List of mountain ranges - Definition and Overview

This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent. Ranges on other astronomical bodies are listed afterward.

Earth

Africa

• Aberdare Range, Kenya
• Ahaggar Mountains, Algeria
• Atlas mountains, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia
• Cherangany Hills, Kenya
• Drakensberg, South Africa and Lesotho
• Ethiopian Mountains
  • Ahmar Mountains
• Livingstone Mountains
• Mitumba Mountains, Congo
• Ruwenzori Range ("Mountains of the Moon"), Uganda
• Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
• Tibesti Mountains
• Virunga Mountains

Antarctica

• Queen Maud Range

Australasia

• Barisan Range, Sumatra
• Crocker Range, Borneo (Mount Kinabalu)
• Flinders Ranges, South Australia
• Great Dividing Range, Queensland and New South Wales
  • Blue Mountains, New South Wales
  • Snowy Mountains, New South Wales
• MacDonnell Ranges, central Australia
• New Guinea Highlands, New Guinea
  • Bismarck Range
  • Star Mountains
  • Thurnwald Range
• Pegunungan Maoke, New Guinea
• Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea
• Southern Alps, New Zealand
• Sudirman Range (Pegunungan Sudirman, formerly known as Nassau Range), Irian Jaya
• Western Australia Mountains
  • Hammersley Range

Asia

• Altai Mountains
• Anadyr Range
• Anti-Lebanon
• Arabian Mountains
• Caraballo, Philippines
• Caucasus
• Cherskiy Mountains
• Chin Hills, Myanmar
• Cordillera, Philippines
• Dzhugdzhur Mountains
• Eastern Ghats, India
• Elburz Mountains
• Gydan Mountains
• Himalaya
  • Great Himalaya
  • Hindu Kush
  • Karakoram
  • Pamir
• Japanese Alps
  • Akashi Mountains
  • Hida Mountains
  • Kiso Mountains
• Khingan Mountains
  • Greater Khingan
  • Lesser Khingan
• Kunlun Shan
• Koryak Mountains
• Sayan Mountains
• Sierra Madre, Philippines
• Sikhote Alin Mountains
• Stanovoi Range
• Sulaiman Mountains
• Taurus Mountains
• Tian Shan, China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan
• Ural Mountains
• Verkhoyansk Mountains
• Western Ghats, India
• Yablonoi Mountains
• Zagros Mountains

Europe

• Alpilles, France
• Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia)
  • Bavarian Alps
  • Cottian Alps
  • Dolomites
  • Hohe Tauern
  • Julian Alps
  • Jura mountains
  • Maritime Alps
  • Rhaetian Alps
• Apennines, Italy
• Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria
• Cairngorms, Scotland
• Cantabrian Mountains, Spain
• Carpathian Mountains, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania
  • Tatra mountains
  • Beskidy Mountains
  • Bieszczady mountains
  • Transylvanian Alps
• Dentelles de Montmirail, France
• Dinaric Alps
• Harz, Germany
• Karelidit, Finland
• Măcin Mountains, Romania
• Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), Germany and Czech Republic
• Pennines, England
• Pindus Mountains, Greece
• Pirin, Bulgaria
• Pyrenees, France and Spain
• Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria and Greece
• Rila, Bulgaria
• Rhön Mountains, Germany
• Scandinavian Mountains, Norway and Sweden
• Sierra Nevada, Spain
• Svecofennides, Finland
• Sudeten
  • Krkonose
• Šumava (Bavarian Forest, Bohemian forest), Czech Republic and Germany
• Ural Mountains, Russia
• Vogelberg Mountains, Germany
• Vosges mountains, France
• Wicklow Mountains, Ireland

