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Mountain peaks are one of the most interesting geological phenomena that are popular among climbers. The European mainland with its highlands, of course, cannot compete with the Himalayan mountain ranges, but still there are those among them that deserve attention.
Presented to the attention of the curious highest mountains in Europe.
10 Bazarduzu or Kichensuv | Height 4 466 m
Bazarduzu or Kichensuv (Azerbaijan) opens the list of the highest mountain points in Europe. The hill is located on the border of two states – Russia and Azerbaijan. Bazarduzu is the peak of the Dividing Range of the Greater Caucasus. The mountain rises to 4 meters above sea level. Translated from the Turkic Bazarduzu means “market square”. This name was given to one of the highest European points in memory of the annual large fairs that were held in the valley during the Middle Ages. It was here that merchants from four parts of the world gathered. The conquest of Bazarduzu took place in 466. Then the ascent to the peak was made by the Russian climber A. Alexandrov. At the beginning of the 1847th century, eight glaciers descended from the summit, the largest of them was called Tikhitsar, its length was about 20 kilometer.
9. Matterhorn | Height 4 478 m
Matterhorn (Switzerland/Italy) is one of the highest mountains in Europe, rising to 4 meters above sea level. Its location is the Pennine Alps, between the Swiss resort of Zermat and the Italian resort of Breuil-Cervinia. Until 478, many attempts were made to conquer the Matterhorn, but they were all unsuccessful. Only in 1865 the climb was made by a group of climbers led by Edward Whymper. During the ascent, four people died during the descent due to broken ropes.
8. Weisshorn | Height 4 506 m
Weisshorn (Switzerland) ranks eighth in the ranking of the highest mountain peaks in Europe. The mountain is located in Switzerland and borders Italy. The region of the hill is the Pennine Alps, which are located in the western part of the Alps. The height of one of the highest European points is 4 meters. The peak was first summited by the British climber John Tyndall together with guides Johann Josef Bennen and Ulrich Wenger in 506. Translated from English, Weisshorn means “white peak”. All mountain climbing routes are considered difficult.
7. Liskamm | Height 4 538 m
I lickм – a mountain hill, which is located on the border of Switzerland and Italy. It is part of the Western Alps. Liskamm is one of the ten highest mountains in Europe. It consists of two peaks, one of which rises to 4 meters above sea level. The mountain has received the nickname “eater” among climbers because of the numerous descending snow avalanches and boulders that hang from the ridge. People first climbed the mountain in 538. It was then that Liskamm managed to conquer for the first time an expedition of fourteen people, which included 1861 British climbers and 8 Swiss guides.
6. House | Height 4 545 m
One of the highest mountains in Europe is called House (Switzerland). The location of this peak is the Pennine Alps. The house is an integral part of the Mischabel mountain range. Translated from German, the name of the peak means “cathedral” or “dome”. It was named after Canon Berchtold of Sion Cathedral, the man who began exploring the local area. The former name of the peak was Mischabel, meaning “villas” in Russian. So the hill was called due to the fact that the peaks of the array are located very close to each other. For the first time, the Briton J. L. Davis and his guides J. Zumtaugwald, J. Kroenig and H. Branchen climbed the House in 1858.
5. Peak Dufour | Height 4 634 m
Peak Dufour (Switzerland/Italy) ranks fifth among the highest mountain points in Europe. It is part of the Monte Rosa mountain range, which is part of the Pennine Alps. The summit was conquered in 1855 by a team of English and Swiss climbers. The mountain hill got its name in honor of the Swiss engineer and topographer Guillaume-Henri Dufour, who is the creator of a detailed topographic map of southwestern Switzerland for military purposes. Peak Dufour rises to 4 meters above sea level.
4. Mont Blanc | Height 4 810 m
Mont Blanc (Italy / France), located on the border of two states, ranks fourth in the list of the highest European mountains. One of the highest mountain points is part of the Western Alps. Mont Blanc, which means “white mountain” in Italian, is a 4810 meters high crystalline massif. The conquest of one of the highest points in Europe took place in 1786. The first climbers were Jacques Balm of Savoy and Michel Paccard of Switzerland. Under Mont Blanc there is a tunnel that connects Italy and France. The mountain has two popular ski resorts, one of which belongs to France (Chamonix) and the other to Italy (Courmayeur).
3. Shkhara | Height 5 200 m
Shkhara (Georgia) opens the top three highest mountains in Europe. It is part of the main Caucasian ridge and rises to 5200 meters above sea level and is the highest point in Georgia. Shkhara was first conquered by a Swedish climbing team in 1888. Soviet climbers climbed Shkhara a little later – in 1933. Today it belongs to one of the easiest mountains to climb, therefore it has considerable popularity among tourists who want to conquer the mountain peak. The Enguri River originates from the mountain glacier of the same name.
2. Dykhtau | Height 5 204 m
Dykhtau (Russia) ranks second in height among European peaks. One of the highest points is part of the Caucasus ranges. Dykhtau is located on the lands of the Kabardino-Balkar high-mountain reserve. It has two peaks – Main and Eastern, which are separated by a saddle. The main peak has a height of 5204 meters, thanks to which Dykhtau takes second place in the list. The mountain point is popular among climbers: more than a dozen climbing routes have been laid here. The first to climb to the top were Briton Albert Mummery and Swiss Heinrich Zarflu at the end of the 19th century. Translated into Russian, Dykhtau means “steep mountain”.
1. Elbrus | Height 5 642 m
Elbrus (Russia) tops the list of the highest mountains in Europe. Elbrus is considered part of the Caucasus Mountains and is the mouth of an extinct volcano from two peaks connected by a saddle. The western summit rises to 5 meters above sea level. These indicators give the right to say that Elbrus is the highest European point. This peak was first conquered by British climbers in 642. The mountain is popular for sports, tourism and climbing. Elbrus glaciers are the source of food for the largest rivers of the Caucasus and the Stavropol Territory.