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Mountains and volcanoes around the world. |
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 | The "Seven Summits" is the name given to highest points of the seven continents of the world.
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 | According to mythology, the first beauty contest was held on this mountain. | | 10/02/2005 | 445 |
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 | Lesser Ararat (Kucuk Agri) 3925 m in height twin volcano or Greater Ararat (Buyuk Agri). | | 10/02/2005 | 920 |
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 | one of the few mountains in the alps with high resolution, beautiful landscape |  | 10/02/2005 | 2,290 |
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 | The Toros Mountains are the western most branch of the great mountain chain that stretches across all of Asia - the Himalayan mountain belt. |  | 10/01/2005 | 541 |
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 | Medetsiz Peak of Bolkar Mountains 3524 m. |  | 10/01/2005 | 459 |
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 | Aydos Peak of Bolkar Mountains, 3439 m. |  | 10/01/2005 | 404 |
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 | The Bolkar Mountains, which form the Turkish extension of the Alps, exhibit interesting geological characteristics. Made of sedimentary material such as limestone and dolomites, the range reveals excellent examples of nappes, or folds in the layers of rocks. | | 10/01/2005 | 409 |
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 | Mount Hasan (3268 m - 10722 ft West Peak ; 3040 m - 9974 ft East Peak) is an attractive double-peaked stratovolcano in southern Cappadocia, actually consisting of a pair of lava domes extruded above the collapsed caldera of an earlier volcano. | | 10/01/2005 | 395 |
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 | Mount Uludag, located 36 km south of Bursa, is the most fashionable winter sports center of Turkey. Declared National Protected Area in 1961 for the richness of its flora and fauna. | | 10/01/2005 | 574 |
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 | Mount Nemrut is a great caldera at the western end of Lake Van, the collapsed remnant of a once much-taller stratovolcano which is dormant since 1692. | | 10/01/2005 | 939 |
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 | Mount Suphan is the second highest volcano in Turkey, a broad cone which rises over 2400 m (7900 ft) directly above the north shore of Lake Van. |  | 10/01/2005 | 428 |
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 | Mount Erciyes is the highest mountain in central Turkey, a prominent landmark since antiquity (then known as Mount Argaeus) visible over much of the middle of the country. | | 10/01/2005 | 550 |
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 | This range is the third most important glacial region in Turkey following the Mount Ararat and Cilo-Sat Mountains. | | 10/01/2005 | 446 |
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 | This is the highest peak in Costa Rica. The Cerro Chirripó reaches a height of 3820 meters (12,532 ft) and is visited every year by hikers. | | 10/01/2005 | 552 |
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 | Tendürek Dagi, also known as Tendürük Dagi, is an elongated shield volcano that rises 1800 m above the plain of Dogubeyazit, near the Iranian border, south of Mount Ararat. An E-W-trending summit ridge, developed north of an arcuate caldera structure exposed only on the southern side, contains two well-developed cones. The higher western cone is capped by a steep-walled crater with a trachytic ... | | 09/30/2005 | 432 |
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 | Solfatara is a crater in the Campi Flegrei caldera. It has numerous easily accessible fumaroles, but is potentially one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes because of the close proximity of the city of Naples. | | 09/29/2005 | 473 |
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 | This caldera from a super volcano was formed only 3500 years ago. Aniakchak Caldera formed during an enormous explosive eruption that expelled more than 50 km3 (11.5 cubic miles) of magma. The caldera is 10 km (6.5 miles) in diameter and 500-1,000 m (1/2 mile) deep. Subsequent eruptions formed domes, cinder cones, and explosion pits on the caldera floor.
A supervolcano occurs wh... | | 09/24/2005 | 628 |
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 | Nature pure! The Uetliberg and its surroundings are car-free. A wide variety of trails invite guests to hike and bike or just relax and enjoy this wonderful source of inspiration. Observation tower (360° round view) of the city of Zürich and the Swiss Alps. | | 09/24/2005 | 336 |
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 | Llullaillaco is the sixth highest mountain in South America. This volcano is well known since in 1999 three inca mummies with precious gifts werde discovered nearby the summit ( 6723 m ). | | 09/23/2005 | 507 |
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 | Most northerly munro in Scotland. Very remote and craggy area but beautiful. Ben Hope (Hill of the Bay) is 927m high.
The west side of the mountain, which overlooks Strath More and the head of Loch Hope, is very steep along its whole length, with two tiers of crags, the higher one forming the edge of the main south-north ridge of Ben Hope. |  | 09/23/2005 | 503 |
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 | Diamond Head is a 200,000 years old tuff cone and a national monument on the island of Oahu. | | 09/16/2005 | 821 |
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 | This old Volcano i found on the border between Arizona and Utah!! | | 09/16/2005 | 332 |
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 | Acitve volcano near Ecuador´s "action-capital" Banos. There is a very long smoke cloud south-west-bound. | | 09/11/2005 | 511 |
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 | Black Mountain near Cooktown Queensland Australia . Giant piles of granite boulders are the northern sentries of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area . They are rich in feldspar, mica and horneblend and, on very hot days, rain can cause the boulders to explode. | | 09/10/2005 | 383 |
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