0
What is the name of the high mountains in the far western part of the country that include the tallest peak in the continental US?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Mt McKinley is in the Alaska Range. Mt McKinley is the tallest peak in the US, but it's in Alaska. It soars to 20,320 feet.
In direct answer to your question: Mt Whitney in California, located in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains attains an altitude of about 14,500 feet.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Anonymous
Anonymous
Wiki User
∙ 6y agoMount Whitney is located in California. It is 14,505 feet above sea level. It is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What types of tectonic setting creates the tallest mountains on the land?
Continental/Continental convergant boundaries create the tallest mountains on land.
What are the high mountains in the far western part of the country that include the tallest peak in the continental US?
Mount Whitney is located in California. It is 14,505 feet above sea level. It is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
What are the range of highest mountains in the far western part of the US that includes the tallest peak in the continental US called?
The Rockies.
Are The tallest mountains in North America the Appalachians.?
no, the Rocky Mountains are the tallest
Four fifths of japan is covered with?
mountains and another thing but i don't know what it is:\
Which country is called the roof of the word?
That designation is usually given to Tibet, because it has the tallest mountains.
What is the home of the 8 tallest mountains?
The Himalayas (a mountain range), partially in the Country of Nepal & China
What is the mountain in the far western part of the country that include the tallest peek in the Continental US?
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the 48 continental U.S. states. It is 14,505 feet above sea level. It is in California and is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range,
What highest mountains?
The Himalayas are the tallest mountains in the world.
How do the tallest mountains of Southwest Asia compare to the tallest US Mountain?
The tallest US mountain is Mt. McKinley in Alaska, which rises 6,194 meters (20,320 feet). The tallest Middle Eastern mountains are Mt. Damavand in Iran at 5,610 meters (18,406 ft) and Mt. Ararat in Turkey at 5,137 meters (16,854 feet). If only mountains in the 48 continental states are counted, Mt. Whitney in California is the tallest US mountain at 4,421 meters (14,505 feet). However, outside of Turkey, Iran and northern Iraq, there are few true mountains in the Middle East, unlike the United States which has numerous mountain ranges.
What mountains border china to the west?
The Himalayas, the tallest mountains in the world.
What are the high mountains in the far western part of the country that include the tallest peak in the continual US?
Mount Whitney is located in California. It is 14,505 feet above sea level. It is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
