makalu Cho Oyu Dhaulagiri Manaslu Nanga Parbat Location Nepal Karkoram, POK Sikkim, India Nepal/China Nepal/China Nepal/China Nepal Nepal Karkoram, POK Height 8,848 m 8,611 m 8,586 m 8,516 m 8,485 m 8,201 m 8,167 m 8,163 m 8,126 m First Scaled 1953 1954 1955 1956 1955 1954 1960 1956 1953

Annapurna Nepal 8,091 m 1950 Note: There are 14 eight-thousanders in the world and all of them are located in the Himalayan and Karkoram ranges of Asia

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