Mar 02 2026
Mount Taibai 🏔️ Overview Mount Taibai, also known as Taibai Shan, is the highest mountain in China’s Qinling Mountains and the highest point in Shaanxi Province. Its principal summit, Baxiantai, reaches an officially reported elevation of 3,767.2 meters (12,360 feet). The mountain rises dramatically above the surrounding valleys of central China, creating a landscape of …
Mar 01 2026
Klein GrĂĽnhorn 🏔️ Overview Klein GrĂĽnhorn is a high, glaciated summit in the Alps of southern Switzerland. Rising to approximately 3,912 meters (12,835 feet), it stands immediately north of the much larger GrĂĽnhorn, also known as Grosses GrĂĽnhorn. Although Klein GrĂĽnhorn comes close to the symbolic 4,000-meter mark, its relatively low prominence means that it …
Feb 28 2026
Grosses Wannenhorn 🏔️ Overview Grosses Wannenhorn is a heavily glaciated mountain rising to 3,906 meters (12,815 feet) in the Bernese Alps of southern Switzerland. Located entirely within the canton of Valais, the mountain stands between two of the Alps’ most important ice streams: the Great Aletsch Glacier to the west and the Fiescher Glacier to …
Feb 27 2026
Fiescher Gabelhorn 🏔️ Overview Fiescher Gabelhorn is a 3,876-meter mountain in the Bernese Alps of southwestern Switzerland. Rising above the vast ice fields surrounding Konkordiaplatz, the peak forms the northwestern end of the Walliser Fiescherhörner, a rugged chain separating the Aletsch Glacier from the Fiescher Glacier. Although it stands only 124 meters below the 4,000-meter …
Feb 26 2026
Kleines Fiescherhorn | Ochs 🏔️ Overview Kleines Fiescherhorn is a 3,895-meter (12,779-foot) mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. Also known as Ochs, meaning “ox” in German, the peak stands on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais. The mountain forms part of the Fiescherhörner, a compact group that also includes the 4,049-meter …
Feb 26 2026
Mount Kosciuszko 🏔️ Overview Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain on the Australian mainland, rising to 2,228 meters (7,310 feet) in southern New South Wales. It stands within Kosciuszko National Park, where the rolling uplands of the Snowy Mountains form the loftiest section of Australia’s Great Dividing Range. Unlike the sharply pointed summits associated with …
Feb 25 2026
🏔️ Overview The Pontic Mountains are an extensive mountain system stretching across northern Turkey, parallel to the southern coastline of the Black Sea. Also known as the North Anatolian Mountains or, less commonly, the Pontic Alps, they form one of the country’s two great east–west mountain belts—the other being the Taurus Mountains in southern Anatolia. …
Feb 25 2026
Schinhorn 🏔️ Overview Schinhorn is a remote, glacier-covered mountain in the Bernese Alps of southern Switzerland. Rising to 3,796 meters (12,454 feet), it stands west of the much higher Aletschhorn in the canton of Valais. The mountain occupies a rugged position between the upper Lötschental to the north and the Oberaletsch Valley to the south. …
Feb 25 2026
🏔️ Overview Mount Tahat is the highest mountain in Algeria and one of the most geographically isolated major peaks in Africa. It rises to approximately 2,908 meters (9,541 feet) in the Ahaggar Mountains, also known as the Hoggar Mountains, in the central Sahara. The mountain stands within the Atakor Massif, a rugged volcanic highland characterized …
Feb 24 2026
The Ahaggar Mountains rise from the central Sahara in southern Algeria, forming a remote landscape of volcanic plateaus, weathered pinnacles, dark lava fields, and broad desert valleys. Also known as the Hoggar Mountains, the range contains Mount Tahat, the highest mountain in Algeria. Unlike mountain regions shaped primarily by glaciers and rivers, the Ahaggar has …
