Jul 28 2026
🏔️ Overview Oman is often associated with sweeping deserts, historic coastal cities, and the warm waters of the Arabian Sea. Yet some of the most spectacular landscapes on the Arabian Peninsula are found in the country’s mountains. The Al Hajar Mountains dominate northern Oman, forming a rugged arc of limestone massifs, exposed oceanic rocks, deep …
Jul 28 2026
🏔️ Overview North Korea is one of the most mountainous countries in East Asia. Mountains and uplands cover roughly four-fifths of its territory, forming a rugged landscape of forested ridges, high plateaus, volcanic summits, deep valleys, and narrow coastal plains. The country’s highest and most famous mountain is Mount Paektu, also spelled Baekdu, which rises …
Jul 28 2026
Myanmar contains some of the most varied and least explored mountain landscapes in Asia. Snow-covered Himalayan summits rise above the remote forests of Kachin State, long parallel ranges border India and Bangladesh, limestone hills overlook the Shan Plateau, and densely forested ridges extend southward along the frontier with Thailand. The country’s traditionally recognized highest point …
Jul 28 2026
Lebanon is one of the smallest countries in Asia, yet mountains dominate much of its landscape. High limestone plateaus rise only a short distance from the Mediterranean Sea, snow covers the loftiest summits in winter, cedar forests cling to rocky slopes, and deep valleys cut through the western mountain chain. The country’s highest point is …
Jul 28 2026
🏔️ Overview Jordan may be best known for Petra, the Dead Sea, and the desert landscapes of Wadi Rum, but mountains form an essential part of the country’s geography. A long belt of elevated terrain runs from the green hills of northern Jordan through the central highlands and into the rugged sandstone and granite mountains …
Jul 28 2026
Russia stretches across an enormous portion of Europe and Asia, encompassing everything from the glacier-covered peaks of the Caucasus to the ancient Ural Mountains, the rugged highlands of Siberia, and the active volcanoes of Kamchatka. Although broad plains dominate much of western Russia, mountains rise along the country’s southern and eastern margins and across some …
Jul 28 2026
Malaysia is best known for tropical islands, rainforests, modern cities, and coastal scenery, but mountains form an equally important part of the country’s landscape. Forest-covered ranges extend through the center of Peninsular Malaysia, while much higher and more rugged mountains rise across the states of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo. The country’s …
Jul 28 2026
🏔️ Overview Kazakhstan is often associated with immense steppes, deserts, and open grasslands, but the country also contains some of Central Asia’s most spectacular mountain scenery. Snow-covered summits rise along its eastern and southern borders, where the Altai Mountains, Tian Shan, Zhetysu Alatau, Saur, and Tarbagatai form a rugged natural frontier. The mountains of Kazakhstan …
Jul 28 2026
🏔️ Overview Mongolia is a vast, elevated country of open steppe, desert basins, forested uplands, and remote mountain ranges. Although its endless grasslands are often the country’s most familiar landscape, mountains dominate much of western, central, and northern Mongolia. The highest and most rugged terrain is found in the far west, where the Mongol Altai …
Jul 27 2026
Kangze’gyai 🏔️ Overview Kangze’gyai is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain in Qinghai Province, China. Rising to approximately 5,827 meters (19,117 feet), it is generally recognized as the highest summit in the Qilian Mountains, the extensive mountain system forming the northeastern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau. The mountain stands within the Shule Nanshan, also known as …
