mountain names
Names for peaks
Mountain names are the proper names given to specific peaks, ranges, and elevated landforms.
They typically combine a generic element (Mount, Mountain, Peak, Range) with a distinctive name: Mount Everest, the Rocky Mountains, Pikes Peak.
Some retain foreign forms: Matterhorn, Kilimanjaro, Fujiyama.
The generic element may precede or follow: Mount Rainier but Cotopaxi Mountain.
In casual usage, the generic often drops: heading to Rainier this weekend.
- naming rightsPurchased naming authority
- rangeExtent of variation
- HimalayasAsia's highest range
- KilimanjaroAfrica's highest mountain
- SnowdonWelsh mountain summit
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