Apr 10 2026
🏔️ Overview Costa Rica may be best known for tropical beaches and rainforests, but mountains form the geographical backbone of the country. A chain of volcanic cordilleras extends southeastward from the Nicaraguan border, eventually meeting the rugged, non-volcanic Cordillera de Talamanca near the border with Panama. These mountains contain active volcanic craters, cloud forests, alpine-like …
Apr 09 2026
Grosshorn 🏔️ Overview Grosshorn is a steep, glaciated mountain rising from the central section of the Lauterbrunnen Wall in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps. The summit stands directly on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais, with the Lauterbrunnen Valley to the north and the Lötschental to the south. Although Grosshorn is less famous than …
Apr 08 2026
Sattelhorn 🏔️ Overview Sattelhorn is a 3,744-meter (12,283-foot) mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. It rises above the head of the Lötschental in the canton of Valais, immediately south of the Lötschenlücke and west of the much higher Aletschhorn. Although Sattelhorn is not one of Switzerland’s famous 4,000-meter summits, it occupies an exceptional position …
Apr 07 2026
🏔️ Overview The Dominican Republic is best known internationally for its tropical beaches, but much of the country is shaped by rugged mountain ranges, elevated plateaus, fertile valleys, pine forests, and deeply carved river systems. Its interior contains the highest mountains found on any Caribbean island, including Pico Duarte, the lofty summit that forms the …
Apr 06 2026
🏔️ Overview El Salvador may be the smallest country in mainland Central America, but its landscape is remarkably mountainous. Forested border ridges rise along the northern frontier, while a chain of volcanic peaks crosses the country from Guatemala toward the Gulf of Fonseca. Between them lie fertile plateaus, deep valleys, crater lakes, coffee-growing highlands, and …
Apr 06 2026
Mount Elbrus (Эльбру́с) Mount Elbrus is a vast, glacier-covered volcano rising above the northern side of the Caucasus Mountains in southern Russia. Its western summit reaches 5,642 meters (18,510 feet), making Elbrus the highest mountain in Russia and—under the most widely used continental boundary—the highest mountain in Europe. The mountain is recognizable by its two …
Apr 05 2026
Greenland is often imagined as an immense expanse of ice, but its coastline is framed by some of the Arctic’s most dramatic mountain landscapes. Jagged granite walls rise directly from fjords, volcanic plateaus tower above isolated settlements, and immense alpine ranges emerge from the Greenland Ice Sheet as nunataks. The island contains the highest mountains …
Apr 04 2026
Grand Ballon 🏔️ Overview Grand Ballon is the highest mountain in the Vosges Mountains of northeastern France. Rising to a surveyed elevation of 1,423.7 meters—or 1,424 meters when rounded—the mountain forms the roof of the Vosges and the wider Grand Est region. Also known as Ballon de Guebwiller, Ballon de Soultz, and Großer Belchen in …
Apr 04 2026
🏔️ Overview Guatemala contains some of the highest and most dramatic mountains in Central America. Its landscape includes towering stratovolcanoes, rugged limestone ranges, high grass-covered plateaus, deep valleys, cloud forests, and volcanic lakes. The country’s tallest summit is Volcán Tajumulco, which rises to 4,220 meters (13,845 feet) and is the highest mountain in both Guatemala …
Apr 03 2026
🏔️ Overview Morocco contains some of the highest, most varied, and most culturally significant mountain landscapes in North Africa. Snow-covered summits, cedar forests, volcanic massifs, limestone gorges, elevated plateaus, fertile valleys, and desert-facing ridges appear across the country. Most of Morocco’s tallest mountains belong to the Atlas Mountains, an enormous system extending through Morocco, Algeria, …
