Category: Mountain Profiles

Mount Heng (Hunan)

Mount Heng | Hengshan | Heng Shan | 南岳 🏔️ Overview Mount Heng, commonly called Hengshan or Nanyue, is a sacred mountain range in Hunan Province, China. It is traditionally recognized as the Southern Mountain of China’s Five Great Mountains, joining Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Song, and the northern Mount Heng in Shanxi Province. …

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Bogda Peak

Bogda Peak | Bogda Feng (博格达峰) 🏔️ Overview Bogda Peak, also known as Bogda Feng or Bógédá Fēng (博格达峰), is a 5,445-meter (17,864-foot) mountain in the eastern Tian Shan of northwestern China. It is the highest summit of the Bogda Shan, a rugged and heavily glaciated mountain chain east of Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur …

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Acotango

Acotango 🏔️ Overview Acotango is a 6,052-meter (19,856-foot) stratovolcano rising directly on the border between Bolivia and Chile. It belongs to the Nevados de Quimsachata, a north–south chain of three high volcanoes in the Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia and the wider Andes. The mountain is the central and highest member of the Quimsachata group. Humarata, …

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Nevado Ausangate

Nevado Ausangate | Nevado Auzangate | Ausangate | Auzangate 🏔️ Overview Nevado Ausangate is a vast, glacier-covered mountain rising above the high plateaus of southeastern Peru. Reaching a commonly reported elevation of 6,384 meters (20,945 feet), it is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Vilcanota, the highest summit in the Cusco Region, and one of …

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Nevado Sajama

Nevado Sajama 🏔️ Overview Nevado Sajama is the highest mountain in Bolivia, rising to 6,542 meters (21,463 feet) above the windswept Altiplano. Its broad volcanic cone, glacier-covered summit, and isolated position make it one of the most recognizable mountains in the Central Andes. The mountain stands within Sajama National Park in western Bolivia, approximately 20 …

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Huayna Picchu

Huayna Picchu (Quechua: Wayna Pikchu) 🏔️ Overview Huayna Picchu is the steep, forest-covered mountain that rises immediately behind the famous Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Its sharply pointed profile appears in countless photographs of the archaeological site, making it one of the most recognizable mountains in South America. The mountain reaches an elevation of 2,693 meters …

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Imja Tse (Island Peak)

Imja Tse | Island Peak 🏔️ Overview Imja Tse, better known internationally as Island Peak, is a striking 6,165-meter mountain in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. Rising above the Imja Valley beneath the enormous south face of Lhotse, it is one of Nepal’s most frequently climbed “trekking peaks.” Despite that classification, Island Peak is …

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Dammastock

Dammastock 🏔️ Overview Dammastock is a heavily glaciated mountain rising to 3,630 meters (11,909 feet) in the heart of the Swiss Alps. It is the highest summit in the Urner Alps, the highest point in the canton of Uri, and one of the most prominent mountains in Switzerland. The mountain stands on the border between …

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Grosshorn

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 …

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Sattelhorn

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 …

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