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MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK NATURE NOTES
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Vol. XIV |
June - 1936 |
No. 2 |
Information similar to this was published in NATURE NOTES several years
ago but the interest of the public in this subject seems to justify
repeating a tabulation of the elevations of some of the world's
greatest mountains. Material contained here was taken from "Our Planet
- A Blue Book of Maps" - Hammond.
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Everest (Nepal-Tibet) |
29,141 |
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Wood (Saskatchewan) |
15.885 |
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Kanchenjunga (Nepal-India) |
28,225 |
Mont Blanc (France) |
15,781 |
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Godwin Austen (India) |
28,191 |
Klyuchevskaya (Siberia) |
15,750 |
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Makalu (Tibet-Nepal) |
27,790 |
Wilhelmina (N. Guinea) |
15,580 |
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Dhaulagiri (Nepal) |
26,795 |
Thorvald Nilson (Antarctica) |
15,400 |
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Nanga Parbat (India) |
26,620 |
Monte Roas (Switzerland) |
15,217 |
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Nanda Devi (India) |
25,645 |
Ras Dashan (Ethiopia) |
15,150 |
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Kamet (India) |
25,447 |
Belukha (Siberia) |
14,800 |
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Tirich-Mir (Afghanistan) |
25,400 |
Matterhorn (Switzerland) |
14,780 |
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Ulugh MusTagh (Tibet) |
25,300 |
Clarence Peak (Fernando PO) |
14,683 |
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Khan Tengri (Turkestan) |
24,132 |
Whitney (California) |
14,496 |
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Minya Konka (China) |
24,000 |
Elbert (Colorado) |
14,420 |
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Chamalhari (Bhutan) |
23,930 |
Rainier (Washington) |
14,408 |
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Aconcagua (Argentina) |
22,834 |
Finsteraarhorn (Switzerland) |
14,026 |
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Cerro del Mercedario (Chile) |
22,302 |
Jeb Ayashin (Morocco) |
14,000 |
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Cerro Huascan (Peru) |
21,812 |
Jungfrau (Switzerland) |
13,672 |
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Llullaillaco (Chile) |
21,500 |
Kinabalu (Borneo) |
13,455 |
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Illampu (Bolivia) |
21,286 |
Cameroon Mt. (Cameroon) |
13,370 |
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Illiamani (Bolivia) |
21,181 |
Grand Paradis (Italy) |
13,300 |
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Chimborazo (Ecuador) |
20,702 |
Robson (Brit. Columbia) |
12,970 |
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McKinley (Alaska) |
20,300 |
Mauna Loa (Hawaii) |
12,675 |
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Tupungato (Chile) |
20,269 |
Gross Glockner (Austria) |
12,405 |
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Cerro del Juncal (Chile) |
20,175 |
Fujiyama (Japan) |
12,395 |
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Misti Volcano (Peru) |
20,013 |
Cook (New Zealand) |
12,349 |
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Logan (Yukon) |
19,850 |
Pico de Teyde (Tenerife) |
12,200 |
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Kilimanjaro (Tanganyika) |
19,710 |
Semeru (Java) |
12,044 |
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Cotopaxi (Ecuador) |
19,550 |
Luse (Sumatra) |
12,000 |
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Orizaba Peak (Mexico) |
18,564 |
Forel (Greenland) |
11,500 |
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Elbrus (Caucasia) |
18,465 |
Santa Maria (Guatemala) |
11,480 |
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Demavend (Persia) |
18,465 |
Mulahacen (Spain) |
11,421 |
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Tolima (Colombia) |
18,320 |
Volcano Irazu (Costa Rica) |
11,220 |
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St. Elias (Alaska) |
18,008 |
Etna (Sicily) |
10,740 |
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Charles Louis (N. Guinea) |
18,000 |
Tina (Dom. Republic) |
10,300 |
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Popocatepetl (Mexico) |
17,543 |
Pico de Cano (Cape Verde) |
9,744 |
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Kuhi Dena (Persia) |
17,100 |
Kosciusco (New South Wales) |
7,328 |
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Ararat (Armenia) |
17,090 |
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Dykh Tau (Caucasia) |
17,054 |
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Kenya (Kenya) |
17,040 |
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Ruwenzori (Uganda) |
16,750 |
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Kasbek (Caucasia) |
16,346 |
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