Jan 07 2025
Kuh-e Bandaka | Kohe Bandaka | Koh-i Bandaka | Bandako Kuh-e Bandaka—also written Kohe Bandaka, Koh-i Bandaka, or Bandako—is one of the great high peaks of Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush. Rising to 6,812 meters (22,349 feet) in Badakhshan Province, it is especially notable for its enormous topographic prominence: 2,834 meters (9,298 feet), making it the most prominent mountain …
Jan 05 2025
Stølsnostind 🏔️ Overview Stølsnostind, also commonly written Stølsnostinden, is a striking alpine mountain in the western part of Norway’s Jotunheimen region. Rising to 2,074 meters (6,804 feet) above sea level, the mountain stands in Årdal Municipality in Vestland and is one of the highest summits in the Utladalen Protected Landscape. Stølsnostind rises between Fleskedalen and …
Jan 03 2025
Großvenediger 🏔️ Overview Großvenediger is one of Austria’s great high-alpine mountains and the highest summit of the Venediger Group in the Hohe Tauern. Rising on the border between the federal states of Salzburg and Tyrol, the mountain dominates an extensive landscape of glaciers, rocky ridges and deep Alpine valleys within Hohe Tauern National Park. For …
Jan 02 2025
Hohes Aderl 🏔️ Overview Hohes Aderl is a high, glacier-surrounded summit in Austria’s Venediger Group, rising to 3,506 meters (11,503 feet) in East Tyrol. It stands immediately south of Großvenediger, the dominant mountain of the group, within the spectacular high-alpine landscape of Hohe Tauern National Park. Although its elevation places Hohes Aderl among the highest …
Jan 01 2025
Dreiherrnspitze Dreiherrnspitze is one of the most geographically fascinating high peaks of the Eastern Alps. Rising to about 3,499 meters (11,480 feet), the mountain stands at the meeting point of Salzburg, East Tyrol, and South Tyrol, placing its summit on both the Austria–Italy international border and the boundary between two Austrian federal states. Part of …
Dec 31 2024
Hochgall Hochgall, known in Italian as Monte Collalto, is the highest mountain of the Rieserferner Group in the Eastern Alps. Rising to 3,436 meters (11,273 feet) in South Tyrol, Italy, the mountain towers above the Antholz Valley near the Austrian border and forms one of the most distinctive summits in this heavily glaciated corner of …
Dec 30 2024
Zhongshan Feng Zhongshan Feng is one of the great high summits of western China, rising to 6,886 meters (22,592 feet) in Sichuan Province. Also historically known as Mount Sun Yat-sen or Sun-Yat-Sen, it is the second-highest peak of the spectacular Minya Konka massif, surpassed only by neighboring Gongga Shan / Minya Konka. Despite its enormous …
Dec 27 2024
Mount Ararat Mount Ararat rises dramatically above the high plains of eastern Türkiye, its immense volcanic cone and snow-covered summit forming one of the most recognizable mountain silhouettes in Western Asia. Known in Turkish as Ağrı Dağı, the mountain reaches 5,137 meters (16,853 feet) and is the highest point in Türkiye. Ararat is remarkable for …
Dec 26 2024
Folarskardnuten Folarskardnuten is the highest mountain in the Hallingskarvet range and one of the most important high points of southern Norway. Rising to approximately 1,933 meters (6,342 feet), the broad, rocky summit stands within Hallingskarvet National Park in Hol Municipality, Buskerud. Although considerably lower than the giants of Jotunheimen farther north, Folarskardnuten is remarkably independent. …
Dec 25 2024
Hjelledalstinden | Hjelledalstind 🏔️ Overview Hjelledalstinden is a rugged mountain in the southwestern part of Norway’s Jotunheimen region, rising to 1,989 meters (6,526 feet) above sea level. Located in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, the mountain forms a dramatic part of the high-alpine landscape surrounding Morka-Koldedalen and stands directly south of the better-known Falketind. Although …
