The Cordilleras are the largest long-range mountain system that crosses South and North America. Therefore, it is divided into the Cordilleras of North America and the Cordillera of South America.
In the top 10 included the highest mountains in North America .
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Split Height 4 287 m
Split opens the top ten of some of the highest mountains in North America. The mountain peak is in the state of California( USA) in the territory of the Kings Canyon National Park. The height of the mountain is 4287 m above sea level. The peak was named for a mountain-topped alpinist by Bolton Brown in 1895.
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Russell Height 4,296 m
Russell is a mountain top in the Sierra Nevada system in North America, located in the Sequoia National Park, California, USA.It is located 1.3 km north of the Whitney Mountains( the highest in the ridge).At an altitude of 4296 meters.
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Sill Height 4,316 m
Sill is a mountain top with a height of 4316 meters, located in the Sierra Nevada system in the USA, in the territory of the Kings Canyon National Park. The Paiut Indians called Mount Nen-i-Mish, which literally means "Valley Guardian".The English name Sill was given to Joseph LeConte's grief in 1904, in honor of the American poet Edward Rowland Sill.
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Shasta Height 4 317 m
Shasta is a high mountain of North America, which reaches 4317 meters. According to one of the versions, the origin of the name of the mountain has Russian roots - from the word "happiness".So the first Russian settlers in California called the mountain, and the Indians changed it to Shasta. The mountain refers to stratovolcanoes. Scientists studying volcanoes claim that the eruption of Shasta is inevitable, but it is impossible to predict the timing yet. To the main peak there are 4 peaks, which have different degrees of activity. Shasta is characterized by eternal snow that does not melt even in the hottest summer months. A total of 7 glaciers are found on the mountain, located on the northern and eastern slopes at an altitude above 3000 m. In clear weather Shasta shines like a precious stone and can be seen 100 miles away.
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North Palisade Height 4,341 m
North Palisade is the third highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada Massif in California( 4341 meters).The peak did not submit to man until 1903.The northern slope of the mountain is one of the popular walls for rock climbers. The mountain is located in the territory of the Kings Canyon National Park.
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White Mount Peak Height 4,342 m
The White Mountain Peak is listed as the highest mountain in North America. The height of the summit is 4342 meters. The University of California has three high-altitude research stations on the slopes of this mountain: Crooked Creek at an altitude of 3100 m, Barcroft( 3800 m), and a small station on top. The conquest of the peak does not require climbing skills, but it poses a serious problem for tourists because of the high altitude.
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Williamson Height 4,390 m
The Williamson is one of the highest mountains of the Sierra Nevada Range in North America. The height of the peak is 4390 meters. The summit was not conquered until 1884.Season, best suitable for climbing the mountain: June, July, August, September. To climb such a peak as Mount Williamson requires more physical than technical training. Some areas may require some effort to overcome some areas, but the whole route can be completed in one day without the need for a large number of special tools and equipment. The organization of intermediate camps, like complex acclimatization at such a summit is not required.
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Mount Whitney Height 4 421 m
The Whitney Mount is the highest point of the Sierra Nevada ridges of North America, whose height is 4,421 meters. The western slope of the mountain lies on the territory of the Sequoia National Park. The mountain received its name in honor of the 19th-century American geologist Josiah Whitney, who laid the foundation for a comprehensive geological survey of Californian lands. The first conquerors of its peak in 1873 were fishermen Charles Begoul, A. H. Johnson, and John Lucas, who lived in the California city of Lone Pine. Whitney is the first top with a list of California fourteen thousanders - the twelve mountains of California, whose height exceeds 14,000 feet. It is also the highest point of the Continental states.
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Robson Height 3,954 m
Robson is one of the highest points in the Rocky Mountains range, located in North America, at a height of 3,954 m. Robson Mountain stands out with an amazing vertical relief structure and a highlight above the surrounding terrain. The distance from Lake Berg to the summit is 2300 m. The northern slope is heavily snow-capped. The thickness of the ice sheet leaves 800 meters from the top to the Berg glacier. The height of the southern slope reaches 3000 meters from the foot to the top. The southern slope of the mountain is clearly visible from the Yellowhead highway( Highway 16).The northern slope is visible from the shore of Lake Berg, from a distance of 19 km. The lake has a length of about 2 km. Camps have been built at different ends of the lake. The Robson Glacier is the source of the Robson River, which flows from the north-eastern side of the mountain and flows into the ocean. At the foot( on the peninsula) of the Robson Glacier, Nunatak is located that divides the stream of the glacier into two parts: the western Robson River valley and the Eastern Alberta basin. Mount Robson has very low statistics of climbing to the top - only 10% of the expeditions ended in success. Although the mountain below 4000 m of easy access routes to the top is not there, and bad weather conditions overwhelm most attempts at ascent.
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Denali Height 6 190 m
Denali - the highest mountain in North America, whose height is 6190 meters. It is located in the center of Denali National Park in Alaska. More than a hundred years, this two-headed mountain was called McKinley. Only in 2015, US President Barack Obama returned its historical name. This is one of the most hard-to-reach peaks of the world. It is believed that in 1839, the Russian navigator Ferdinand Wrangell struck a mountain on the map of Russian America. Until 1867, Denali was the highest point of the Russian Empire, until Alaska along with the mountain on March 30 sold the US.In the translation from the language of the Athabaskan Indians, the name of the mountain Denali( Denali) means "Great."Russians during the colonization of Alaska called it simply - Big Mountain. According to some sources, this is one of the options for translating the Indian name. In 1896, gold digger William Dickey conducted the first scientific measurements, which showed that the height of the peak reaches values of more than 6000 meters. He proposed to name it in honor of the candidate for the post of US President William McKinley, who in his election program put one of the points to ensure the US dollar's gold reserve. This name( Mount McKinley) was used until 2015.The mountain has unusual outlines, it is one of the few "two-headed mountains".If you count from the bottom( deep under the water) to the top, the height of this massif will be greater than that of the greatest peak of the world - Mount Everest.
