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Showing posts with label Mountain. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Mürren is a traditional Walser mountain village in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. At an elevation of 5,413 ft. above sea level, Mürren is unreachable by public road. Tourism is popular through the summer and winter; the village features a view of the three towering mountains: Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. Mürren has a population of just 450, but has 2,000 hotel beds.


Restaurant With A Fantastic View

Monday, February 13, 2012

The Altai Mountains are a mountain range in East-Central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their sources. The Altai Mountains are known as the original locus of the speakers of Turkic as well as other members of the proposed Altaic language group.

The name, in Mongolian Alytau or Altai, means Al (gold), tau (mount); in Mongolian Алтайн нуруу Altain nuruu, the "Mountains of Gold".


Mountains Of Gold

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Hohenzollern Castle (Burg Hohenzollern) is a castle constructed in the first part of the 11th century on top of Mount Hohenzollern about 50 kilometers south of Stuttgart, Germany. It is considered the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern family, which emerged in the Middle Ages and eventually became German Emperors.

Burg Hohenzollern

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. The range composed of material that was uplifted from an ancient sea during the Mesozoic era. The mountains themselves were carved by glaciers during the Quaternary.

The area is well known for its scenery, sunsets, peculiarly shaped granite peaks, Huangshan Pine trees, and views of the clouds from above. Huangshan is a frequent subject of traditional Chinese paintings and literature, as well as modern photography. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of China's major tourist destinations.

Yellow Mountain

Friday, January 13, 2012

Tasmanian mountains are akin to those of Scotland – rocky ridges and outcrops, and highland plateaus with occasional sharp protrusions

Tasmanian Mountains

Monday, January 9, 2012

Kirkjufell Mountain in Iceland


Church Mountain

Monday, December 19, 2011


Torres del Paine National Park (Parque Nacional Torres del Paine) is a national park encompassing mountains, a glacier, a lake, and river-rich areas in southern Chilean Patagonia.


Torres del Paine


Cadair Idris or Cader Idris is a mountain in Gwynedd, Wales that lies at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park. The peak, which is one of the most popular in Wales for walkers and hikers, is composed largely of Ordovician igneous rocks, with classic glacial erosion features such as cwms, moraines, striated rocks, and roches moutonnées.

Cadair Idris