Climbing the highest peaks of the world's continents is a challenge that adventurers all over the world dream of.
As the highest points of the world's seven continents, the Seven Summits have become the backbone of the dreams of people from all over the world who are brave enough to take on the challenge and keep going. Do you know what the seven peaks of the world are?
1. Asia: Himalayas
The Himalayas, the highest and most majestic mountain range in the world, is located between China and Nepal in Asia. It is distributed on the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, from the Namgyal-Palbart peak in Kashmir in the west to the Namgyal Bawa peak at the great bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the east, with a total length of 2,400 kilometers.
More than 110 of these peaks are as high or higher than 7,350 meters above sea level, and they are the natural boundary mountains between the East Asian continent and the South Asian subcontinent.
2. Europe: Alps
The Alps are a famous mountain range located in Europe, covering the northern border of Italy, southeastern France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, southern Germany, and Slovenia.
The Alps have a total of 128 peaks over 4,000 meters above sea level, with the highest peak, Mont Blanc, at 4,808 meters above sea level, located at the border of France and Italy. The mountains are arc-shaped, 1,200 kilometers long, with an average altitude of about 3,000 meters.
3. Africa: Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains are a northern African mountain range, 2,400 kilometers long. It stretches across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, separating the southwest coast of the Mediterranean Sea from the Sahara Desert.
The mountain is the most extensive folded and fractured mountain region in Africa and is part of the Alpine system.
4. Oceania: Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range is the general name for the mountain range and plateau north of New South Wales in eastern Australia. It is located north of New South Wales and roughly parallel to the coastline. From the Cape York Peninsula to Victoria, it stretches for about 3,000 km and is about 160 km to 320 km wide.
Its highest peak, Mount Kosciusko, at 2,230 meters above sea level, is the highest point in the country. The ridge is the watershed of the Indian and Pacific Ocean water systems, hence the name.
5. North America: Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are the backbone of the Cordillera of the Americas in North America and consist of many smaller mountain ranges, known as the backbone of North America.
The main mountain range extends from British Columbia, Canada, to New Mexico in the southwestern United States, stretching more than 4,800 kilometers north to south and is vast and lacking in vegetation.
The entire Rocky Mountains consist of numerous smaller ranges, of which 39 have names. Except for the St. Lawrence River, almost all major rivers in North America originate from the Rocky Mountains, which is an important watershed of the continent.
6. South America: Andes Mountains
Located on the west coast of South America, the Andes Mountains are the longest mountain range in the world, with a total length of more than 8,900 kilometers from north to south.
The Andes are the highest mountain range in the world except for Asia, with an average altitude of 3,660 meters. The highest peak is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, which is 6,962 meters above sea level, the highest peak in the Western and Southern Hemispheres, and the highest extinct volcano in the world.
