Anagrammed Mountains & Volcanos Quiz

Answer: Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 29,029 feet in the Himalayan mountain range. The mountain is named after Colonel Sir George Everest, Surveyor General of India (1830-1843).
The first ascent was in May 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.

Answer: Matterhorn

The Matterhorn is situated in the Pennine Alps straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy near the village of Zermatt. Its elevation is 14,692 feet. It has a pyramidal peak which is almost symmetrical looking like a canine tooth.
An English mountaineer, Edward Whymper was the first to scale the Matterhorn in 1865 but the climb was marred by tragedy when four people in the climbing party died.

Answer: Aconcagua

Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas and can be found in the Andes at an elevation of 22,841 feet. The mountain is on the border of Argentina and Chile. The first recorded ascent was in 1897 by Matthias Zurbriggen, a Swiss guide in a European expedition.

Answer: Table Mountain

Table Mountain overlooks Cape Town, South Africa and stands at an elevation of 3,558 feet. It has a distinctive flat-top and is part of the Table Mountain National Park. The mountain is host to a myriad of fauna and flora and is a major tourist destination.

Answer: Popocatepetl

Popocatepetl, is found in Central Mexico and stands at an elevation around 17,802 feet. It is the Aztec word for "Smoking Mountain" and is a volcano which is customarily snow covered. It has erupted many times with lava, rock and ash, the last being in January 2020.

Answer: Mount McKinley

Mount McKinley, now officially known as Denali, is the highest peak in North America, at an elevation of 20,310 feet. It was named after President William McKinley, but was changed to Denali in 2015, the name the mountain is known by the Alaskan Athabascans (meaning "the tall one").

Answer: Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat is a snow-covered dormant volcano found in the Armenian Highlands of Turkey with an elevation of 16,854 feet. According to legend, it is the place where Noah's Ark came to rest after the flood. The volcano has two peaks- the Great Ararat and Little Ararat spaced over seven miles apart.

Answer: Pico de Orizaba

Pico de Orizaba is the highest mountain in Mexico with an elevation of 18,491 feet. It is the third highest mountain in North America. Also known as "Citlaltepetl", meaning "Snow mountain", it is a composite volcano, dormant but not extinct. The first recorded ascent was by U.S. soldiers William Raynolds and G. Maynard in 1848.

Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano situated in Tanzania, near the Kenya border, and with an elevation of 19,341 feet is Africa's highest peak. It was first climbed in 1889 by a German geologist Hans Meyer and an Austrian climber Ludwig Purtscheller.

Answer: Mount Whitney

Mount Whitney can be found in California in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and is the the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states at an elevation of
14,505 feet. It is also next to Death Valley.
The first ascent was in 1873 by Charles Begole, A. H. Johnson, and John Lucas.