Seven Summits
Further information: Seven SummitsThe highest mountains of each continent (the Seven Summits):
| Summit | Elevation m | Continent | Range | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilimanjaro (Kibo Summit) | 5,895 (19,341 ft) | Africa | Kilimanjaro | Tanzania |
| Vinson Massif | 4,897 (16,500 ft) | Antarctica | Ellsworth Mountains | n/a (claimed by Chile) |
| Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) | 4,884 (16,024 ft) | Oceania | The Sudirman Range | Indonesia |
| Everest | 8,848 (29,029 ft) | Asia | Himalayas | Nepal-China |
| Elbrus | 5,642 (18,510 ft) | Europe | Caucasus | Russian Federation |
| Mount McKinley (Denali) | 6,194 (20,320 ft) | North America | Alaska Range | United States |
| Aconcagua | 6,962 (22,841 ft) | South America | Andes | Argentina |
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Famous quotes containing the word summits:
“To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
“There is, however, this consolation to the most way-worn traveler, upon the dustiest road, that the path his feet describe is so perfectly symbolical of human life,—now climbing the hills, now descending into the vales. From the summits he beholds the heavens and the horizon, from the vales he looks up to the heights again. He is treading his old lessons still, and though he may be very weary and travel-worn, it is yet sincere experience.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)