Information about Lists Of Mountains

There are many notable lists of mountains around the world. Typically, a list of mountains becomes notable by first being listed or defined by an author or group (e.g., Sir Hugh Munro defining the Munros in Scotland). This list then becomes a popular target for peak bagging, where a number of people attempt to climb all of the peaks in the list.

Alternatively, a list of mountains may become notable in the mountaineering community as a challenge. An example of such a challenge list is the Seven Summits defined by Richard Bass.

Examples of notable lists of mountains are shown below.

Worldwide

• The Seven Summits are the highest peaks in each continent, from the Vinson Massif in Antarctica to Everest in Asia.
• The Eight-thousanders are the fourteen mountains over 8,000 m in height, all in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges in Asia.
• The Ultras are mountains worldwide that have a relative height of at least 1,500 metres (4921 ft), regardless of location, absolute height or other merit.

Europe

• The Alpine Four-thousanders are the 128 summits (82 'official summits' and 46 'lesser summits') of 4,000 metres (13123 ft) or more in the Alps in France, Italy and Switzerland as defined by the UIAA.
• The Pyrenean Three-thousanders are the 129 summits of 3,000 metres (9843 ft) or more in the Pyrenees in France and Spain as defined by a UIAA-sponsored joint Franco-Spanish team.

British Isles

Main article: Hill lists in the British Isles

The hills of Britain and Ireland are classified into a large number of lists for peak bagging purposes. Among the better-known lists are the following:

• The Munros: a selection of mountains in Scotland over 3000 feet (914.4 m). The list was originally compiled by Sir Hugh Munro.
• The Corbetts: mountains in Scotland between 2500 and 3000 feet (762.0 and 914.4 m), with a relative height of at least 500 feet (152.4 m).
• The Marilyns: hills in the British Isles that have a relative height of at least 150 m, regardless of distance, absolute height or other merit. There are currently 1554 Marilyns in Britain and 453 Marilyns in Ireland.
• The Wainwrights: the 214 fells in the English Lake District that have a chapter in one of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.
• The Hewitts: hills in England, Wales or Ireland over two thousand feet (609.6 m) high with a relative height of at least 30 m.

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United States

Popular bagging challenges in the US include:

• The 64 fourteeners of the Western United States (peaks with at least 14,000 feet (4267.2 meters) of elevation and 300 feet (91.44 meters) of topographic prominence), including:
• the 51 Colorado fourteeners,
• the 12 California fourteeners, and
• Mount Rainier in the State of Washington.
• The 101 4 km peaks of the United States (peaks with at least 4000 meters (13,123 feet) of elevation and 500 meters (1560 feet) of topographic prominence), including:
• the 56 4 km peaks of Colorado,
• the 20 4 km peaks of Alaska,
• the 15 4 km peaks of California,
• Gannett Peak, Grand Teton, Wind River Peak, Cloud Peak, and Francs Peak in Wyoming,
• Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa in Hawaii,
• Mount Rainier in Washington,
• Kings Peak in Utah, and
• Wheeler Peak in New Mexico.
• The highest point in each of the 50 US states.
• The Sierra Peaks Section of the Sierra Club maintains a list of peaks in the Sierra Nevada, and a series of emblems (levels) for climbing a large number of them. Others peakbagging sections of the club include the Desert Peaks Section, which climbs the peaks of deserts in the Southwestern U.S. and Baja Mexico, and the Hundred Peaks Section, which bags all the 277 peaks in Southern California over 5000'.
• The 46 highest peaks in New York's Adirondack Mountains (or rather, the list of 46 peaks once thought to be the highest. Successful completers are eligible for membership in the Adirondack Forty-Sixers)
• The 48 peaks over 4,000 feet (1,219 m) in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
• All peaks in New England over 4,000 feet (1,219 m)
• The highest 100 peaks in New Hampshire
• The highest 100 peaks in New England.
• The "Fifty Finest" peaks in New England (those with the most topographic prominence)
• All peaks in the Catskill Mountains over 3,500 feet (1,067 m). Those who climb these, plus four of them a second time in winter, are eligible for membership in the Catskill Mountain 3500 Club.
• The Northeast 111: The White Mountain 48, the Adirondack 46 and 14 Maine peaks, five in Vermont and two Catskill summits over 4,000 feet (1,219 m).
• The Southern Sixers, or South Beyond 6000: all 40 peaks above 6,000 feet (1,828 m) in the southern Appalachians, which are in either North Carolina or Tennessee.

Australia

Popular peakbagging challenges in Australia include:

• the "State 8": the highest peak in each of the 6 states and 2 territories (excluding Australia's external territories) - Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales (2,228m), Mount Bogong in Victoria (1,986m), Bimberi Peak in the Australian Capital Territory (1,911m), Mount Bartle Frere in Queensland (1,622m), Mount Ossa in Tasmania (1,617m), Mount Zeil in the Northern Territory (1,531m), Mount Woodroffe in South Australia (1,435m), and Mount Meharry in Western Australia (1,249m).

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