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Gigantic list of mountains

Can you name 52 of these well known mountains?
May not be 100% exact as sources are from Wikipedia
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8848m
Tallest mountain on earth
Mount Everest
8610m
Second Tallest on Earth
K2
8586m
Believed to be the tallest mountain before Everest was discovered
Kangchenjunga
8126m
Towering Himalayan mountain dwarfing peaks surrounding it
Nanga Parbat
6960m
Tallest mountain outside the Himalayas
Aconcagua
6893m
Tallest volcano on earth
Ojos del Salado
6263m
Summit is the furthest point from earth's core
Chimborazo
6190m
Tallest in mountain North America
Denali
5959m
Tallest in Canada
Mount Logan
5895m
Tallest free standing mountain
Kilimanjaro
5642m
Contested tallest mountain in Europe
Mount Elbrus
5636m
Tallest mountain in Mexico
Pico de Orizaba
5609m
Prominent volcano in Iran
Mount Damavand
5426m
Very active volcano overlooking Mexico City
Popocatépetl
5199m
Second tallest mountain in Africa
Mount Kenya
5137m
Theorized mountain where Noah's ark settled
Ararat
5109m
Third tallest mountain in Africa
Mount Stanley
4892m
Tallest mountain in Antartica
Vinson massif
4884m
Tallest mountain in Indonesia
Puncak Jaya
4808m
Tallest mountain in the alps
Mont Blanc
4750m
Tremendously active volcano in north eastern Russia
Klyuchevskaya Sopka
4550m
Ancient remains of a massive volcano in Ethiopia
Ras Dashen
4478m
Most likely the most famous mountain in the alps
Matterhorn
4421m
Tallest mountain in contiguous USA
Mount Whitney
4401m
Tallest in the Rocky Mountains
Mount Elbert
4392m
Prominent volcano overlooking Seattle
Mount Rainier
4207m
Tallest mountain measured from base to summit
Mauna Kea
4167m
Tallest mountain in the Atlas mountains
Toubkal
4040m
Tallest mountain in Cameroon
Mount Cameroon
3954m
Tallest in Canadian Rockies
Mount Robson
3794m
Active volcano in Antartica
Mount Erebus
3776m
Tallest mountain in Japan
Fuji
3763m
Extremely active volcano in Guatemala
Volcán de Fuego
3724m
Tallest mountain in New Zealand
Mount Cook/Aoraki
3715m
Tallest mountain in the Canary Islands
Teide
3404m
Tallest mountain in the Pyrenees
Aneto
3326m
Incredibly active volcano in Sicily
Mount Etna
2948m
Mountain overlooking Banff
Mount Rundle
2850m
Caused "The year without a summer"
Tambora
2814m
Lebanese mountain with great bio diversity
Mount Hermon
2654m
Tallest mountain in Carpathian mountains
Gerlachovský štít
2549m
1982 Cataclysmic eruption result in deadliest US volcanic eruption
Mount Saint Helen's
2285m
Mountain where Moses received the ten commandments from God
Sinai
2037m
Tallest mountain in eastern USA
Mount Mitchell
1916m
Mountain known for extreme winds
Mount Washington
1745m
Iconic mountain with US presidents carved into it
Mount Rushmore
1651m
Volcano responsible for temporarily blocking air traffic in 2010 eruption
Eyjafjallajökull
1486m
Filipino volcano that erupted in 1991
Pinatubo
1345m
Tallest in the United Kingdom
Ben Nevis
1281m
Volcano responsible for destroying Pompeii
Vesuvius
1084m
Iconic mountain with unique feature in South Africa
Table Mountain
813m
Eruption caused the loudest sound on earth
Krakatoa
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Level 77
Feb 5, 2021
I can't spell Popacatapetl.
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Level 46
Feb 5, 2021
Yeah it's a complicated name, derived from Nahuatl language (Aztec). It roughly translates to the Smoking mountain. It is one of my favorite mountains due to it's name, how active the volcano is, and it's ties with the Aztecs.