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Highest Peaks of Continents |
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Continent |
Mountain |
Location |
Height(M) |
First to summit |
Date |
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Asia |
Mt. Everest |
Himalayas
(Nepal/China) |
8,848 |
Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary |
29-May-53 |
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South
America |
Mt. Aconcagua |
Andes/Argentina |
6,960 |
Mathias Zurbriggen |
1897 |
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North America |
Mc. Kinley |
Alaska Range |
6,194 |
Harry Karstens, Walter Harper, Robert Tatum, Hudson
Stuck |
1913 |
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Africa |
Mt. Kilimanjaro |
Tanzania |
5,895 |
Hans Meyer, Ludwing Purtscheller |
1889 |
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Europe |
Mt. Elbrus |
Russia |
5,642 |
F
Crauford Grove, F Gardiner, H Walker, A sottajer, P
Knuhel |
1974 |
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Antarctica |
Mt. Vinson |
Massif Antarctica |
4,897 |
Barry carbet, John Evans, Bill Long, Pete Scoening |
1966 |
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Oceania |
Peak Jaya
(Carstensz Pyramid) |
Papua New Guinea |
4,884 |
Heinrich Harrer, Philip Temple, Russel Kippax,
Albert Huizenga |
1962 |
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