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Mount McKinley, Denali

Denali: Facts About North America's Tallest Mountain

By Kim Ann Zimmermann published

Denali, formerly known as Mount McKinley, rises more than 20,000 feet above sea level.

Geology
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Mount Etna: Facts About Volcano's Eruptions

By Mary Bagley published

Mount Etna is Italy's largest active volcano. It is also the volcano with the longest record of continuous eruption.

Volcanos
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New Pyramid in Antarctica? Not Quite, Say Geologists

By Laura Geggel published

Antarctica
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Tallest Mountain in US Arctic Crowned

By Kacey Deamer published

New mapping technique settles 50-year debate over the U.S. Arctic's highest peak.

Geology
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Photos: A Rare Snow Leopard Is Collared in Kyrgyzstan

By Tia Ghose published

A snow leopard was recently collared in the mountainous reaches of Kyrgyzstan, the second ever to be collared in the country.

Snow leopards
A view of Denali snapped by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite on June 15, 2015.

Denali's Digits: North America's Tallest Peak 'Shrinks' by 10 Feet

By Jeanna Bryner published

Not to worry, Denali is still North America's tallest peak.

Geology
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Mountainous Fib: Andes Lie About Their Age

By Larry O'Hanlon published

New research into the height of a very remote Andean plateau reveals just the latest surprise from the Earth's second-greatest mountain belt.

Geology
Seamounts in the Western Pacific

Hunting Uncharted Undersea Mountains, From Space

By Larry O'Hanlon published

The oceans are a lot more uncharted than our maps would have us believe. New satellite technology can help fill in the seafloor gaps.

Rivers & Oceans
Tibet glaciers

Mountains Crumbled When Earth Cooled

By Becky Oskin published

A big chill 2 million years ago bred glaciers that scoured mountains across the planet, pouring trillions of tons of mud into the oceans.

Geology
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Carstensz Pyramid: Oceania's Highest Mountain

By Kim Ann Zimmermann published

Carstensz Pyramid rises 16,024 feet above the Indonesian jungle. It is the highest island peak in the world.

Geology
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