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All Mountain Ranges and Peaks

This group collects the Structural and Tectonic Formations subcategory's members that are named mountain ranges, massifs and individual peaks built by tectonic uplift and mountain-building episodes, from the Himalaya and Karakoram to the Alps, Andes, Rockies and many smaller named ranges worldwide. These features are the most visible and numerous surface expression of tectonic activity in this subcategory, formed by processes from continental collision to volcanic and structural uplift, which is why they remain the largest single group even after cratons, faults, rifts, domes and other structural feature types are split out on their own.

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A series of mountains connected by high ground, formed mostly by plate tectonics. 1
All Mountain Ranges and Peaks
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Altai Mountains

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Atlas Mountains

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Baintha Brakk

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Baltoro Kangri

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Barrancas Blancas

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Belukha Mountain

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Blue Ridge Mountains

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Broad Peak

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Caledonian Orogeny

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Cape Fold Belt

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Carpathian Mountains

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Chablais Alps

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Costa Rican Central Valley

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Danakil Depression

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Diran

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Distaghil Sar

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Dolomites

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Dufek Massif

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Gasherbrum I

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Gasherbrum II

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Gasherbrum IV

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Glärnisch

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Hogback

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Illimani

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Jengish Chokusu

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Jura Mountains

Structural and Tectonic Formations

K2

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Kanjut Sar

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Malubiting

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Moine Thrust Belt

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Mount Guiting-Guiting

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Mount Halcon

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Mount Kadam

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Mount Kailash

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Mount Pulag

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Muztagh Tower

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Nanga Parbat

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Paiju Peak

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Pamir Mountains

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Passu Cones

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Pico Bolivar

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Pico Bonpland

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Piedmont Mountains

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Podhale

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Pyrenees

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Rakaposhi

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Rimo I

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Rock of Gibraltar

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Salkantay

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Scandinavian Mountains

Structural and Tectonic Formations
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1. Wikipedia: Mountain range
WikipediaMountain range, lead and formation sections
Quote, Mountain range, lead and formation sections
Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological processes, but most of the significant ones on Earth are the result of plate tectonics.
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