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Jan 08 2025
Jabal an Nabi Shu’ayb
Jabal an Nabi Shu’ayb | Jabal Hadhur Jabal an Nabi Shu’ayb is the highest mountain in Yemen and the highest point anywhere on the Arabian Peninsula. Rising to 3,666 meters (12,028 feet) in Yemen’s western highlands, the mountain towers above a landscape of steep volcanic slopes, deeply cut valleys, ancient agricultural terraces, and highland settlements. …
Jan 08 2025
Jabal Sawda: Height, Location, Hiking & Mountain Facts
Jabal Sawda | Jabal Soudah Jabal Sawda—also written Jabal Soudah, Jabal Sawdah, or Al Soudah—rises above the green highlands of southwestern Saudi Arabia near the city of Abha. For decades it was universally presented as the highest mountain in Saudi Arabia, usually with a published elevation of 3,015 meters (9,892 feet). Modern surveying has made …
Jan 07 2025
Kuh-e Bandaka
Kuh-e Bandaka | Kohe Bandaka | Koh-i Bandaka | Bandako Kuh-e Bandaka—also written Kohe Bandaka, Koh-i Bandaka, or Bandako—is one of the great high peaks of Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush. Rising to 6,812 meters (22,349 feet) in Badakhshan Province, it is especially notable for its enormous topographic prominence: 2,834 meters (9,298 feet), making it the most prominent mountain …
Jan 06 2025
Hijaz Mountains
The Hijaz Mountains, also spelled Hejaz Mountains, form one of the most important mountain regions of western Saudi Arabia. Rising inland from the Red Sea, these rugged highlands are characterized by rocky summits, steep escarpments, dry wadis, volcanic plateaus, and pockets of surprisingly rich vegetation. The mountains occupy the historic Hejaz region and lie close …
Jan 05 2025
Stølsnostind
Stølsnostind 🏔️ Overview Stølsnostind, also commonly written Stølsnostinden, is a striking alpine mountain in the western part of Norway’s Jotunheimen region. Rising to 2,074 meters (6,804 feet) above sea level, the mountain stands in Årdal Municipality in Vestland and is one of the highest summits in the Utladalen Protected Landscape. Stølsnostind rises between Fleskedalen and …
Jan 04 2025
Hengduan Mountains
Hengduan Mountains | 横断山脉 (Héngduàn Shānmài) The Hengduan Mountains form one of Asia’s most dramatic and biologically important mountain regions. Stretching across southwestern China along the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, this immense system is defined by high north–south ridges, snow-covered summits, deep river gorges, ancient forests, and enormous differences in elevation. Rather than …
Jan 03 2025
Großvenediger
Großvenediger 🏔️ Overview Großvenediger is one of Austria’s great high-alpine mountains and the highest summit of the Venediger Group in the Hohe Tauern. Rising on the border between the federal states of Salzburg and Tyrol, the mountain dominates an extensive landscape of glaciers, rocky ridges and deep Alpine valleys within Hohe Tauern National Park. For …
Jan 02 2025
Hohes Aderl
Hohes Aderl 🏔️ Overview Hohes Aderl is a high, glacier-surrounded summit in Austria’s Venediger Group, rising to 3,506 meters (11,503 feet) in East Tyrol. It stands immediately south of Großvenediger, the dominant mountain of the group, within the spectacular high-alpine landscape of Hohe Tauern National Park. Although its elevation places Hohes Aderl among the highest …
Jan 01 2025
Dreiherrnspitze
Dreiherrnspitze Dreiherrnspitze is one of the most geographically fascinating high peaks of the Eastern Alps. Rising to about 3,499 meters (11,480 feet), the mountain stands at the meeting point of Salzburg, East Tyrol, and South Tyrol, placing its summit on both the Austria–Italy international border and the boundary between two Austrian federal states. Part of …
Dec 31 2024
Hochgall
Hochgall Hochgall, known in Italian as Monte Collalto, is the highest mountain of the Rieserferner Group in the Eastern Alps. Rising to 3,436 meters (11,273 feet) in South Tyrol, Italy, the mountain towers above the Antholz Valley near the Austrian border and forms one of the most distinctive summits in this heavily glaciated corner of …
