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Mar 31 2025
Sierras de Córdoba
The Sierras de Córdoba are an ancient and distinctive mountain region rising above the plains of central Argentina. Located primarily in Córdoba Province, these rugged uplands form the eastern portion of the much larger Sierras Pampeanas system and are physically separate from the main chain of the Andes farther west. Although the mountains are modest …
Mar 31 2025
Cordillera Darwin
🏔️ Overview The Cordillera Darwin is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain range in southern Chile, rising across the southwestern part of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. It forms one of the southernmost major mountain sections of the Andes, where steep summits, immense icefields, fjords, temperate forests, and the waters of the Beagle Channel meet …
Mar 30 2025
Chin Hills
🏔️ Overview The Chin Hills are a rugged mountain range centered on Chin State in western Myanmar, near the frontier with northeastern India. Their long forested ridges, steep valleys, isolated communities, and montane ecosystems form an important part of the greater Indo-Myanmar (Indo-Burman) mountain system that arcs along the western side of Myanmar. The range …
Mar 29 2025
Chagelazi
Chagelazi 🏔️ Overview Chagelazi is a remote 6,000-meter mountain in southeastern Tibet, China, rising within the rugged mountain country east of the Himalayas. Reaching 6,146 meters (20,164 feet), the peak stands in Zayü County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, near the deeply dissected ranges and river valleys that form the western side of the Hengduan …
Mar 27 2025
Annamite Range
The Annamite Range, also known as the Annamese Cordillera or Trường Sơn Range, is one of the great mountain systems of mainland Southeast Asia. Stretching for roughly 1,100 kilometers (680 miles), it forms a long, rugged backbone through Laos and Vietnam, with its southern landscapes extending toward northeastern Cambodia. Unlike mountain systems dominated by bare …
Mar 26 2025
Kawagebo
Kawagebo | Kawa Garbo | Khawa Karpo | Kawadgarbo | Nyainqênkawagarbo 🏔️ Overview Kawagebo, also widely spelled Kawagarbo, Kawa Karpo, or Khawakarpo, is a spectacular 6,740-meter (22,113-foot) mountain rising along the border of Yunnan Province and the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. It is the highest mountain in Yunnan and the loftiest summit of the …
Mar 26 2025
Shenrezig
Shenrezig Shenrezig is one of the most striking sacred mountains of southwestern China. Rising above the alpine valleys, forests, lakes, and monasteries of the Yading Nature Reserve in western Sichuan, the snow-covered peak reaches 6,032 meters (19,790 feet) and is the highest of Yading’s famous trio of sacred mountains. Also known as Xiannairi and Chenrezig, …
Mar 25 2025
Yangmaiyong
Yangmaiyong Yangmaiyong is one of the most striking mountains of southwestern China and one of the three sacred snow peaks of the Yading region in Sichuan Province. Rising above alpine meadows, glacial valleys, forests, and high-elevation lakes, its sharply defined pyramid-shaped summit has become one of the signature sights of Daocheng Yading. The mountain is …
Mar 25 2025
Laotzyunshan
Laotzyunshan Laotzyunshan is a high and remarkably prominent mountain in northwestern Yunnan Province, China. Rising to approximately 4,500 meters (14,764 feet), the peak stands within the dramatic mountain country of the southern Hengduan Mountains, an area shaped by immense tectonic forces, deep river valleys, alpine ecosystems, and some of China’s richest biodiversity. Although Laotzyunshan is …
Mar 25 2025
Xuebang Shan
Xuebang Shan | 雪邦山 Xuebang Shan (雪邦山) is a high, exceptionally prominent mountain in northwestern Yunnan Province, China. Rising along the boundary between Jianchuan County in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture and Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, it forms part of a branch of the Yunling Mountains within the broader …
