Sentences with phrase «tallest mountains in»

Eastern Africa is comprised of mostly grasslands and savannahs with beautiful white - sand beaches dominating its shores and the two tallest mountains in Africa, Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya.

Other than the winter sports, the main attraction in Chamonix is Aiguille du Midi, where the cable cars will take you up to the summit height of 3,842 m. From the summit, you can have a panoramic view of Chamonix as well as Mont Blanc which is 4,808 m, the tallest Mountains in the Alps.

From eight of the fourteen tallest mountains in the world to the flourishing Terai plains of Jhapa, you will be forgiven for having your camera glued to your hands at all times.

He discovered La Doncella's body in 1999 just beneath the summit of Llullaillaco, one of the tallest mountains in South America.

Leaving Christchurch and heading up toward the tallest mountain in New Zealand is simple: Go west until Pocket England ends and Pocket Montana begins.

And, Congratulations to our President Erik Coler for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro (19,341 ft), the tallest mountain in Africa, and he brought the VID flag with him flown on the mountain as a present to the club (Donated to the VID Clubhouse).

The researchers kept the animals in chronically thin air that's similar to the oxygen levels people would experience at the peak of Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in the Alps, which soars nearly 5000 meters above sea level.

With the gravity - mapping mission now over, if all goes according to schedule, the probes» Thelma - and - Louise moment will occur at approximately 5:28 p.m. EST on Monday, 17 December, when the craft slam into a 2 - kilometer - tall mountain in the northern polar regions of the moon, NASA announced in a press conference today.

Mauna Kea, at 13,803 feet (4,207 meters) above sea level, is in a sense the tallest mountain in the world because it rises 30,000 feet (9,144 m) from the sea floor.

Getting this far took years of planning and cooperation between international partners at observatories stretching from the tallest mountain in Hawaii to the frozen terrain of the South Pole.

The new SSX game by EA delivers a unique sense of sliding down with your board from a tall mountain in full speed.

The outstanding cast can't compare to the might of the world's tallest mountain in the latest trailer.

Among other things, Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, has spawned a blockbuster 1998 IMAX documentary, a 2007 Canadian miniseries, a 24 - hour webcam feed,

Explore vast forests and scale tall mountains in this rugged, weather - beaten part of Hyboria.

Jake Gyllenhaal leads an all - star cast as part of an expedition trying to scale the world's tallest mountain in the new Everest trailer.

Home to super-cool Asheville and the tallest mountain in the Eastern United States, North Carolina can be a fun getaway for visitors.

Adam's Peak is the second tallest mountain in Sri Lanka and is a popular hiking trail that is also linked to several religious roots.

The main attraction is Mount Kinabalu, a 4,095 - metre monster of granite that takes the title of the tallest mountain in Malaysia by a long shot.

Huayna Picchu (Wayna Picchu) is the tall mountain in the background of the iconic Machu Picchu photos.

The Brocken Railway makes its way to the top of the tallest mountain in the stunning Harz Mountain range, The Brocken, on a scenic journey that offers panoramic views of this breathtaking region.

It is home to three of the most famous and prominent mountains of the state: the ever - active Kilauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the largest mountain in the world in volume (Mauna Loa) and the tallest mountain in the world as measured from its base on the sea floor to its peak (Mauna Kea).

There is an extensive trail systems at Cockscomb and trail leading up to Victoria Peak the second tallest mountain in Belize surpassed by Doyles Delight which is further south of Belize.

Huayna Picchu is the tall mountain in the background of the iconic Machu Picchu photos.

It is the tallest mountain in the world at 33,000 feet, when measured from its base at the sea floor.

Namtok Khlong Haeng is about 500 meters high and springs from Khao Thep Bencha which is the tallest mountain in Krabi and is 10 kilometers from Amphoe Khao Phanom.

Amongst the Maya Mountains is the second tallest mountain in Belize, Victoria Peak.

Snowdon, the tallest mountain in England and Wales, is surrounded by Snowdonia National Park, an 823 - square mile park of breathtaking Welsh beauty.

