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Climbers will have to don deep-sea diving gear in future if they want to scale Scotland's genuinely highest mountain.
Geologists have established that, at 6,200ft, Rosemary Bank would tower well over Ben Nevis.
However, it is midway between the outer Hebrides and St Kilda, and its summit is...
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Mountains of the Moon
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Fabled equatorial icecaps will disappear within two decades, because of global warming, a study British and Ugandan scientists has found. In a paper to be published 17 May in Geophysical Research Letters, they report results from the first survey in a decade of glaciers in the Rwenzori Mountains o...
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Bennachie
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Bennachie, The Aberdeenshire hill that attracts 125,000 visitors each year, will this weekend host events mapping out the local and natural history of the area. on Saturday, free orienteering events will be organised by the Forestry Commission Scotland, and take place in the forest surro...
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Munros
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Experts have been called in to determine whether two mountains in the Highlands can be called Munros.
Ordnance Survey maps put both Beinn Dearg, north of Glen Torridon, and Foinaven, near Rhiconich, Sutherland, at a height of 914 metres.
But for a mountain to achieve Munro status, the peaks hav...
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Mount Everest
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Global warming is shrinking glaciers on the Tibet side of Mount Everest faster than ever, putting world water supplies at risk.
Chinese scientists researching the world's tallest peak, which China refers to by its Tibetan name, "[url=http://www.geocities.com/goarana668/everest...
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Kilimanjaro
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The iconic snows of Kilimanjaro still exist--but for how long? The remaining ice fields atop famed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania could be gone within two decades and perhaps even sooner, based on the latest survey of the ice fields remaining on the mountain. These predictions, published this week...
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Mount Soledad
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The work to reinforce Mount Soledad after the October 2007 landslide has provided a peek into La Jolla's watery past. Fossils of clams, snails and plants found at the slide site reveal this part of the mountain was a deep-sea canyon millions of years ago. "It was a little bit of a surprise, but we w...
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Mount Conner
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Mount Conner, also known as Attila and Artilla, and occasionally found as Mount Connor, is a mountain reaching to 859 m above sea level and to 300 m above ground level. It is located southeast of Lake Amadeus in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory, 88 km east-southeast of Uluru/Ayers Rock a...
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Mammoth Mountain
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Beneath the 12 feet of snow that cover the ski slopes of Mammoth Mountain this winter, the tumbled rocks and restless ground tell a story of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes that shaped the region over thousands of years. Now, that story has been retold in fresh detail - and with a new timetable - by a...
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The Andes
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The Andes were formed 120 million years ago; but in geological terms, this giant of South America is more like a teenager going through growth problems. A new study by a group of Argentine researchers suggests that the largest mountain chain on the American continent is not as quiet as it seems. Accor...
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Mount Rushmore
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A team from Scotland is heading to South Dakota to make a 3D map of Mount Rushmore, the iconic monument of four US presidents carved out of rock. Glasgow School of Arts is using state of the art technology to catalogue 10 world heritage sites. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8663374....
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Tryfan mountain
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One of Wales' "elite" peaks has grown in stature after an official measurement to verify its height. It was feared Tryfan, in Snowdonia, could have fallen short of the 3,000ft (914m) elite mountain status needed to keep as one of Wales' 14 highest peaks. But enthusiasts who scaled it with...
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Mt. Asog
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A geologist whose paper appears in Buhi Online Magazine has an even more exciting story about this hill. Chris Newhall of the University of Washington in Seattle, talks about the eruptions that created massive landslides around Mt. Asog. Engaging is how he fuses folklore and science to explain th...
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Yandang Mountain
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Situated in Leqing, Wenzhou in the southeast of Zhejiang Province, Yandang Mountain is one of the 10 famous mountains in China. It is spends four and half hours from there to Shanghai by train.
Yandang Mountain, which was formed 120 million years ago, is a typical ancient rhyolitic volcano of the Cr...
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Cerro Rico
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Looming over the city, the mountain has been exploited ever since silver was first discovered in 1545, but after almost five centuries it is showing warning signs of exhaustion. Its peak has lost its once perfect cone-like shape. In January a huge crater formed at the top, and geologists are worried...
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Dorset Mountain
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Dorset Mountain located in Vermont, on the border of Rutland and Bennington counties, is a mountain of the Taconic Range. Dorset Mountain is home to the largest underground marble quarry in the world. The quarry is entered through the same opening that has been in use for over 100 years. The mine is 1 ˝...
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Ismoil Somoni Peak
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Ismoil Somoni Peak is the highest mountain in Tajikistan and in the former Soviet Union, named after Ismoil Somoni, the ancestor of the Samanid dynasty. The first ascent was made 9 September 1933 by the Soviet mountaineer Yevgeniy Abalakov. Read more
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