Oct 24 2023
Mount Tate (Mount Tateyama, 立山, Tate-yama) Rising to 3,015 meters (9,892 feet) in Japan’s Northern Alps, Mount Tate, better known as Tateyama, is one of the country’s most culturally important and visually spectacular mountains. Together with Mount Fuji and Mount Haku, Tateyama is traditionally counted among Japan’s Three Sacred Mountains. Tateyama is unusual because the …
Oct 23 2023
Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) Rising to 3,776 meters (12,388 feet) above central Honshu, Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, the country’s most famous volcano, and one of the most recognizable mountains on Earth. Known in Japanese as Fujisan, its immense symmetrical cone rises above the boundary between Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, dominating a …
Oct 21 2023
Chomo Lonzo (珠穆隆索峰, Zhūmùlóngsuǒ Fēng) Rising to approximately 7,790 meters (25,557 feet) in southern Tibet, Chomo Lonzo is one of the highest mountains on Earth and one of the great lesser-known giants of the Makalu region. The mountain stands only a few kilometers northeast of Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest peak, and lies entirely within the …
Oct 21 2023
Mount Kinabalu Rising dramatically above the tropical rainforests of northern Borneo, Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in Malaysia, the highest point on the island of Borneo, and one of Southeast Asia’s most extraordinary natural landmarks. Its highest summit, Low’s Peak, reaches 4,095.2 meters (13,436 feet) above sea level. Kinabalu is remarkable not only because …
Sep 30 2023
Bu’gyai Kangri Bu’gyai Kangri is a remote, heavily glaciated mountain rising to 6,328 meters (20,761 feet) in the eastern Tibetan Plateau of China. Also written as Bugyai Kangri or Bujia Gangri, the mountain is known in Chinese as 布加岗日 and forms the high point of an enormous ice-covered massif in the Tibet Autonomous Region. With …
Sep 30 2023
Yebokangal Yebokangal, more commonly written Yebokangal Ri and also known as Jebo Kangri, is a 7,365-meter (24,163-foot) Himalayan peak in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Rising immediately north of Shishapangma, the world’s fourteenth-highest mountain, Yebokangal forms part of the same enormous snow-covered massif and is connected to its much higher neighbor by glaciated ridges …
Aug 30 2023
Teram Kangri Teram Kangri is one of the great high mountains of the eastern Karakoram, rising to approximately 7,462 meters (24,481 feet) in the remote Siachen Muztagh. Although it stands higher than almost every mountain on Earth, Teram Kangri remains far less familiar than the celebrated giants around K2 and the Baltoro Glacier. Its obscurity …
Aug 30 2023
Teram Kangri II Teram Kangri II is a 7,407-meter (24,301-foot) summit in the remote eastern Karakoram, forming part of the Teram Kangri massif in the Siachen Muztagh. Although it rises higher than nearly every mountain outside the Himalaya and Karakoram, it is generally considered a subsidiary summit because it is closely connected to the higher …
Aug 27 2023
Saser Kangri III Saser Kangri III is a 7,495-meter (24,590-foot) mountain in the Saser Muztagh of the eastern Karakoram in Ladakh, India. Rising amid a compact group of some of the highest mountains in the Karakoram, it stands between the greater mass of Saser Kangri I and the high summits associated with Saser Kangri II. …
Aug 27 2023
Saser Kangri II East Saser Kangri II East is the highest summit of Saser Kangri II, rising to approximately 7,518 meters (24,665 feet) in the Saser Muztagh of the eastern Karakoram in Ladakh, India. Modern topographic databases give a slightly lower figure of about 7,513 meters, but 7,518 meters remains the elevation widely used in …
