Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and it is characterized by 29 029 feet above sea level. The location of the mountain is on the border of Tibet and Nepal. The mountain entails sedimentary and metamorphic rocks that have been slipped southward over continental shell or layer made up of Archean granulites of the Indian Plate throughout the Cenozoic impact of India with Asia (Smethurst, 2000). Mount Everest was formed about fifty-five years ago when the Indian subcontinent smashed together with Eurasia. The disconnect India tectonic plate was moving toward the northward, and it eventually collided against Asia buckled and uplifted to form the mountain.

Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro is a colossal stratovolcano that contains three distinct volcanic cones. The volcanic cones are Kibo which is the highest, Mawenzi which is 5, 149 meters, and Shira, which is the lowest with 4, 005 meters. The mountain is familiar across the world for being the highest mountain in the African continent, and it is characterized by 19 340 feet above sea level (Smethurst, 2000). The mountain is located in Tanzania, a nation found in East Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest freestanding mountain on earth. The formation of the mountain is dated back to three million years ago when the “Great Rift Valley” was fashioned. The busting of multiple volcanoes around Kilimanjaro area, the eventual retreat of magma from the central vent of the volcano, and a concluding puff of smoke depositing an ideal cone of ash around the brim led to the formation of the mountain.

Mount Pinatubo

The mountain is an active stratovolcano that is situated on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. An altitude of 1486 meters characterizes Pinatubo. The mountain entails dacite and andesite. The formation of the mountain is dated back to one million years ago. The subduction volcanoes that resulted from the Eurasian plate gliding under the Philippine mobile belt along the Manila Trench to the west laid the foundation for the formation of Mount Pinatubo (Smethurst, 2000).

 

Mount Rainier

Two volcanic craters characterize the summit of the mountain, and each has a diameter of more than one thousand feet. Mount Rainier is synonymous with twenty-six significant glaciers and thirty-six square meters of permanent snowfields. The mountain has the most extensive volcanic glacier cave system around the world. Since its formation, the mountain has been synonymous with frequent eruptions with the last taking place in around one thousand years ago (Price, 2012). Mount Rainier has an altitude of 14, 410 feet. Most geologists trust that the shaping and formation of Mount Rainer stemmed from a mass of solidified lava that resulted from earlier volcanoes.

Mount Cook

In essence, Mount Cook is understood to be the purest alpine since it enclaves permanent snowfields, glaciers, and skyscraping peaks, and all of these features are situated beneath a star-studded sky. From 2014, the altitude of Mount Cook is indicated to be 12, 349 and it is the highest mountain in New Zealand. The formation of the mountain resulted from the tectonic uplifting and pressure as the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates bumped along the island’s west coast (Price, 2012). Each year the uplifting persists to elevate the mountain at an average of seven millimeters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Price, F. M. (2012). Mountains of the World. Retrieved from           https://doc.rero.ch/record/323057/files/16-            09_ddc_322a_mountains_of_the_world_2002_-_sustainable_developments.pdf

Smethurst, D. (2000). Mountain Geography: Geographical Review, 90(1):35-56. Retrieved from             https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259860778