North America

• Alaska Range
• Aleutian Range, Alaska
• Appalachian Mountains, eastern United States
  • Adirondack Mountains, New York
  • Allegheny Mountains, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia
  • Blue Mountains (Maine)
  • Blue Ridge, North Carolina and Virginia
  • Catskill Mountains, New York
  • Endless Mountains, Pennsylvania
  • Great Smoky Mountains
  • Green Mountains, Vermont
  • Ramapo Mountains, New Jersey
  • Ridge-and-valley Appalachians, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia
  • Shawangunk Ridge, New York
  • White Mountains, New Hampshire
• Basin and Range Province (Nevada et al)
  • Amargosa Range, California
  • East Humboldt Range, Nevada
  • Lake Range, Nevada
  • Panamint Range, California
  • Ruby Mountains, Nevada
  • Schell Creek Range, Nevada
  • Shoshone Range, Nevada
  • Sheep Range, Nevada
  • Snake Range, Nevada
  • Spring Mountains, Nevada
  • Toiyabe Range, Nevada
  • West Humboldt Range, Nevada
  • White Mountains (California)
• Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming
• Boston Mountains, Arkansas
• Brooks Range, northern Alaska
• Cascade Range/Cascade Mountains, California to British Columbia
  • Okanogan Range, Washington
• Pacific Coast Ranges, Mexico to Alaska
  • Chugach Mountains, southern Alaska
  • Coast Mountains, British Columbia
  • Diablo Range, California
  • Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, British Columbia
  • San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California to Riverside County, California
  • Santa Lucia Mountains, Monterey County, California and San Luis Obispo County, California
  • Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California
  • Santa Susana Mountains, Los Angeles County, California
  • Transverse Ranges, Santa Barbara County, California
  • Wrangell Mountains, southern Alaska
• Columbia Plateau, Oregon and Washington
  • Blue Mountains (Oregon)
  • Wallowa Mountains, Oregon
• Eje Volcánico Transversal, Mexico
• Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas
• Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon
• Olympic Mountains, Washington
• Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma and Arkansas
• Laurentian Mountains, Quebec
• Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland
• Ozark Mountains, Arkansas,Missouri,Oklahoma and Kansas
• Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
  • Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming
  • Bear River Range, Utah and Wyoming
  • Beaverhead Mountains, Montana and Idaho
  • Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
  • Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho
  • Boulder Mountains, Montana
  • Boulder Mountains, Utah
  • Bridger Mountains, Wyoming
  • Bridger Range, Montana
  • Cabinet Mountains, Montana
  • Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia
  • Castle Mountains, Montana
  • Coeur D'Alene Mountains, Montana and Idaho
  • Columbia Mountains, British Columbia
  • Crazy Mountains, Montana
  • Elkhorn Mountains, Montana
  • Gallatin Range, Montana
  • Garnet Range, Montana
  • Granite Mountains, Wyoming
  • Green Mountains, Wyoming
  • Gross Ventre Range, Wyoming
  • Flathead Range, Montana
  • Franklin Mountains,El Paso County, Texas
  • Front Range of the Rockies, Colorado
  • Kettle River Range, Washington
  • La Salle Mountains, Utah
  • Laramie Mountains, Wyoming
  • Lemhi Range, Idaho
  • Lewis Range, Montana
  • Livingston Range, Montana
  • John Long Mountains, Montana
  • MacDonald Range, British Columbia
  • Madison Range, Montana
  • Manzana Mountains, New Mexico
  • Monashee Mountains, British Columbia
  • Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico
  • Ortiz Mountains, New Mexico
  • Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming
  • Pryor Mountains, Montana
  • Percell Mountains, Montana
  • Pioneer Mountains, Montana
  • Purcell Mountains, British Columbia
  • Salmon River Mountains, Idaho
  • Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico
  • Salish Mountains, Montana
  • Salmon River Mountains, Idaho
  • Salt River Range, Wyoming
  • Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
  • Sangre de Christo Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico
  • San Juan Mountains, Colorado
  • Sawatch Range, Colorado
  • Sawtooth Range, Idaho
  • Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia
  • Shoshone Range, Idaho
  • Sir Winston Churchill Range, Alberta
  • Swan Range, Montana
  • Teton Range, Wyoming
  • Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
  • Uinta Mountains, Utah
  • Wasatch Range, Utah
  • Wind River Range, Wyoming
  • Whitefish Range, Montana
  • Wolf Mountains, Montana
  • Wyoming Range, Wyoming
• San Francisco Mountains, Arizona
• Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico
• Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
• Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico
• Sierra Nevada (US), California
• Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon
• Superstition Mountains, Arizona
• Torngat Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec
• United States Range, Nunavut
• Uwharrie Mountains, North Carolina
• White Mountains (Arizona)

Central America

• Maya Mountains, Belize

South America

• Andes
  • Cordillera Real, Bolivia
  • Cordillera Domeyko, Chile
  • Cordillera Occidental of Colombia
  • Cordillera Oriental of Colombia
  • Cordillera Central of Peru
  • Cordillera Occidental of Peru
  • Cordillera Oriental of Peru
  • Cordillera de Merida, Venezuela
• Cordillera de la Costa, Chile
• Pakaraima Mountains, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
• Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil
• Serra do Mar, Brazil

The Moon

• Montes Apenninus
• Montes Carpatus
• Caucasus Mountains
• Cordillera Mountains
• Haemus Mountains
• Montes Pyrenaeus
• Riphaeus Mountains
• Inner Rook Mountains
• Outer Rook Mountains