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Osorno in Chile Ten Peaks in Alberta Damavand in Iran


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Castle Mountain Canadian Rockies


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Mount Kidd 2958 m (9705 ft)in the Canadian Rockies


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Mount Rundle, 2,948 MetresCanadian Rockies


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Crowsnest Mountain 2,785 m (9,137 ft) in Alberta (Canadian Rockies)


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7/47Mount Robson3,954 m (12,972 ft) -highest peak in the Canadian Rockies


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Mount Loganis the highest mountain in Canada and the 2nd highest peak in North America and is

believed to have the largest base circumference of any mountain on Earth. It was named after SirWilliam Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)

5,959m (19,551 ft)


9/47Mount Elbert-4401m 14,440 feet in Colorado is the highest peak in the U.S. Rockies


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Mount Hood 3,429 m 11,249 feet is the highest mountain in Oregon about 50 miles(80 km) ESE of Portland and 4th in the Cascade Range ( considered dormant)


11/47Mount St Helens before the eruption in May 1980


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Mount St Helens Crater-(Notice Mount Rainier in the background)

The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington Sate, in 1980 resulted in the destructionof its near-perfect conical form. 20 years later a new dome is forming within the crater


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Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano and the highest peak in the Cascade Range inPierce County, Washington, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle

14,411 ft (4,392 m)


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Mount McKinleyor Denali("The Great One") in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in

North America, at a height of approximately 20,320 feet (6,194 m)It is the centerpiece of Denali National Park.


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Mount McKinley(Denali) has a larger bulk and rise than Mount Everest, although the

summit of Everest is higher measured from sea level 29,028 feet (8,800 m). Everest's

base sits on the Tibetan Plateau at about 17,000 feet (5,200 m), giving it a real vertical

rise of a little more than 12,000 feet (3,700 m). The base of Mount McKinley is roughly a2,000-foot (610 meter) plateau, giving it an actual rise of 18,000 feet (5,500 m).

20,320 feet (6,194 m)


16/47Mitre Peak (1692 m) is a horn located in the inner reaches of Milford Sound, New Zealand.


17/47Milford Sound, a popular tourist destination in New Zealand.


18/47This is Staubbach Falls above the village of Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss Alps


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Matterhorn -Although not the highest mountain in Switzerland, the Matterhorn is

considered to be an iconic emblem of the Swiss Alps in particular and the Alps ingeneral. Over 500 alpinists have died climbing it

4477 m


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Mount Blanc-is the highest mountain in the Alps and in Western Europe

4,810 m15,781 ft


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The lower slopes of Val dHrens in Canton Valais, Switzerland are draped with thickdeposits of till sediment released directly from a glacier.


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Mt. Mayon, Philippinesisconsidered to be the world's "most perfect-coned" volcano,

2,462-m


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Mayon Volcano is the highest peak in the Province of Albay , Philippines

2,462-m


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Mt. Mayon Volcano, Philippines-Feb25,2000


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Taal Volcano, Philippines- Smallest Active Volcano in the World


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Taal Volcano, Philippines, a volcano within a lake within a volcano within a lake


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Mt. Erebus in Antarctica is southernmost active volcano in the world. The volcano, seenhere giving off a puff of steam is almost completely ice-covered


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Mount Erebus in the Antarctichas an active orange colored lava lake in its summitcrater, here seen from an aircraft approaching Scott Base


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Mt. Damavand, Iran - in the Alborz Range is the highest peak in Iran and the highestdormant volcano in all of Asia. The mountain appears on Iran's currency

5671m


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Mt. Damavand the highest peak in Iran-has a special place in the Persian mythology

5671m


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Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa


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Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa


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Mount Olympus Greece


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Gjalp Iceland-The sub glacial eruption of the newly named volcano Gjlp, in Iceland in

autumn 1996 was one of the most spectacular glaciological events of the last decade.The volcano, initially erupted beneath the ice cap, Vatnajkull


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Stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. It is believed that it has

been in a state near constant eruption for over 2000 years.


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Stromboli is located North of Sicily in the Mediteranean


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Stromboli, Italy


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Huayna Potos is located about 25 km north of La Paz, Bolivia in the Cordillera Real

(Royal Mountains) a range of granite fold mountains thatmeasures125 km LX 20 km W and has 6 peaks over 6000m

6,088 meters ,19,974 ft


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Mount Osorno in Chile displays a nearly conical outline (last known eruption -1869)


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Nevado Piramide 5885m in the Andes ,Peru


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Mt. Huascarn, rising 6768m (22,205 feet), is Peru's tallest peak in the Andes


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Thamserku-The Sherpa villages of the Khumbu Himal are overlooked by some of the

worlds highest peaks. Near Dingboche Buddhist prayer rags provide a foreground forthe ice-draped peaks of Thamserku


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Ama Dablam6,812m is in Nepal on the way to Everest


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The worlds highest peak, Mount Everest 8848 m on the left and Nuptse (R) 7861 m

So are you thinking of climbing


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So are you thinking of climbing

Regards,

A.G.Gokhale.

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