Bethlemhem, nh
Mt. Washington
New Zealand
The height of Jaya Peak the mountain is 5,031 meters (16,503 feet tall). It is the highest point on New Guinea and in Indonesia and the highest island mountain in the world.
Mt. Everest
The tallest mountain, and therefore, the highest point, in New Mexico, is Wheeler Peak, formerly known as Taos Peak, which has an elevation of 13,167 feet. This therefore ranks New Mexico eighth by rank of highest elevation.
Mount Carleton, in Mount Carleton Provincial Park, is at 817m the highest elevation in the Canadian province of New Brunswick
mount everest is situated to the south of new delhi.
New Hampshire's highest peak is Mount Washington, 6,288 feet.
The highest mountain on the entire island of New Guinea is Puncak Jaya (also known as Carstensz Pyramid), at 5,030m. This is in West Papua, the Indonesian part of New Guinea.
The highest elevation of the Northeastern United States is Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Mount Washington has an elevation of 6,288-feet (1,917-meters).
Well as you may or may not know that Upstate New York has the largest national park in the whole country. It has 46 high peeks listed from the tallest to the shortest, when you hike all of these mountains you are considered a "46er". # Mount Marcy # Algonquin Peak # Mount Haystack # Whiteface Mountain # Dix Mountain # Gray Peak # Iroquois Peak # Basin Mountain # Gothics # Mount Colden # Giant Mountain # Nippletop # Santanoni Peak # Mount Redfield # Wright Peak # Saddleback Mountain # Panther Peak # Table Top Mountain # Rocky Peak Ridge # Macomb Mountain # Armstrong Mountain # Hough Peak # Seward Mountain # Mount Marshall # Allen Mountain # Big Slide Mountain # Esther Mountain # Upper Wolfjaw Mountain # Lower Wolfjaw Mountain # Street Mountain # Phelps Mountain # Mount Donaldson # Seymour Mountain # Sawteeth # Cascade Mountain # South Dix # Porter Mountain # Mount Colvin # Mount Emmons # Dial Mountain # East Dix # Blake Peak # Cliff Mountain # Nye Mountain # Couchsachraga Peak
I believe its Aconcagua in South America America was dubbed the 'new world' by the europeans. This (I think) being the Highest peak in the Americas is the ceiling of the new world.
Because he had already climbed the highest peak in New Zealand, and Everest was the world's highest mountain, as yet unconquered. If Hillary climbed it he would become the first explorer to have been to both North and South poles and the highest mountain. As we know -he did it.