Popular things to do in Scotland include a visit to the magnificant Eilean Donan Castle near Skye or perhaps climbing the tallest mountain in Britain, Ben Nevis.

IN a dark room in an equally dark building atop a tall mountain in an undisclosed location Logitech engineers have been working hard to create a new keyboard named the G910 Orion Spark RGB, going incredible lengths of time without food and water, their mysterious chanting echoing -LSB-...]

Because it is located at the top of a tall mountain in the Swiss Alps (i.e., Mount Säntis), when it was first set up, it was quite difficult to get to.

1) The most commonly cited source of CO2 concentration data is the Mauna Loa station, which is on top of a very tall mountain in the middle of the Pacific.

This is the tallest mountain in Africa — it's considered the tallest free - standing mountain in the world.

or scrambling to confirm the tallest mountain in the Solar System or gawking at the prospect of knowing which multinational conglomerate was founded in the Netherlands.

While CENTURY 21 Real Estate, LLC is not an official sponsor of the «Climb for Kids,» Davidson, who also serves as Chairperson of Easter Seals» International Board of Directors, will lead the team on a trek up, and down, Mount Elbrus, the tallest mountain in Europe and one of the world's Seven Summits.

Part of the Causcasus Range that straddles Asia and Europe, Elbrus is the tallest mountain in Europe and one of the Seven Summits, the highest mountains in each of the continents.

Not exact matches

App ecosystem lock - in is going to get worse, which means the mountain that BlackBerry and Microsoft must overcome is getting taller and taller.

Family responsibilities necessitate our moving to a larger house» one very pleasantly set in a grove of tall tress, but not watched over by our mountain.

Maybe she would tell of the time, in the mountains with bare feet on the ground, she stood tall and wise and felt every cell in her body smile in assent as she inhaled and exhaled and in one loud second realized, I'm alive!

The Alps aren't necessarily really higher, but you start from much lower than on the high plains in CO — so the mountains are actually a bit taller (from base to summit) which I think adds to their spectacularness

In ideal conditions, Mountain pepper will grow from 4 to 5 meters tall, basically a small tree.

After visiting the Sangre de Cristo Mountains while my not - so - little brother was in town last week, we decided to spend this week in Telluride, where we're currently nestled within the San Juan Mountains with a hike of one of its tallest checked off of our list.

In other words, me betting on the 49ers is exactly the same as climbing the world's tallest mountain during an ice storm.

A 16 - point second - half deficit against the undefeated No. 1 high school girls team in the country — especially against a team that has been your nemesis for more than a decade — is a tall mountain to climb.

I was thrilled to see some familiar faces like Tall Tara and Crazy Blogging Canuck (Amber)(both whom I met at the Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash back in August of last year), and was glad to put a real live face to a name for peeps like Eat Play Love (Denise), The Casual Perfectionist (JoAnn), Gwen Bell (the organizer of the event), Weebles Wobblog (Lori), and This Mama Cooks (Anne - Marie).

Everest, as in the tallest mountain on earth, would be a powerful name for a little boy.

The Santa Marta Mountains, with the tallest peaks in the country, are completely cut off from the Andes and therefore have a high density of endemics.

The evidence contributes to the emerging picture that the Silk Road — which the Ottoman Empire closed off in the 15th century — was a highly three - dimensional network that not only traversed vast linear distances but also scaled tall mountains.

Along this fault, the Indian subcontinent is being forced down underneath Asia, and the collision is the force pushing up the tallest mountain range in the world.

The informally named Piccard Mons (5.5 kilometres tall) and Wright Mons (3.2 kilometres tall) both have the same shape as volcanoes we see on Earth: roughly circular mountains with pits in their centres.

Although cryovolcanoes probably exist on Pluto, and there are hints as well on Titan, this peculiar, 4 - kilometer - tall mountain on Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, is the real thing, say researchers with NASA's Dawn spacecraft in one of six papers published today in Science.