The highest mountain range on earth is the Himalaya - Karakoram - Hindu Kush - Pamir range with 92 mountain peaks over 7500 m, the second highest is the Tianshan north of the Himalayas, the longest is the Andes , with 54 peaks over 6100 m .
The 35 largest mountains are recorded according to their length from 1000 kilometers
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Location can be sorted by world region (continent)
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Penultimate column: The large systems of the earth
| Length (km)
|
Surname
|
location
|
Highest mountain
|
Height (m)
|
|
Remarks
|
| 7200 |
Cordillera de los Andes |
western South America
|
Aconcagua |
6959 |
K |
|
| 4800 |
Rocky mountains |
western North America
|
Mt. Elbert (Colorado) |
4400 |
K |
Canadian Rockies: Mt. Robson (3954 m)
|
| 3800 |
Himalayas - Karakoram - Hindu Kush
|
south central Asia
|
Mount Everest |
8848 |
A. |
Everest: also Chomolungma / Sagarmatha
|
| 3600 |
Great dividing range |
Eastern Australia |
Mt. Kosciuszko |
2228 |
A. |
|
| 3500 |
Transantarctic Mountains |
Antarctic |
Mt. Kirkpatrick |
4529 |
|
|
| 3000 |
Brazilian mountain country |
Eastern Brazil |
Pico da Bandeira |
2890 |
|
|
| 2900 |
Western Sumatran Java chain |
Western Sumatra and Java
|
Kerinchi |
3805 |
P |
|
| 2650 |
Aleutian Islands |
Alaska , Northwest Pacific
|
Shishaldin |
2861 |
P |
Length on the mainland (excluding islands) 720 km
|
| 2250 |
Tianshan |
south central Asia |
Jengish Chokusu |
7439 |
A. |
|
| 2000 |
Central New Guinea chain |
West Irish , Papua New Guinea
|
Jayakusumu |
5029 |
P |
Jayakusumu: also Ngga Pulu, Mount Sukarno, Carstenszspitze
|
| 2000 |
Altai |
Central Asia |
Belucha |
4505 |
|
|
| 2000 |
Ural |
Russia |
Narodnaya |
1895 |
|
Europe / Asia border
|
| 1930 |
Kamchatka |
Eastern Siberia |
Klyuchevskaya Sopka |
4750 |
P |
Kamchatka chain includes Sredinnyi and Korjakskij chrebet
|
| 1930 |
Atlas |
North West Africa |
Toubkal |
4165 |
A. |
|
| 1610 |
Verkhoyansk Mountains |
Eastern Siberia |
Mus Chaja |
2959 |
|
|
| 1610 |
Western Ghats |
West indies |
Anai Madi |
2694 |
|
|
| 1530 |
Sierra Madre Oriental |
Mexico |
Citlaltépetl (Orizaba) |
5747 |
K / P |
|
| 1530 |
Zagros |
Iran |
Zard cow |
4547 |
A. |
embedded only tectonically in the alpine belt
|
| 1530 |
Scandinavian mountains |
Norway , Sweden , Finland
|
Galdhöppigen |
2469 |
|
|
| 1450 |
Abyssinia highlands |
Ethiopia |
Ras Daschan |
4533 |
|
|
| 1450 |
Sierra Madre Occidental |
Mexico |
Nevado de Colima |
4265 |
K |
|
| 1370 |
Madagascar chain |
Madagascar |
Maromokotro |
2876 |
|
|
| 1300 |
Carpathians |
south central Europe
|
Gerlachovský štít (Tatras) |
2655 |
A. |
|
| 1290 |
Drakensberg |
Southeast Africa |
Thabana Netlenyana |
3482 |
|
|
| 1290 |
Tscherski Mountains |
Eastern Siberia |
Gora Pobeda |
3147 |
|
|
| 1200 |
Greater Caucasus |
Azerbaijan , Georgia , Russia
|
Elbrus (west summit) |
5642 |
A. |
Europe / Asia border
|
| 1130 |
Alaska chain |
Alaska, USA |
Denali ( Mount McKinley , South Summit) |
6190 |
K / P |
|
| 1130 |
Assam-Burma chain |
Assam , West Myanmar
|
Hkakabo Razi |
5881 |
A. |
|
| 1130 |
Cascade chain |
northwest USA , western Canada
|
Mt. Rainier |
4392 |
P |
|
| 1130 |
Central Borneo chain |
Central Borneo
|
Kinabalu |
4101 |
|
|
| 1130 |
Tihamat ash Sham |
Southwest Arabia |
Jebel Hadhar |
3760 |
|
|
| 1130 |
Apennines |
Italy |
Corno Grande |
2931 |
|
|
| 1130 |
Appalachian Mountains |
Eastern USA, Eastern Canada |
Mt. Mitchell |
2037 |
|
|
| 1050 |
Alps |
Central Europe |
Mont Blanc |
4810 |
A. |
|
| 965 |
Sierra Madre del Sur |
Mexico |
Teotepec |
3703 |
K / P |
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